Monthly Archives: October 2013

After a brief one week break, the state House may be nearing a vote on a comprehensive state transportation funding plan.

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources convened the first meeting of the Natural Gas Advisory Committee this week in State College to fulfill a recommendation in the Governor’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission Report.

Emerging technologies allowing for the making of biofuels from perennial grass crops, woody material and other organic carbon sources – known as biomass – could give Pennsylvania farmers and businesses that support them a boost while increasing domestic energy reserves. Officials say the method may be a viable alternative to corn-based ethanol production, which local agriculture has profited from for years.