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AI is eating up Pennsylvania's power, governor threatens to pull state from the grid — new plants aren't being built fast enough to keep up with demand
Tom's Hardware
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July 9, 2025
Artificial intelligence and the hardware that powers it, is at the heart of a fallout in Pennsylvania, where electricity prices have risen dramatically for wholesalers and consumers due to surging demand. The governor is now threatening to abandon...
The Energy Report: Demand Exceeding Supply
Investing
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July 9, 2025
It’s the oldest story in the book. Prices go up when demand exceeds supply, not only in oil and products but in wholesale power, driving up electricity costs. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its Short-Term Energy Outlook confirmed...
Pennsylvania’s Norwood Financial and PB Bankshares announce merger
Retail Banker International
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July 8, 2025
Norwood Financial and PB Bankshares, both based in Pennsylvania, have sealed a merger deal valued at around $54.9m. The deal will see PB Bankshares integrate into Norwood Financial, strengthening the latter’s presence in Central and Southeastern...
$11B Grain Belt Express transmission line slated for construction next year
ConstructConnect
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July 9, 2025
Contractors will begin work next year on an $11-billion, 800-mile-long transmission line that will eventually span Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana and add 5,000 megawatts of delivery capacity. The energy superhighway, dubbed the Grain Belt...
After deliberation, Pennsylvanians want better rural healthcare, federal judicial reform and supporting trade school training
WITF - Pennsylvania
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July 9, 2025
July 9, 2025 | 9:44 AM Jordan Wilkie/WITF As the democracy reporter for WITF, I will cover any kind of story that has to do with how we govern ourselves. That will include doing a lot of election coverage about how to access the ballot, how public...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases draft 2025 Aylesworth Creek Lake Master Plan
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 9, 2025
LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, has released the draft 2025 Master Plan (MP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Aylesworth Creek Lake Project that will serve as the guiding documents...
Pennsylvania fully implements multistate licensure compacts to aid health care industry
The Daily Item - Pennsylvania
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Sunbury, PA (17801) Today Cloudy skies this morning followed by thunderstorms during the afternoon. Storms may contain strong gusty winds. High 84F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 70%.. Tonight Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy...
HIWU Suspends Probationary HEAL Accreditation of Pennsylvania Equine Toxicology and Research Laboratory
Thoroughbred Daily News - New Jersey
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July 9, 2025
The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU) has suspended the Pennsylvania Equine Toxicology and Research Laboratory's (PETRL) probationary Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) Equine Analytical Laboratory (HEAL) accreditation...
New hires in US Department of Energy challenge climate science consensus
Environmental Health News
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July 9, 2025
The Trump administration has quietly brought on three scientists who have long dismissed mainstream climate science, raising fears that federal climate policy may take a dangerous detour. Maxine Joselow reports for The New York Times. In short:...
Headed to Pennsylvania we first encountered Amish folks in Havre's Amtrak station
Blaine County Journal News-Opinion - Montana
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July 9, 2025
My wife, Sherry, and I planned a 3000-mile trip on Amtrak to attend a grandson's high school graduation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, see some of Pennsylvania Dutch country while out there, then backtrack, via train, to a reunion of Sherry's...
Anxiety diagnoses have fueled growth of Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program
Philly Voice
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July 9, 2025
Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program expanded rapidly in the years after clinical anxiety was added as a qualifying condition, University of Pittsburgh researchers found in a new study that traces how the mental health disorder boosted...
Tuesday deadline approaching in Charleston, oil industry case
The Center Square
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July 9, 2025
(The Center Square) – Lawyers in a climate change lawsuit by the city of Charleston against oil and gas companies have until Tuesday to submit proposed orders in the case. Circuit Court Judge Robert M. Young granted lawyers a request for an...
The Quiet Renewable Race: Private Equity’s Bid For Prime Energy Land
Forbes
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WHITEWATER, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05 : Wind turbines produce energy at Whitewater Energy's Wind ... More Turbine Farm, December 5, 1997 in Whitewater, California near Palm Springs. (Photo by Getty Images/Bob Riha, Jr.)Getty Images Private equity...
Pennsylvania Perspective for Thursday, July 3, 2025
JD Supra - California
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July 7, 2025
Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro Remains Optimistic About Ongoing Budget Negotiations Governor Josh Shapiro (D) says a budget deal is expected “very soon” despite Pennsylvania missing its July 1 deadline, as lawmakers continue closed-door talks over...
Roff: Peeling back the curtain on energy producer lawsuits
Longview News-Journal - Texas
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Under Joe Biden, filing lawsuits against energy producers and accusing them of harming the environment was cool. Under Donald J. Trump’s America First energy policy, not so much. The “David vs. Goliath” narrative has collapsed on the altar of...
Pennsylvania commercial gamebirds struck by avian flu
WATT Poultry - Illinois
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July 7, 2025
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed in a flock of commercial upland gamebirds in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. According to information from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection...
These 4 senators brought 'AI-related stock' — while 'considering' industry regulation
AlterNet
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July 9, 2025
In May, lawmakers in the U.S. Senate examined the future of artificial intelligence (AI) regulation in the United States. And according to Citizens United for Ethics in Washington (CREW), four of them or members of their family purchased stock "in...
Fireflies or lightning bugs are glowing in fields across Pennsylvania
Record Herald - Pennsylvania
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Favorable weather conditions, particularly moisture, have led to a thriving firefly population in Pennsylvania this year. The 13th annual PA Firefly Festival, held June 26-28, highlighted the importance of firefly conservation and habitat...
Pa Turnpike Continues Open Road Tolling Gantry Construction Throughout July Early Morning Installations, For Western Conversion to Ort In 2027, Planned To Minimize Traffic Impacts
The Valley Times-Star - Pennsylvania
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike (PA Turnpike) is continuing its preparation for the PA Turnpike’s 2027 launch of Open Road Tolling (ORT) on the western stretch of the mainline. Throughout the month of July, the PA Turnpike will be setting the gantry...
Pennsylvania Gaming Board Drops the Hammer: 15 Gamblers Banned in Major Enforcement Action
SportsHandle
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July 7, 2025
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board placed 15 individuals on its Involuntary Exclusion Lists, barring them from gambling at casinos, online platforms, and video gaming terminals statewide. This enforcement action brings the total number of...