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OP-ED: Taxing clean energy : What is wrong with these people?

Texas is currently America’s leader in wind and solar power. It provides 28% of America’s wind energy. If it were a country, it would be the fifth biggest source. Surprisingly, it’s about to eclipse California in production of solar power.And so why aren’t Texas Republicans bragging ...

When bots have minds of their own

I’m no expert but it seems to me there might be something to this notion that artificial intelligence – otherwise known as AI – is a whole lot of trouble waiting to happen.Even the people working to bring to market the bots of the future are sounding the alarm. Only recently, the ...

EDITORIAL: Release data on marijuana prescriptions

Fully legalizing marijuana in Pennsylvania would require a robust regulatory framework, from licensing growers and distributors to tracking and collecting taxes, preventing underage use and ensuring public safety.Gov. Josh Shapiro supports legal adult use to the point of including that prospect ...

Elysian Fields rebounds to be an elite purveyor of lambs again

news@greenecountymessenger.comThroughout the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Keith Martin feared the outbreak could lead to a silencing of his lambs business.“That first year was extremely difficult,” recalled Martin, a managing member of Elysian Fields LLC. The Greene County-based ...

Environmental groups seek results of Pitt cancer studies

news@greenecountymessenger.comEnvironmental health groups are seeking an update on the status of a pair of studies about fracking and health issues, after those studies were OK’d by the state Department of Health more than three years ago.Five groups — the Center for Coalfield Justice, ...