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Oct 5, 2026
Clean-Seas West Virginia now has an air quality permit in hand. But does this mean that the facility will soon begin operations?

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Jul 31, 2026
An adequate tax on shale gas could generate billions in revenue, helping to boost remediation jobs, improve economic development, and clean up old wells.

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Jul 28, 2026
Allegheny County’s paid parental leave proposal could grow jobs & wages, curb population loss, support small businesses, and ease labor shortages in critical sectors.

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Jul 27, 2026
Challenging finances & operational delays have hounded Clean-Seas as the DEP weighs permitting for its plastics pyrolysis plant in Belle.

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Jul 22, 2026
Pennsylvania’s RISE PA decarbonization program is proving that cutting carbon emissions can spur economic growth.

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Jul 21, 2026
Global market volatility and underdeveloped supply chains could complicate the methanol industry’s massive North American buildout plans.

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Jul 16, 2026
Beaver County, Pennsylvania is a real-time case study in the local economic impacts of petrochemical development.

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Jul 8, 2026
More than three years since Shell’s launch, Beaver County continues to trail neighboring counties, Pennsylvania, and the nation in key measures of economic wellbeing.

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Oct 30, 2026
Gas-powered data centers and LNG exports are fueling a new wave of investment in pipelines to ship fracked gas out of Appalachia.

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Oct 29, 2026
Energy demand growth in Pennsylvania may be seriously overstated. Overbuilding the grid could lock in billions of dollars in unnecessary capacity costs.

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