Articles and NewsClips about federal actions impacting Pennsylvania--

-- EPA, The Hershey Company Commit $2 Million To Land O'Lakes Dairy Farms Members In PA For Sustainable Farming Initiatives  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: EPA, The Hershey Company Commit $2 Million For PA Dairy Farm Conservation

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Provides $100,000 Grant To Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. To Treat Mine Drainage In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Receives $100,000 Federal Grant To Repair Mine Drainage Treatment System In Tioga County  [PaEN]

-- Olean Times Herald: A Mine Reclamation Success Story In The PA Wilds - Bennett’s Branch Of Sinnehamoning Creek, Dents Run In Clearfield, Elk Counties

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Restoration Of Abandoned Mine Drainage In Espy Run A Significant Achievement

-- DEP Begins Accepting Applications For Coastal Zone Grants Aug. 28  [PaEN]

-- Bipartisan Group Of PA Members Of Congress Urge President To Declare Federal Disaster After Severe Flooding, Storms Caused 7 Deaths, Property Damage In Berks, Bucks, Northampton Counties  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: 75th Anniversary Of Construction Of Youghiogheny River Dam

-- York Dispatch: Feds Say York County Doesn’t Quality For Storm Damage Aid From Aug. 7 Tornadoes

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network Disappointed By Delay In Updating EPA Ozone Pollution Standards, Calls For Swift Action

-- York County-Based Young Evangelicals For Climate Action: Delayed Ozone Pollution Standards Will Harm Our Communities, Perpetuate Environmental Injustice

-- 150+ Residents Of Chester Opposed To An LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Proposed In Their Community Let Their Feelings Be Known To The House Philadelphia LNG Export Task Force  [PaEN]

-- Equitrans Determined Leak Of Over 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas From Cambria County Storage Facility Was Caused By Corrosion In Conventional Gas Well Casing  [PaEN]

-- US DOT Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Announces Proposed Rules To Reduce Risk Of Natural Gas Pipeline Over-Pressurization Incidents, Explosions  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: US Natural Gas Pipelines To Get New Rules To Reduce Risk From Over-Pressurization Incidents, Explosions

-- York Dispatch: Process To Decommission Peach Bottom Unit 1 Nuclear Power Reactor To Begin In Fall, Active Work Planned For 2028

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For $2.6 Million In PA Clean Diesel Grants  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Electric Vehicle Drivers Can Soon Get A Shorti And A Charge-Up At Some Wawas

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Don’t Derail Train Safety Bills [Both Congress, PA Legislature Have Bills Pending]

-- AP: Railroads Resist Joining Safety Hotline Program To Protect Whistleblowers Because They Want To Be Able To Discipline Workers

-- The Intercept: Norfolk Southern Spent $1.9 Million In Washington As Congress Weakened Rail Safety Bill

-- Allegheny National Forest Accepting Comments On Environmental Assessment For Invasive Plants And Interfering Vegetation

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Seeks Comment On Plan To Deal With Invasive Species

-- Warren Times: Artist’s Love Of Nature Brings Praise For Allegheny National Forest Program

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Artist-In-Residence Program Seen As A Success

[Posted: August 27, 2023]

8/28/2023