Bipartisan legislation that proposes the installation of solar panels in schools across Pennsylvania awaits a vote in the state Senate. The Solar for Schools bill aims to combat climate change and invest in education. Fewer than 2% of Pennsylvania’s nearly 7,000 schools are powered by solar energy. Mick Iskric is superintendent of Steelton-Highspire School District, which has a … Read more
Seeing actual internet coverage is pretty rare, but with a clear sky – it’s possible. If you’ve ever looked up and saw a strange line of bright objects in the sky, those are likely Starlink satellites, which orbit Earth daily, providing internet coverage across the globe. Continue reading on FOX43
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in rural Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, is installing 52 solar panels with the goal to save at least $4,000 a year in electricity costs, which church leaders hope will help the congregation meet the growing challenge of balancing its budget while continuing to support charitable ministries. “If this array provides our electric electrical … Read more
Solar development on farmland is happening across central Pennsylvania — in some cases generating opposition from people who don’t like the look of solar panels and object to the loss of open land. Pasa Sustainable Agriculture is working to introduce farmers to a different way of building solar farms that allows farming to continue and … Read more
A broadband assessment initiative presentation was held Tuesday at the 911 Emergency Services Center in Jessup. The Biden Administration wants to make reliable internet accessible to all Americans by 2030. Pennsylvania has received more than a billion dollars for the upgrade. Continue reading on WNEP
Lawmakers are trying to give people more options when it comes to buying solar energy. Pennsylvania law allows for small, rooftop solar projects and large, utility-scale projects–but not for those that fall in-between. State Sen. Rosemary Brown (R-Monroe) is sponsoring a measure to lift a ban on community solar projects. Continue reading on StateImpact
CENTRAL BUCKS, Pa. – Police officers in Bucks County are undergoing de-escalation training through the lens of virtual reality. The Central Bucks Regional Police Department (CBRPD) received a federal grant worth $159,037 to launch the program as the lead agency with partners including Buckingham, Doylestown and Plumstead Township police departments. Continue reading on Fox 29
A new state-of-the-art crime laboratory in Cumberland County will help local police process evidence and name suspects faster than other central Pennsylvania departments, officials said Tuesday. The county forensics lab in the 1600 block of Ritner Highway in Carlisle opened last year, following decades of planning and the receipt of about $700,000 in state grants. … Read more
Black & Veatch on Wednesday (31st August) said it has commenced pre-front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) activities for the natural gas synthesis plant that will be located in north-central Pennsylvania. Headquartered in Kansas, Black & Veatch hold decades of experience in ammonia and nitrogen-based fertiliser production, as well as liquified hydrogen, CCS and power generation. … Read more
Walmart recently opened another large warehouse in central Pennsylvania this month located in North Lebanon Township. The new 400,000-square-foot facility located at 1625 Heilmandale Road is considered a “high-tech consolidation center” that will employ about 500 people initially, with about 1,000 people eventually working at the facility at full capacity. Continue reading on PennLive.com
SCRANTON, Pa. — The cities and towns of northeastern and central Pennsylvania were built on mining, they called it “black gold.” Our area’s anthracite powered the world and is burned into our past. Now, there’s a new type of miner all over our area, burning power and chipping away at what some believe is our … Read more
Governor Tom Wolf today announced that Pennsylvania is working with energy, organized labor, and environmental stakeholders to support a path forward for industrial sector decarbonization with an emphasis on the deployment of clean hydrogen and carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies and to ensure that US Department of Energy invests in Pennsylvania for a Regional … Read more
A solar power boom generated by new renewable energy mandates is unfurling in the Chesapeake Bay region. Virginia, for example, was ninth in the nation for new solar capacity in 2021. With many solar arrays ending up on farmland, a movement is fast taking hold to make sure that they will benefit the environment, agriculture … Read more