http://www.egcw.org/ en dbates@egcw.org Copyright 2010 2010-05-12T17:55:14+00:00 http://www.egcw.org/site/arnold-to-pittsburgh-rail-project-picks-up-speed/ http://www.egcw.org/site/arnold-to-pittsburgh-rail-project-picks-up-speed/#When:17:55:14Z {summary}Backers of a proposed commuter rail line that would run between northern Westmoreland County and Pittsburgh say the project is on the fast track and could begin operations in mid-2013. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_680001.html     2010-05-12T17:55:14+00:00 http://www.egcw.org/site/official-face-challenges-of-finding-new-use-for-former-sony-plant/ http://www.egcw.org/site/official-face-challenges-of-finding-new-use-for-former-sony-plant/#When:17:53:57Z {summary}Officials face challenge of finding new use for former Sony plant that could bring jobs to Westmoreland County.The closing of the Sony Technology Center in Westmoreland County was an economic catastrophe -- and a terrific opportunity.Just two dozen people now work for Sony in the massive plant that employed more than 3,000 people at the height of its days producing TVs almost the size of the Volkswagens. The Japanese company announced a little more than a year ago it was closing the plant as the market moved toward lighter, flat screen TVs. Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10115/1052913-28.stm#ixzz0njsfDpBK 2010-05-12T17:53:57+00:00 http://www.egcw.org/site/the-marcellus-shale-how-your-company-could-get-in-on-the-action/ http://www.egcw.org/site/the-marcellus-shale-how-your-company-could-get-in-on-the-action/#When:17:49:14Z {summary}Before Marcellus Shale gas can go to market, you need exploration and production companies to get it out of the ground, midstream companies to gather and process it, and pipeline companies to transport the goods. http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2010/04/26/daily62.html 2010-05-12T17:49:14+00:00 http://www.egcw.org/site/pennsylvania-named-as-finalist-in-federal-race-to-the-top-school-reform-com/ http://www.egcw.org/site/pennsylvania-named-as-finalist-in-federal-race-to-the-top-school-reform-com/#When:14:23:35Z {summary}Pennsylvania’s strategies for improving public education have helped it emerge as a finalist in the highly competitive "Race to the Top" federal grant competition, Governor Edward G. Rendell and Education Secretary Gerald L. Zahorchak said today.   http://www.pde.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=7201&PageID=510952&mode=2&contentid=http://pubcontent.state.pa.us/publishedcontent/publish/cop_hhs/pde/single_web/newsroom_press_releases/news_releases/rendell_administration__pennsylvania_named_as_finalist_in_federal__race_to_the_top__school_reform_competition.html 2010-03-17T14:23:35+00:00 http://www.egcw.org/site/firstenergy-to-pay-4.7-billion-for-allegheny-energy-if-states-ok/ http://www.egcw.org/site/firstenergy-to-pay-4.7-billion-for-allegheny-energy-if-states-ok/#When:15:24:27Z {summary}FirstEnergy Corp. said Thursday it agreed to pay $4.7 billion to acquire Greensburg-based Allegheny Energy Inc. The new FirstEnergy, based in Akron, Ohio, would serve 6.1 million customers in seven states. The deal, approved by both companies' boards, still faces regulatory hurdles in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. First Energy would pick up $3.8 billion in Allegheny Energy debt http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_666670.html 2010-03-15T15:24:27+00:00 http://www.egcw.org/site/westmoreland-county-site-receives-permit-to-serve-marcellus-drillers/ http://www.egcw.org/site/westmoreland-county-site-receives-permit-to-serve-marcellus-drillers/#When:15:14:42Z {summary}  A Fox Chapel businessman has obtained a state permit to treat wastewater from natural gas drilling operations at a former glass plant near New Stanton. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_671456.html 2010-03-15T15:14:42+00:00 http://www.egcw.org/site/benedictine-monk-named-as-new-president-of-st.-vincent-college/ http://www.egcw.org/site/benedictine-monk-named-as-new-president-of-st.-vincent-college/#When:16:09:46Z {summary}Ten years after hiring its first lay president, St. Vincent College officials yesterday tapped a Benedictine monk to head the 164-year-old Catholic institution. Brother Norman Hipps,  http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_664286.html 2010-01-28T16:09:46+00:00 http://www.egcw.org/site/westmoreland-authority-finally-drawing-more-water-from-lake/ http://www.egcw.org/site/westmoreland-authority-finally-drawing-more-water-from-lake/#When:14:33:21Z {summary}After years of haggling with the federal government, the Army Corps of Engineers officially turned over more water storage space in the lake, which serves as a flood-control reservoir. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_664074.html     2010-01-26T14:33:21+00:00 http://www.egcw.org/site/new-technology-helps-treat-waste-water-in-marcellus-shale-operations/ http://www.egcw.org/site/new-technology-helps-treat-waste-water-in-marcellus-shale-operations/#When:14:30:08Z {summary}Two local companies involved in the natural gas industry are expecting SteelWater to run deep -- about 6,000 feet deep below the surface in the Marcellus Shale Basin where the thousands of gallons of water used each day to produce gas must be disposed of in an environmentally safe way. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_657502.html     2010-01-26T14:30:08+00:00 http://www.egcw.org/site/natural-gas-locked-in-marcellus-shale-has-companies-rushing-to-cash-in-on-p/ http://www.egcw.org/site/natural-gas-locked-in-marcellus-shale-has-companies-rushing-to-cash-in-on-p/#When:14:19:52Z {summary} When event coordinators for Hart Energy Publishing began planning a Pittsburgh conference for natural gas producers, they reserved space in the Westin Convention Center Hotel for the gathering. "We thought we'd be doing extremely well if we had 300 people," said Leslie Haines, editor in chief of Hart's trade journal, Oil and Gas Investor. Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09340/1018586-28.stm#ixzz0djFIRRF8       2010-01-26T14:19:52+00:00