Articles and NewsClips about federal actions impacting Pennsylvania-- 

-- PennLive: Wilsbach Distributors In Dauphin County Receives USDA Rural Energy For America Grant For Solar Energy Facility

-- TribLive: EPA Earmarks $2 Million To Convert Pittsburgh Slag Heap To Solar Energy Facility

-- Philadelphia On EPA's Top Cities For ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings List For 2023  [PaEN]

-- SpotlightPA: Communities Fear Health, Environmental Harms As They Await More Info On Hydrogen Hub Projects

-- TribLive/Spotlight PA: Communities Fear Health, Environmental Harms As They Await More Info On Hydrogen Hub Projects

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Is Hydrogen The Road To A Decarbonized Future Or Just Another Lifeline For Fossil Fuels

-- Guest Essay: Oil & Gas Industry Waste And Radioactive Drinking Water In Pennsylvania -  By Justin Nobel, Author of Petroleum-238: Big Oil's Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It  [PaEN]

-- The Energy Age Blog: Federal Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste Exemption History

-- PennDOT Announces New Funding Opportunity To Repair Existing Electric Vehicle Chargers; June 11 Webinar  [PaEN]

-- EPA Announces $16 Million In Brownfield Grants To Rehabilitate, Revitalize Communities In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: EPA Awards Cresson Twp. Funding For Former Cresson Ridge Industrial Site

-- WHYY: Cleanup Of Former Oil Terminal Near Bartram’s Garden Gets Boost With EPA Funds

-- Erie Times: Redevelopment Authority Lands EPA Brownfields Grant To Clean Up Old Factories

-- EPA Announces Availability Of $14 Million In Brownfields Job Training Grants Under Investing in America Agenda   [PaEN]

-- TribLive/AP: Norfolk Southern, EPA Reach Settlement Over Ohio Train Derailment: $15 Million Fine, $300 Million Cleanup

-- US Senator Casey Statement On Norfolk Southern/EPA Settlement: ‘We Must Do More To Ensure Pennsylvanians Are Never Forced To Go Through This Hell Again’

-- Post-Gazette: PA Residents Hurt By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Would Get Tax Break Under US House-Passed Bill

-- EPA Invites Comments On Draft Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit Renewal For Seneca Resources Company, LLC In Elk County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: EPA Earmarks $2 Million To Convert Pittsburgh Slag Heap To Solar Energy Facility

-- Utility Dive: US Power Demand Expected To Jump 2.7% This Summer, Plus 5 Other Takeaways From FERC’s Open Meeting

-- PA Capital-Star: Mine Safety Advocates Urge US Senate Committee To Do More To Help Coal Miners With Black Lung Disease

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: New EPA Rules Could Force Emission Limits, Monitoring At US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works 

-- Appalachian Voices Blog: New EPA Limits On Power Plant Pollution Aim To Protect Communities And The Climate

-- Environmental Health News: What Will EPA’s New Regulations For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water Mean For Pennsylvania

-- AP: EPA Warns Of Increasing Cyberattacks On Water Systems, Urges Utilities To Take Immediate Action

-- EPA Outlines Enforcement Measures To Help Prevent Cybersecurity Attacks And Protect The Nation’s Drinking Water

-- PA Capital-Star: Federal Farm Bill Advances From US House Committee But Faces Tough Row To Hoe

-- Politics PA: PA Cong. Thompson Unveils Federal Farm Bill Text

-- PA Capital-Star: Federal Farm Bill Text Released In US House, Setting Up Fight With US Senate

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Applauds PA Cong. Thompson For Proposed Federal Farm Bill Investment In Conservation, Encouraging Dedicated Support For Climate-Focused Practices

-- Help Wanted: USDA Farm Service Agency - County Program Technician, Luzerne County

-- PennLive: Federal Funding For Paxton Creek Redesign Will Help Replace Sewer Lines, Reduce Flooding In Dauphin County

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Harrisburg’s Paxton Creek Flooding Problem Is Target Of $1.25 Million In Grants

-- AP: EPA Warns Of Increasing Cyberattacks On Water Systems, Urges Utilities To Take Immediate Action

-- EPA Outlines Enforcement Measures To Help Prevent Cybersecurity Attacks And Protect The Nation’s Drinking Water

-- WHYY: NOAA: Prepare For An ‘Extraordinary’ Hurricane Season On The East Coast

-- Reuters: US Forecasters See Large Number Of Major Hurricanes In 2024

-- City & State PA: Shapiro Touts PA As The ‘Great American Getaway’ Ahead Of America250 Celebration In 2026

[Posted: May 26, 2024]

5/27/2024