The Feds

Articles and NewsClips about federal actions impacting Pennsylvania--

-- Shapiro Administration Commends 3 PA Schools For Environmental Efforts As Green Ribbon Schools

-- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Winners In Western PA, West Virginia Science Bowl Competed In National Science Bowl

-- Gov. Shapiro Announces SBA Low-interest Loans Available For April 2024 Flood Survivors In Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Washington, Westmoreland Counties  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Model Estimates Decline In Nutrient, Sediment Pollution; PA, 4 Other Jurisdictions Did Not Meet Reduction 2023 Targets For Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sediment  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Environmental Groups Send EPA Notice Of Potential Lawsuit On Wastewater Plant Discharge Violations, Including In Bay Watershed

-- WHYY: Tyson Foods Chicken Plant In Lancaster County Pollutes Waterways With Nitrogen, Phosphorus

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Federal Farm Bills Released By US House, Senate Could Benefit Chesapeake Bay Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: PA Cong. Thompson Proposes Bill To Fund Farm Conservation, Nutrition Programs

-- The Center Square: Great Lakes Restoration Act Reported From US Senate Committee

-- Post-Gazette: PA To Get $152 Million More In Federal Funding To Remove Lead Service Water Lines

-- EPA Announces Over $152 Million For PA Lead Drinking Water Pipe Replacement

-- Altoona Mirror: Local Agencies Ramp Up Security After State, National Cyberattacks On Water Supplies

-- EPA Highlights New National Security Memorandum On Critical Water Infrastructure

-- Clean Energy Funding Guide Now Available For Renters, Homeowners, Landlords, Nonprofits, Local Governments, Workforce Development  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: ‘Bathtub’ Funding Will Make Pittsburgh Safer, More Climate Resilient

-- WHYY: Federal Money Will Help Prepare 2 Philly Bridges For Climate-Driven Floods

-- White House Finalizes Reforms To Modernize Environmental Review, Accelerate Clean Energy Future

-- ABC27: Changes Proposed To PA’s Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Alert System; Public Meeting May 9

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Do The Owners Of The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Have Enough Money To Decommission The Facility? - By Council To Modernize Governance

-- EDF: US House Passes Bill To Locate Abandoned/Orphaned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells, Improve Well Plugging Technology [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Bill To Improve Plugging Abandoned Gas Wells Passes US House

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Green Hydrogen: A Climate Change Solution Or Fossil Fuel Bait And Switch?

-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: FERC, NERC Review Of Winter Storm Gas Infrastructure Failures Lacks Transparency, Provided Insufficient Scrutiny On Impacts - By Union Of Concerned

-- The Hill: Biden’s Pause On New LNG Gas Export Facility Permits Could Complicate Pennsylvania Strategy  [LNG Export Capacity Will Double During Pause; PA Shale Gas Coalition Wants To Export PA Gas To China, Our Competitor]

-- Williamsport Editorial: LNG Gas Permit Ban Is Simply Unreasonable  [The Pause-- Not Ban--  Is On NEW Export Projects, LNG Export Capacity Will Double During Pause; PA Shale Gas Coalition Wants To Export PA Gas To China, Our Competitor] 

-- Bloomberg: Federal Trade Commission Alleges Shale Producer Scott Sheffield [Pioneer]  Tried To Collude With OPEC To Prop Up Crude Oil Prices By Coordinating Production Levels

-- Financial Times: Federal Trade Commission OPEC Collusion Claim Against US Shale Oil Producer Sets Off Tremor In Oil Patch

-- EPA Issues Consent Order To MAX Environmental Technologies To Ensure Compliance With Hazardous Waste Rules At Westmoreland County Facility  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: EPA To MAX Environmental Yukon Landfill Operator: Fix Violations Or Face $73,000 A Day Fine

-- The Allegheny Front: EPA Consent Order Requires MAX Environmental Hazardous Waste Landfill In Westmoreland County To Submit To An Audit; Residents Say It’s Not Enough

-- WHYY: Federal Rail Agency Conducted Limited Investigation Of Whitemarsh Train Derailment Finds Sinkhole Caused The Accident

-- AP: Union Pacific Railroad Undermined Regulators’ Efforts to Assess Safety, US Agency Says

-- EarthJustice: Federal Appeals Court Upholds EPA’s Plan For Cleaner Air In PA, Denying A Challenge From Keystone And Conemaugh Coal-Fired Power Plants

-- TribLive Guest Essay: New EPA Protections Will Save Lives, Slash Climate Pollution From Coal-Fired Power Plants - By Moms Air Force

-- The Daily Item Letter: EPA’s New Power Plant Rules Provide Critical Pollution Reduction - By Ben Hoskins  [Responds To Republicans Sen. Yaw, Con. Meuser]

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Trucking Company Says EPA Moving Too Fast With New Trucks Emissions Rule

-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Stands To Lose With New EPA Tailpipe Rule - By PA Motor Truck Association

-- TribLive/AP: Nippon Steel Delays Closing Of Acquisition Of US Steel Until After US DOJ Request

-- Maryland National Guard Abandons Proposal To Do Very Low-Level Aircraft Combat Training Over The Pennsylvania Wilds  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: River Group Gets $1.2 Million Grant To Remove Dams In Ohio And Susquehanna River Watersheds, Improve Fish Habitat

-- Warren Times: US Forest Service Reminds Gardeners To Think Native Plants

[Posted: May 5, 2024]


5/6/2024

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