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Pennsylvania’s manufacturers must be able to procure plentiful, reliable, and affordable energy. This requires an infrastructure system and a regulatory climate that fosters generation, transmission, and distribution systems throughout the commonwealth. Now more than ever our nation and commonwealth need to move away from the energy politics that have failed so badly over the past decades and put our nation’s own resources to work for American consumers. Lawmakers should be focused on unleashing American energy leadership rather than hamstringing progress through an onslaught of duplicative permits and regulations.

Underwriting Green Energy Projects Doesn’t Pay

March 24, 2015 | Energy

Tom Steyer’s money can be enormously influential. The billionaire environmental activist is the single most powerful force behind the stymieing of the Keystone XL pipeline project. In Pennsylvania, Steyer’s Super PAC, the NextGen Climate Action Committee, financed attack ads to defeat Tom Corbett in November. Four months later, Governor Tom Wolf unveiled, as part of ...

Pipeline Project a “Godsend”

February 10, 2015 | Energy | Limits on Lawsuit Abuse

An ordinary air permit process for a pump station to an underground natural gas line in Lebanon County is getting extraordinary attention. Nearly 500 people asked the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to hold a public airing on the impact of the project; only 40 of those requests came from local residents. Pumps for natural ...

The EPA’s Unchecked Agenda

September 10, 2014 | Energy | Regulatory Reform

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the leading bad actor in what American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Scholar, Benjamin Zycher, calls the, “metastasis of the executive branch.” Zycher, and other policy experts, say that the agency is accelerating a power grab through an aggressive regulatory agenda with dubious or scant benefits to the environment. Thousands of ...

PMA Bulletin – April 10, 2014

Strong Showing for Governor Corbett at Annual Conservative Event Governor Tom Corbett earned praise last Friday from the “dean” of the conservative movement in Pennsylvania. Emphasizing the administration’s pro-growth efforts, Frederick W. Anton III told a crowded ballroom at the 25th annual Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp Hill that he was “100 percent behind the ...

PMA Bulletin – Corbett Budget Reaction

“You Can’t Go Wrong” — Reaction to Governor Tom Corbett’s 2014 Budget Address In his annual budget address this week, Governor Tom Corbett reiterated his pro-growth vision for Pennsylvania, continuing fiscal restraint while upholding state government’s responsibilities to the commonwealth’s citizens. Governor Corbett placed the need for private sector growth on an equal station with adequately ...

PMA Bulletin — January 29, 2014

January 29, 2014 | Energy

Governor Tom Corbett’s energy plan is once again making Pennsylvania an attractive place to do business. His “Energy=Jobs” plan combines the use of our vast energy resources with a favorable political climate that reinforces a surging trend of attracting businesses from all over the world. The power behind the plan lies in proper government restraint. ...

“PMA Perspective” Program to Bring Legislative Issues to Life

“PMA Perspective” Program to Bring Legislative Issues to Life PMA is pleased to announce the launch of a new half-hour cable program, “PMA Perspective”. The show will air on the Pennsylvania Cable News Network (PCN) and will focus on how policies enacted in Harrisburg and Washington impact manufacturers, job creators, and the overall health and ...

PMA Bulletin — September 25, 2013

September 25, 2013 | Energy | Regulatory Reform

No War on Coal? Bridge in New York for Sale The Obama administration is attempting to re-invent America’s energy sector by completely eliminating fossil fuels. From the recently-proposed EPA standards for CO2 emissions for new coal-fired power plants to the five-year delay in the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada’s oil sands, the Administration is thwarting ...

PMA Bulletin — March 13, 2013

March 13, 2013 | Business Tax Relief | Energy

New Carbon Tax a Blow to a Surging Manufacturing Sector Just when American manufacturing is starting to flex its muscles again, a movement is underway in Washington to levy a new tax that would stifle that resurgence. Two weeks ago legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate to establish a tax on carbon based energy ...

PMA Bulletin — February 27, 2013

Corbett Budget Keeps Government Focused on Core Functions Over the next two weeks, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees will continue holding budget hearings on the proposed FY 2013-14 spending plan Governor Tom Corbett unveiled on February 5. Here’s to trusting that when the hearings end on March 7, lawmakers conclude, as we have, ...