Rachel McDevitt

3 weeks ago | alleghenyfront.org | Rachel McDevitt

This story comes from our partner, 90.5 WESA. Seventy-four Pennsylvania schools are now able to build their own solar energy projects through a new grant program. But their anticipated savings could shrink if Congress approves cuts to clean energy incentives in the upcoming budget. Pennsylvania’s Solar for Schools program was designed to help schools afford to switch to solar and take advantage of federal clean energy incentives approved by the Biden administration.

3 weeks ago | wesa.fm | Rachel McDevitt

Western Pennsylvania officials are banding together to oppose Trump administration cuts, following the loss of funding to a job training program for vulnerable youth. The U.S. Labor Department last week paused the Job Corps program, which gives free education, housing, and meals to low-income people aged 16-24. The Pittsburgh campus serves more than 400 students.

3 weeks ago | wesa.fm | Rachel McDevitt

Pittsburgh universities stand to be hard-hit if the Trump administration follows through on its threats to revoke visas of Chinese students studying at American schools.

4 weeks ago | wesa.fm | Rachel McDevitt

Seventy-four Pennsylvania schools are now able to build their own solar energy projects through a new grant program. But their anticipated savings could shrink if Congress approves cuts to clean energy incentives in the upcoming budget. Pennsylvania’s Solar for Schools program was designed to help schools afford to switch to solar and take advantage of federal clean energy incentives approved by the Biden administration.

1 month ago | wesa.fm | Rachel McDevitt

Utility regulators are bracing for a surge in electricity demand driven in large part by the opening of new, power-intensive data centers in Pennsylvania. The buildings house large numbers of sophisticated computers that make our digital lives possible, from cloud storage and streaming movies to generative artificial intelligence. AI is particularly energy-hungry and could transform the energy sector over the next decade, according to the International Energy Agency.