PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Research by NETL and its partners is advancing discoveries to produce graphite - a material whose unique properties make it an essential component for mass-producing battery electric vehicles (BEVs), energy storage systems and other green technologies - from unwanted carbon waste materials. As the nation undergoes a transformational shift to a clean en  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: The NETL-supported Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization (Energy Communities IWG) is providing centralized, easy-to-navigate tools and resources that help communities discover and access a range of federal funding that helps ensure that no communities are left behind during the nation's transition to a clean en  more

JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Eric G. Olshan, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: A resident of Clearfield, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Brittany Luzier, age 29, of Clearfield, PA, pleaded guilty to Count Two of the Superseding Indictment before Senior United States District Judge Kim R. Gibson. In con  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Eric G. Olshan, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Ross Landfried was sentenced to 216 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute a controlled substance, and to engage in money laundering, in 2017 and 2018 while serving a federal prison sentence for a prior drug trafficking conviction, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Landfried, age 42, formerly o  more

READING, Pennsylvania, Sept. 20 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on Sept. 19, 2023, in a moderated conversation with Annie Gonzalez during the National "Fight for Our Freedoms" tour at Reading Area Community College: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: You did it, Micki! (Applause.) Hi, everyone. Let's have a seat. Hi. MS. GONZALEZ: Hi. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hi. We're together again -- MS. GONZALEZ: We are. THE VICE PRESIDENT: -- at RACC. MS. GONZALEZ: (Laughs.) At RACC.  more