The Feds

Articles and NewsClips about federal actions impacting Pennsylvania--

-- PennVEST Invests $194.3 Million In 28 Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Water Quality Improvement Projects In 20 Counties  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA To Spend Nearly $200 Million On Lead Pipe Replacement, Water Upgrades  [Mostly Federal Funds]

-- DEP Awards Susquehanna River Basin Commission $68.2 Million To Restore Severely Impaired Tioga River Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Abandoned Mine Land Getting Makeover In Northeastern PA - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- DEP Awards $573,000 To 10 Projects To Protect Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone; $268,000 To 5 Projects To Protect Lake Erie Coastal Zone  [PaEN]

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Now Accepting Applications For Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund Grants; Webinar Jan. 30; Project Coaching  [PaEN]

-- PennEnvironment, Clean Air Council Win Record $42 Million Air Pollution Settlement Covering 3 US Steel Facilities In The Mon Valley, Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: US Steel Settles Lawsuit Over 2018 Fire, Power Outages In 2019, 2022 That Caused Air Pollution Episodes At 3 Facilities In Mon Valley

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: US Steel Reaches Landmark Deal With Allegheny County, Environmental Groups Over Air Pollution From 3 Pittsburgh Facilities

-- If Requested, DEP Will Hold Feb. 28 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Keystone Station Coal-Fired Power Plant In Armstrong County  [PaEN]

-- DEP, If Requested, Will Hold Feb. 28 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Homer City Generation Station In Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Will Hold A Hearing Feb. 28, If Requested, On Air Quality Permit For Conemaugh Coal-Fired Power Plant In Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: US Steel Settles Environmental Lawsuit, Pledging Millions In Mon Valley Improvements

-- USDA Rural Development Invests $5.8 Million In 37 Clean Energy Projects In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: USDA Sends PA $5.2 Million For Solar, Energy Efficiency Projects

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Receives $2.1 Million In USDA Grants For Solar Energy Projects On Farms, Schools, Businesses

-- PennDOT: Electric Vehicle Charging Station In Luzerne County First Completed With Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding In PA  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicles To Be Replaced With Electric Thru Grant Program Funded By Volkswagen Settlement

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Reached Milestone With First Electric Vehicle Charging Station Under Federal Infrastructure Law

-- Post-Gazette: Electric School Busses Coming To Pittsburgh Public Schools 

-- National Assn. Of Counties Announces Participants In Building Resilient Economies In Coal Communities Action Challenge; Somerset And Forest Counties Included In PA  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: US DOT Secretary Pushes For Rail Safety, Touts Federal Infrastructur Bill In Pittsburgh Visit

-- Reuters: NY Stock Exchange Pulls Plan To Allow Private Entrepreneurs To Establish New Tradeable Asset Class Called Natural Asset Companies That Buy And Hold Rights To Ecosystem Services

-- Warren Times: Sen. Hutchinson, Rep. Rapp Oppose NYSE Proposal To Allow Private Entrepreneurs To Establish Private Natural Asset Companies That Buy And Hold Rights To Ecosystem Services

-- Warren Times: Vote By Warren School District, Warren City Council To Oppose Natural Asset Company Rule Bad Process

-- Williamsport Sun: Casey Secures $387,500 Grant For Pennsylvania Wilds Center For Entrepreneurship

-- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Urge Public Comments Opposing Permanent, Fixed Anchor Bolts, Pitons On Wilderness Climbing Rock Faces  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Washington’s Trail 1753 Deserves Official Historial Recognition

-- TribLive: Lawrence County Men Who Poisoned Protected Birds Found Guilty - 15 Months After Federal Trial

-- The Guardian: Bumblebee Among Species US Wildlife Officials Consider Listing As Endangered

-- Interns Wanted: US Forest Service Hiring Summer College Interns In Allegheny National Forest, Other Locations

[Posted: January 28, 2024]


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