An initiative to combat climate change and invest in renewable energy could generate just short of a quarter-million new Pennsylvania jobs each year, a new report suggests.
The Political Economy Research Institute report, released in partnership with the Keystone Research Center, state union leaders and PennFuture, outlines the benefits of an economic plan created by ReImagine Appalachia – a coalition of left-leaning policy and environmental groups.
ReImagine Appalachia’s blueprint includes measures supported by President Joe Biden in a recent executive order implementing sweeping climate policies. The framework focuses on expanding clean manufacturing in the Ohio River Valley.
“(The blueprint) can give hundreds of thousands of workers in our state good union jobs in clean manufacturing and building electric vehicle charging stations, laying high-speed broadband and upgrading to a smart grid, in sustainable transportation and cleaning up brownfields,” said Pennsylva
Police: Man trafficked drugs, firearms in Beaver County
A Pittsburgh man acted as the ringleader of a regional gun and drug trafficking organization in Beaver County and Pittsburgh, police said.
Dennis Alexander, 28, was arrested last week following a 10-month investigation by Pennsylvania Attorney General agents conducted in partnership with the New Brighton Area Police Department and Pittsburgh police.
Alexander is accused of distributing substances including heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and Oxycodone, as well as stolen firearms, to interested buyers. He would then direct “runners” to meet clients in parking lots or at the runner’s home, police said.
During an undercover investigation, one associate of Alexander’s allegedly threatened an undercover agent, saying “this is my house – if the feds hit it, I know it was you.”
Pittsburgh-based EQT Corp. announced on Thursday plans to install “Canary X” devices, produced by Project Canary in Denver, at two selected well pads to measure methane concentrations and update levels to a cloud database every minute.
‘He was one of a kind’: Hopewell Twp. pizza shop owner dies of COVID-19
HOPEWELL TWP. Mark Faiella was known in Beaver County for his warmth and generosity.
The beloved owner of Pizza Masters in Hopewell Township died Jan. 22 of COVID-19-related complications, leaving family and friends blindsided by grief.
“My heart breaks for his family,” said family friend and former employee Mia White, who launched a GoFundMe in support of Faiella’s wife, Dana, and their three children. “This truly was a ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ situation that nobody saw coming. It was such a shock to the family and community as a whole.”
Police investigating Monday shooting in Leetsdale, crash
A 19-year-old pregnant woman was shot and a 20-year-old man was injured in the crash.
LEETSDALE Allegheny County detectives are investigating a Monday night shooting in the borough that resulted in a crash on Route 65.
A 19-year-old pregnant woman was shot and a 20-year-old man was injured in the crash. Names of those involved in the incident have not yet been released.
Police received reports of a shooting at the intersection of Route 65 and Broad Street in Leetsdale around 11:30 p.m. Minutes later, residents reported a vehicle crash on Route 65 at Camp Horne Road in Emsworth.