News Releases

This morning state Sen. Joe Pittman and State Rep. Jim Struzzi will be discussing the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) when they speak to the PA Manufacturers’ Association and the PA Chamber of Business and Industry at their monthly business briefing. Watch Live   [Read More]

Senator Joe Pittman today called on the governor to aggressively promote Indiana and Armstrong counties as the location for two proposed steel mills as a way to counter the substantial losses of local jobs if Pennsylvania joins the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) compact.   [Read More]

The commission charged with reviewing proposed state regulations and rules today (September 1) approved a regulation that would implement the Governor’s unilateral mandate that Pennsylvania join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), according to Senators Gene Yaw and Joe Pittman.   [Read More]

Senator Joe Pittman submitted a letter to the Independent Regulatory Review Commission prior to its September 1 meeting detailing at length his many objections to a proposed regulation that would implement the Governor’s mandate that Pennsylvania join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Read Letter   [Read More]

The Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee will consider a letter to the Independent Regulatory Review Commission formally opposing the Governor’s mandate that Pennsylvania join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), according to Senator Joe Pittman, who serves as the committee’s vice chairman.   [Read More]

Two local communities were awarded a total of nearly $2.8 million in funding by the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) today (July 23), according to Senator Joe Pittman and state Representatives Abby Major and Brian Smith.   [Read More]

Senator Joe Pittman (R-41) issued the following statement in response to the State System of Higher Education (SSHE) Board of Governors’ approval today (July 14) of a merger plan involving six of its member schools. The plan does not directly impact Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP).   [Read More]

Senator Joe Pittman (R-41) issued the following statement in response to the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Environmental Quality Board (EQB) ruling on Tuesday (July 13) regarding the governor’s unilateral order forcing Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).   [Read More]