Articles and NewsClips about federal actions impacting Pennsylvania--

-- EPA Region 3 Administrator Adam Ortiz Visits University Of Pittsburgh To Discuss Research, Collaboration; Kicked Off Earth Month At Pittsburgh Charter School  [PaEN]

-- US Dept. Of Interior Announces $244 Million In Abandoned Mine Reclamation Funding For Pennsylvania; Local Grants Available  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Work Begins To Stabilize Abandoned Mine Subsidence-Prone Portion Of Westmoreland Village

-- WESA: PA Leads Nation In Abandoned Coal Mines, But Feds See Light At End Of The Tunnel

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Feds Give PA $244 Million For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Problems

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Casey Announces $1.35 Million For Nanticoke Creek Restoration Project 

-- WNEP: $1 Million+ Abandoned Coal Mine Land Reclamation Project Announced In Luzerne County

-- US Senator Casey Presses Cumberland Coal Mine Owner About Impact Of Mine Closure On Miners, Families In Greene County 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Guidance Setting Closure Requirements For Aboveground, Underground Storage Tanks  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Felled Trees Used To Improve Allegheny National Forest

-- National Science Foundation Grant Awards Penn State, SRBC, DRBC, Potomac River Basin, Chesapeake Bay Program, Other Partners To Study Managing Salt Contamination Of Tidal River Water Supplies

-- KDKA: Radioactive Nuclear Waste Burial Ground In Armstrong County To Be Cleaned Up By Federal Government

-- ReImagine Appalachia Applauds EPA’s $500 Million Grant To Appalachian Community Capital To Stimulate Green Energy Investments In Low-Income Rural Communities Affected By Fossil Fuel Industry’s Decline  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: $1 Million In Federal Solar Grants For Lancaster County Farms, Businesses

-- US DOE Releases Revised Rule Allowing Pittsburgh’s Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works To Keep Producing Critical Electric Grid Components

-- Post-Gazette: US DOE Releases Final Rule That Protects Butler Steel Jobs

-- PennDOT Announces $20 Million In Federal Funding For 29 Electric Vehicle Charging Projects In 19 Counties  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Local Union Workers Cheer A New Federal Rule To Modernize The Electric Grid, But Efficiency Experts Are Unimpressed

-- Erie Times: Federal Funds To Provide Another Electric Vehicle Charging Station In Erie County

-- The Energy Age Blog: Electric Vehicle Charging, Solar Energy And Home Utility Costs In March

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Firefighters See What’s Ahead With Electric Semi-Trucks

-- TribLive Editorial: Federal Railway Safety Act Shouldn’t Be Derailed

-- TribLive Editorial: Lance: Questionable Choice By Allegheny County Dept. Of Emergency Services In Plum Boro’s Natural Gas Home Explosion

-- AP: EPA Did Not Declare A Public Health Emergency After Fiery Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- AP: Freight Railroads Must Keep 2-Person Crews, According To New Federal Rule

[Posted: April 7, 2024]

4/8/2024