Jimmy Cloutier

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Michael Sallah |Mike Wereschagin |Jimmy Cloutier

President Donald Trump last week issued executive orders designed to revive the use of coal in power plants, a practice that has been steadily declining for more than a decade. But the effort is likely to fail, energy experts said, because the fossil fuel faces some hurdles. The power that coal plants produce typically can't compete with cheaper, cleaner alternatives. And many plants that burn coal are simply too old and would need extensive and expensive upgrades to continue running.

3 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Michael Sallah |Mike Wereschagin |Jimmy Cloutier

For federal safety inspectors, the urgent call to their sprawling mining office near Pittsburgh was bleak: Man crushed in the rubble of an aging mine in the heart of coal country. Agents from the Mount Pleasant office arrived at the scene shortly after the body of Joseph Guzzo Jr. had been pulled from under the massive chunk of earth that collapsed in the mine tunnel four years ago.

2 months ago | post-gazette.com | Megan Guza |Benjamin Kail |Jimmy Cloutier

Vendors can use your data to provide services. Declining a vendor can stop them from using the data you shared. Exponential Interactive, Inc d/b/a VDX.tvCookie duration: 90 (days). Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policyConsentRoq.ad GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).

Dec 23, 2024 | post-gazette.com | Adam Babetski |Jimmy Cloutier

In 2021, Washington County Commissioner Nick Sherman was one of many Pennsylvania officials facing a daunting task: Figure out how to spend $98 million in federal pandemic relief money or watch the money evaporate if the county missed its deadline. The cutoff for counties and municipalities across the country was still three years away at that point, but it takes time to get projects and spending approved.

Dec 22, 2024 | post-gazette.com | Jimmy Cloutier

State leaders pledge to pay $1 million to help rehabilitate the long-neglected property After years of neglect that left once-teeming Century III mall a dilapidated and dangerous shell, the long-sought demolition of the abandoned shopping center is on track to wrap up sometime in 2026. At the same time, state leaders have announced a $1 million grant to help transform the hulking mall — once one of the largest in the world — into what local officials hope will be a mix of homes, shops and...