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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Sunday March 09, 2025 ( 3 items )  

Faculty, Trainees Get Unique, Long-distance Learning Experience Through Mixed Reality Case Review
HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, March 8 -- Penn State Health issued the following news: * * * Faculty, trainees get unique, long-distance learning experience through mixed reality case review Faculty and trainees in the Department of Neurosurgery at Penn State College of Medicine and the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center joined with a team from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, England for a fully remote, multi-institution neurosurgical case discussion in mixed reality   more

Local Tour Highlights Innovative Solar Project at Slatington's Lehigh Gap Nature Center
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 8 -- PennEnvironment issued the following news release: * * * Local tour highlights innovative solar project at Slatington's Lehigh Gap Nature Center Slatington, PA - State Senator Nick Miller, local officials, and residents joined leaders from Lehigh Gap Nature Center (LGNC) and the nonprofit environmental group PennEnvironment for an informative tour of the nonprofit's innovative solar project. The tour was held to educate Slatington residents about the ben  more

Victory in Venango County! Scrubgrass Cryptomining Facility to Expedite Removal of Toxic Coal Ash 'Mountain'
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 8 -- Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture), an environmental advocacy organization, issued the following news release on March 7, 2025: * * * Victory in Venango County! Scrubgrass Cryptomining Facility to Expedite Removal of Toxic Coal Ash 'Mountain' Unpermitted massive coal ash pile growing for years near the Allegheny River will now be removed by next year, preventing contamination Venango County, PA - On Thursday, Scrubgrass Creek Watershed Associ  more