Marc Levy

Associated Press

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

In this Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 photo, Carrie Gross speaks during an interview with The Associated Press along the Mariner East pipeline in Exton, Pa. The pipeline route traverses those suburbs, close to schools, ballfields and senior care facilities. 'It's absolutely traumatic and I don't say that to exaggerate or cry wolf,' said Gross, referring to the project that runs through backyards in her middle-class Philadelphia suburb of Uwchlan Township. 'It's devastated my neighborhood.'

Pennsylvania's Gas Politics Are Churning

Pipeline politics might not be clear-cut.

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Pennsylvania Moves to Join Climate Initiative

The state's dozens of power plants fueled by coal, oil and natural gas could be forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the state annually under the program.

In this May 22, 2017 file photo shown is the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. With nuclear power plant owners seeking a rescue in Pennsylvania, a number of state lawmakers are signaling that they are willing to help, with conditions. Giving nuclear power plants what opponents call a bailout could mean a politically risky vote to hike electric bills.

Fight Over Nuclear Arrives at PA Capitol

A plan to pump millions in ratepayer dollars into Three Mile Island and other nuclear plants could usher in heated debate.

This March 30, 1979, file photo shows a cooling tower of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pa., as it looms behind an abandoned playground. Forty years after Three Mile Island became synonymous with America's worst commercial nuclear power accident, the prospect of bailing out nuclear power plants is stirring debate at the highest levels of Pennsylvania and the federal government.

Uncertainty Shadows Debate Over Nuclear

The pursuit of state guarantees has spurred questions over why ratepayers should foot the cost to keep nuclear power plants open.

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ArcelorMittal Will Pay $1.5M in Coke Plant Lawsuit

The penalty could be the largest secured by a citizen lawsuit in state history.

A Monday, May 22, 2017 file photo shows cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. Exelon Corp., the owner of Three Mile Island, site of the United States' worst commercial nuclear power accident, said Monday, May 29, 2017 it will shut down the plant in 2019 without a financial rescue from Pennsylvania.

Three Mile Island to Shut Down

Nuclear power plants have been hammered by the natural gas boom that has slashed electricity prices.

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State Sues IBM Over $170M Contract

The company failed to deliver on a 2006 contract to replace an outdated system.