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Pennsylvania legislators propose pilot program for training future early educators
Lower Bucks Today - Pennsylvania
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June 20, 2025
State Rep. Joe Hogan | Pennsylvania 142nd Legislative DistrictState Rep. Joe Hogan | Pennsylvania 142nd Legislative District Reps. Joe Hogan and Shelby Labs have introduced a legislative proposal aimed at addressing the shortage of early childhood...
Energy regulations threaten Pennsylvania’s technology boom
Williamsport Sun-Gazette - Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania is on the short list of destinations for cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI). However, the commonwealth – thanks to ill-advised policies pushed by Gov. Josh Shapiro – remains ill-equipped to handle this emerging market....
HOT SPELL: Weather Service Issues Heat Advisories
WHBC - Ohio
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June 21, 2025
CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for Stark, Carroll and surrounding counties that takes effect by the Noon hour on Sunday. For Stark, Summit, Portage and Wayne Counties, it’s in effect...
Central Pennsylvania Humane Society to kick off campaign for new shelter
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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The Central Pennsylvania Humane Society kicks off a capital campaign June 26 to raise a minimum of $2.7 million dollars to build a new shelter at 2470 Old Sixth Avenue Road, in Antis Township, with groundbreaking scheduled for mid-July. Several...
Pennsylvania to auction off DOT machinery online
WBNG - New York
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June 20, 2025
PENNSYLVANIA (WBNG) -- The Pennsylvania Department of General Services announced an online auction of equipment from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The public auction will include a wide range of surplus equipment, such as off-road...
Amazon and Pennsylvania Join the Leaders in Pursuing Creative, Renewable Solution to Data Center Energy Requirements
JD Supra - California
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June 20, 2025
As the popularity and use of language learning models such as Chat-GPT and Co-Pilot and other Artificial Intelligence (AI) products rapidly expand and as data centers continue to search for building and electric capacity to manage that demand, big...
Mosquito populations surging in Pennsylvania, experts advise to control breeding grounds
WJAC - Pennsylvania
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CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — As warmer weather settles in, so do some unwelcome guests, and experts at Penn State's ‘Frost Entomological Museum’ are speaking out about the growing presence of mosquito's across Pennsylvania. We spoke with a PhD...
Pennsylvania Agencies Urge Safe Summer Driving as Impaired Driving Campaign Kicks Off
exploreVenango - Pennsylvania
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June 20, 2025
Officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Pennsylvania State Police (PSP), Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PA Turnpike) and Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project (PA TIPP) gather to promote safe summer...
Luzerne County building project honored for ‘environmental excellence’
Standard Speaker - Pennsylvania
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June 20, 2025
WYOMING — Around eight years ago, Beth DeNardi, the Luzerne County director of solid waste & recycling management, came up with an idea on where to locate her office. The location of her office had been bouncing around the county in various...
A light from above: How one Pennsylvania church put their faith in solar energy
Keystone Newsroom - Pennsylvania
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June 20, 2025
In a town known more for Bucknell University and its rustic charm than clean energy innovation, St. Andrew’s is leading a quiet but significant shift toward sustainability. Shapiro’s Lightning Plan is about to make it easier for more folks to get...
Climate Change Will Bankrupt the Country
The American Prospect
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June 20, 2025
Back in 2018, Yale economist William Nordhaus won the Nobel Prize for his work on his Dynamic Integrated Climate-Economy (DICE) model. The idea was to set up a picture of the global economy, add on some estimates of the economic costs of warming...
Weather forecast: First weekend and week of summer to bring dangerous heat conditions to Erie County
Go Erie - Pennsylvania
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Summer starts with highs in the 70s and lows in the 60s in Erie, Pennsylvania. Temperatures are expected to climb into the 80s over the weekend and into the following week. An extreme heat watch has been issued for June 22-24, with a heat index...
Michigan, environmental groups challenge federal order to keep coal plant open
Power Engineering
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June 20, 2025
By ED WHITE | Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Environmental groups and Michigan’s attorney general filed separate challenges Wednesday against a federal order that is keeping a coal-fired power plant open this summer. The environmental coalition...
Report: Retail electricity prices lowered over 30 years in Pennsylvania
The Black Chronicle - Oklahoma
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June 20, 2025
(The Center Square) – Utility rates are high, especially for electricity, but one expert says that when adjusted for inflation, Pennsylvanians are actually paying less now than they did nearly 30 years ago. While changes in electric generation...
How Private Investors Can Fill In The $27 Billion Climate Gap
Forbes
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The Thomas family, new Georgia Bright clients stand in front of their yard grow beds and residential ... More solar installation.Georgia Bright The Trump administration’s economic policies have been summarized by most major financial institutions...
Thousands without power after severe weather rips through Pennsylvania, New Jersey
FOX 29 Philadelphia - Pennsylvania
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Severe storms on Thursday afternoon ripped up trees and pulled down powerlines from the Philadelphia suburbs to the Jersey shore, leaving thousands without power. PHILADELPHIA - Severe storms on Thursday afternoon ripped up trees and pulled down...
Delaware River Named Pennsylvania’s 2025 River Of The Year
exploreVenango - Pennsylvania
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June 20, 2025
Image courtesy of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. (EYT) — The Delaware River has been named Pennsylvania’s 2025 River of the Year, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced during a...
Pennsylvania’s data center investment comes with concerns
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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It’s a big achievement — Pennsylvania won out over other states for the largest capital investment in its history, $20 billion from Amazon for data centers and technology infrastructure. Though the project promises to create over 1,200 jobs, at...
Hazardous Pittsburgh Weather Conditions On Way
Patch
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June 20, 2025
Posted Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 7:45 am ET|Updated Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 7:46 am ET PITTSBURGH, PA — Get ready to crank up the air conditioner. The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Heat Watch for Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, as...
Integral Consulting Expands Site Remediation Services With Acquisition Of Pennjersey Environmental Consulting
MENAFN
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June 20, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) BOULDER, Colo., June 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Integral Consulting Inc., a leading environmental, scientific, and engineering consulting firm, is pleased to announce the acquisition of PennJersey Environmental Consulting,...