I thought that I knew disaster preparedness before. That mental reassurance didn’t derive from personal experience. After all — I’ve lived my whole live in Pennsylvania — home of Three Mile Island catastrophe as well as coal mining accidents from Throop to Scranton. But the last week taught me not only what I thought that I knew and more importantly what […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: How will Deepseek AI-R affect Philadelphia?
If you sat last month nearly spilling your under-cooked TV dinner wondering what in the world is this announcement about a overseas company who has released a ground-breaking and revolutionary application in the AI race that made headlines and sending the US stock market into a downturn? Well, you are not alone. […]
Pennsylvania’s lithium mining future comes with big questions
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania holds what could be a significant source of lithium, a key component in powering everything from cell phones to electric vehicles. However, the potential source may present a dilemma for clean energy advocates, as it comes from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking – an industry they […]
Trump: Nippon will invest into, not own U.S. Steel
(The Center Square) — The compromised international buyout of U.S. Steel took an unexpected turn Friday. President Donald Trump revealed that the Japanese-owned company will back away from its $14.9 billion to acquire U.S. Steel, but rather invest money into the iconic Pittsburgh-based company. During a joint news conference with […]
Trump still against U.S. Steel overseas buyout
(The Center Square) – A controversial $14.9 billion overseas buyout of the iconic U.S. Steel company based in Pittsburgh still doesn’t have Donald Trump’s support. On Tuesday, the president-elect reaffirmed his vow to block the deal with Japanese-based Nippon Steel, upholding the same promise given by the Biden administration earlier […]
Peter Mihalick: Despite noise from politicians steel deal is good for Pittsburgh
Watching from afar, it is sad that the politics of the D.C. swamp have infected Pittsburgh. That’s the only way to explain why politicians and special interests from outside Pennsylvania are working so hard to block the Nippon Steel – U.S. Steel deal, which objectively would be good for the […]
Jeffrey Kupfer: Politicians shouldn’t endanger the U.S. Steel deal
President Biden is apparently on the cusp of using his executive powers to block Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel, claiming that it would harm U.S. national security. It’s a claim that doesn’t stand up to scrutiny and obscures what appears to be the real reason for his action – […]
Kyle Sammin: The U.S. Steel merger is good for workers, good for Pennsylvania
When Donald Trump imposed a “temporary” 25 percent tariff on steel in 2018, many Democrats and their friends in the media pounced on the plan as ill-considered and harmful to the American economy. Even some Republicans were uncomfortable with the executive action. Legality was not the issue: the section of […]
Becky Corbin: When bipartisan consensus is not a virtue
The prospect of foreign ownership of a storied American company raises concerns, but opposition to this merger is misguided.
By Becky Corbin
Without Nippon deal, U.S. Steel may leave Pittsburgh
(The Center Square) – The company behind the eponymous “Steel City” may be a Pittsburgh icon no more. U.S. Steel, founded in the city more than 120 years ago, said Wednesday that without Japanese-owned Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion acquisition, it would relocate out of Pittsburgh – dealing an economic and […]