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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Thursday April 11, 2024 ( 7 items )  

AFP Launches Campaign to Stop Joe Biden's War on Gas-Powered Cars
ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 11 -- Americans for Prosperity issued the following news release: Americans for Prosperity has launched a new campaign calling on Senators in the critical states of Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan to stop Joe Biden's war on gas-powered cars. Bidenomics has left Americans struggling to afford some of the costliest regulatory mandates and highest energy prices in decades. Now, instead of acting to improve energy security or lower costs, the  more

Competitive Enterprise Institute: Lasting Reforms Needed to Break Pennsylvania's Environmental Permitting Backlog
WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSres) -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute issued the following news release: Pennsylvania has a long history of reforming its permitting practices to improve efficiency, but despite periods of progress and some improvements in average review times, experience shows the state still often falls short of its permit deadlines. A new Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) study released today, Breaking the Backlog: Lesson's from Pennsylvania's environmental permitting ref  more

Delaware Riverkeeper Network Statement EPA Adoption of PFAS Safe Drinking Water Regulations
BRISTOL, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- The Delaware Riverkeeper Network issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Delaware Riverkeeper Network (DRN) wholeheartedly supports the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulatory action to require the removal of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from drinking water nationwide. The EPA announced today the final adoption of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for six PFAS compounds. A maximum contaminant level (MCL)   more

NAWC: EPA FINAL REGS TO ADDRESS PFAS IN WATER IS GOOD FIRST STEP
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- The National Association of Water Companies issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * After the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued final regulations on restricting harmful "forever chemicals" in the nation's drinking water, the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) President and CEO Robert F. Powelson issued the following statement: In the absence of federal regulations, private, regulated water and wastewater com  more

NCCN and Flatiron Health Announce Collaboration to Improve Cancer Care Quality With Real-World Data
FORT WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- The National Comprehensive Cancer Network issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Flatiron Health, a leading healthtech company dedicated to improving cancer care and advancing research using real-world data (RWD), today announced the renewal of their collaboration with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), an alliance of leading cancer centers devoted to patient care, research, and education. The collaboration between Flatiron  more

PA. CHAMBER: PRIMANTI BROS. SANDWICH VS. REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUP: WINNER TO BE NAMED "COOLEST THING MADE IN PA"
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: And then there were two. After more than three weeks and five rounds of public voting, the PA Chamber's 2024 "Coolest Thing Made in PA" competition has come down to its final two contestants - the Pittsburgh-based Primanti Bros. sandwich and the beloved chocolate and peanut butter concoction hailing from Hershey, the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Brand lover  more

Wistar Scientists Identify Pro-Aging 'Sugar Signature' in the Blood of People Living With HIV
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 11 (TNSres) -- The Wistar Institute issued the following news release: The Wistar Institute's associate professor Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, Ph.D., along with his team and collaborators, has identified sugar abnormalities in the blood that may promote biological aging and inflammation in people living with HIV (PLWH). The findings, taken from a large data study comprising more than 1200 participants, are detailed in the new paper, "Immunoglobulin G N-glycan Markers   more