Articles and NewsClips about federal actions impacting Pennsylvania--
-- NRCS-PA Conducting Rapid Flood Disaster Recovery Needs Survey In Luzerne, Lackawanna and Wyoming Counties; Responses Due Oct. 7 [PaEN]
-- Reading Eagle: Berks County Leaders Want Response On Federal Flood Disaster Declaration
-- NRCS-PA Invites Applications For $65 Million For Conservation & Climate Action On Private Lands Grants [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Senators Fetterman, Braun Introduce Organic Agriculture Research Bill To Protect Funding
-- PA Capital-Star: Feds Pledge More Than $1 Billion To Plant Trees In Cities; PA Projects Received Nearly $28 Million
-- TribLive: $9 Million Federal Grant To Fund Pittsburgh Forestry Efforts
-- EPA Issues Final Rule Strengthening State Section 401 Water Quality Certification Rule For Infrastructure, Pipeline, Development Projects [Pipelines are the most penalized industry in PA for environmental violations]
-- The Hill: EPA Gives States More Authority To Block Pipeline Projects [Section 401 Certification Rule]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA Oil, Natural Gas Industry Urge EPA To Drop Plans To Tighten Particulate Matter Limits
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Federal Oil, Gas Leases Create Jobs And Meet Needs For Affordable Energy [Note: There are 5,000 to 7,000 abandoned conventional oil and gas wells in the Allegheny National Forest]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: EPA Failed To Take Action On Excessive Benzene Emissions At Philly Refinery Site For Years
-- PA Capital-Star: Report Faults EPA For Not Enforcing Limits On Toxic Benzene Emissions At Oil Refineries
-- EPA Report Shows Major Emissions Reductions In Electricity Sector From Inflation Reduction Act
-- EPA Now Accepting Nominations For 2024 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; Webinar Sept. 20 [PaEN]
-- EPA Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Environmental Education Grants [PaEN]
-- Growing Greener Coalition Opposes Senate Amendment Taking $150 Million From Game Commission Fund That Threatens Federal Wildlife Funding [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: Game Commission Braces For Impact Of $150 Million Transfer Out Of Game Fund
-- Warren Times: USDA To Host Walk In Penn’s Woods Event Oct. 1
-- Gettysburg College Awarded NOAA Grant To Improve Watershed Education, Training In Pennsylvania
-- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness: Help Permanently Preserve George Washington Park In The City Of Warren [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Federal Judge Strikes Down Ruling Eastern Hellbenders Are Not Endangered
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitte: Eastern Hellbender May Get Another Shot At Federal Protections
-- Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper - John Zaktansky: Hellbender Ruling A Needed Step Toward Better Protections
[Posted: September 17, 2023]
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