PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 13, 2023, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria - August 2023": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.916 per gallon in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area in August 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that area   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 13, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson - August 2023": * * * Area prices were up 0.5 percent over the past two months, up 3.1 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), incre  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 13, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - August 2023": * * * Area prices were up 0.5 percent over the past month, up 2.8 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased by 0.5 percent in Augus  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 13, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington - August 2023": * * * Area prices were up 0.8 percent over the past 2 months, up 3.9 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Pittsburgh District issued the following news release: WHO: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh and Buffalo districts WHAT: Pittsburgh and Buffalo districts' staff will present an update to the public on the project's status, results of the annual environmental monitoring, upcoming site activities, and other topics of public interest for the Shallow Land Disposal Area site. A question-and-answer session will follow   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) NETL-led Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE) Initiative has funded 24 and is currently negotiating 20 additional projects around the country to address key gaps on the critical path toward commercial carbon capture and storage (CCS) deployment. These projects are the first of many, that will de-risk geo  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Advanced sensors developed by NETL to detect and predict corrosion in natural gas pipelines can prevent ruptures and leaks that release methane - a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) - into the atmosphere and help mitigate climate change. The nation's natural gas pipeline network includes about 300,000 miles of major interstate and intrastate pipelines and mo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: A Pennsylvania woman was sentenced in the District of Columbia today on felony and misdemeanor charges related to her conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach. Her actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Sandra S  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news: Anne Aylward, Director of the U.S. DOT's Volpe Center, recently welcomed Stephanie Wiggins, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro), and Emmanuella Myrthil, Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer at Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), to a conversation focused  more