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HARRISBURG — More than a decade ago, when the state Public Utility Commission was first considering how to adopt a new anti-terrorism law, critics spoke about the need for balance.

HARRISBURG — More than a decade ago, when the state Public Utility Commission was first considering how to adopt a new anti-terrorism law, critics spoke about the need for balance. The effort was intended to prevent criminals from getting sensitive details about Pennsylvania’s utility infrastructure that could be used to perpetrate mass crimes. The potential to contaminate drinking water systems and manipulate the electric grid were top of mind for state officials and lawmakers aiming...

. HARRISBURG — More than a decade ago, when the state Public Utility Commission was first considering how to adopt a new anti-terrorism law, critics spoke about the need for balance. The effort was intended to prevent criminals from getting sensitive details about Pennsylvania’s utility infrastructure that could be used to perpetrate mass crimes. The potential to contaminate drinking water systems and manipulate the electric grid were top of mind for state officials and lawmakers aiming t...

The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending December 11th indicated that the quantity of natural gas held in underground storage in the US had decreased by 122 billion cubic feet to 3,726 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 284 billion cubic feet, or still 8.3% higher than the 3,442 billion cubic feet that were in storage on December 11th of last year, and 243 billion cubic feet, or 7.0% above the five-year average of 3,483 billion cubic fe...

WHYY By Legal experts told Spotlight PA that the law is inherently archaic. (Michael Bryant/Philadelphia Inquirer) This story originally appeared in Spotlight PA. ___ Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. More than a decade ago, when the state Public Utility Commission was first considering how to adopt...

Braskem meets demands of an extraordinary 2020 Nikolich When 2020 began, the main item on the calendar of Braskem executive Mark Nikolich was the opening of Project Delta, the firms new polypropylene resin line in La Porte, Texas. But many unexpected events happened between January and the start of the new billion-pound-capacity line in September. That list included the COVID-19 pandemic, a pair of hurricanes and 28-day shifts at two Braskem PP plants. "There was a lot of anticipation for the n...

December 16, 2020 Victorine "Vicky" S. Mertes, 95, of Indian Beach, Rehoboth, peacefully passed away Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020.  She was born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 12, 1925, daughter of the late Elsie Blanche (Hutchinson) and T. Henry B. Sanders.  Vicky graduated from Temple University High School in 1943 and attended Temple University and Drexel University.  She then began working in the Petroleum Lab at Sun Oil Company in Marcus Hook, Pa., toward the end of World War II.  Af...

1 of 2 Loomis Elementary School in the Marple Newtown School District has an unusual “Elf on the Shelf” appearing at the school this year. Principal Jaime Smyth watches students atop the sign outside of the school. The Elf on the Shelf is a Christmas tradition where a special Elf is sent to a child’s home, or school, from the North Pole to encourage good behavior in children. The idea is that Santas little helper watches the children by day, and each ni...

Reply Grant funding is also helping support adult probation services, domestic abuse programs, and more in Delaware County. (Shutterstock) DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — More than $1.8 million in grants have been awarded to various Delaware County organizations and agencies to support a variety of programs and services, including adult probation services, body-worn camera initiatives, domestic abuse programs, and more. The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency approved the funds recently. M...

national ambient air quality standard for particulate matter? if so, when? >> yes, probably. they are due by statute. we have not announced a date and that date has not been set. >> can we be assured that the epa lot no be proposing -- will not be proposing any change to the particulate standards? >> yes. we do not anticipate based on the science that we have seen so far that a change will be warranted. but again the proposal -- >> does the epa publish in one publicly accessible place ...