The Feds

Articles and NewsClips about federal actions impacting Pennsylvania--

-- U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Announce Over $17 Million In Grants For Delaware River Basin Restoration  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: US Fish & Wildlife Service Announces $17 Million For Delaware River Watershed Projects

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, US Fish & Wildlife Announce $8.9 Million To Restore, Conserve Habitats In Chesapeake Bay Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: $8.9 Million In Chesapeake WILD Grants Awarded To Improve Wildlife Habitat

-- Conservation Innovation Fund, Kennett Twp., Chester County Receive Ground-Breaking Stormwater Permit Relying On Nature-Based Solutions  [PaEN]

-- USDA NRCS-PA: Cropland Farmers May Be Contacted During Conservation Effects Assessment Survey

-- EPA Names Khesha Reed As Deputy Director For Chesapeake Bay Program Office  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Lawmakers Urge Biden To Approve Federal Disaster Declaration For Tropical Storm Debby Damage

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Teacher Transforms Into Scientist During Weeklong Mission Aboard Ship On Lake Erie

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Penn State Gets $1 Million To Dig Into Critical Mineral Research Into Semiconductors

-- EPA Now Accepting Nominations For 2025 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards, Deadline Dec. 13

-- Observer-Reporter: New Mon River Locks And Dam 4 Renamed To Honor Murtha

-- WNEP: EPA Investigating Potential Wastewater Violations At Environmental Services Corp In Lackawanna County

-- Appalachian Regional Commission Selects Job Training, Revitalization Groups For Communities Impacted By Coal, Power Plant Closures; Underserved, Marginalized Communities; 5 In PA Serving Coal, Oil & Gas Counties  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: 5 PA Foundations Selected For Job Training And Funding Program In Bradford, Fayette, Monroe, Susquehanna, Venango Counties

-- State, United Mine Workers Announce First-In-PA Registered Apprenticeship Program To Plug Oil And Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Owners; DEP Issued 711 Violations For Well Abandonment So Far In 2024  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Shapiro, Mineworkers Create Apprenticeship To Plug Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Owners

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: State Announces Apprenticeship Program To Plug Oil, Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Owners

-- TribLive: PA Apprenticeship Program Expands To Including Training To Plug Oil, Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Owners

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: State, United Mine Workers Partner On New Apprenticeship On Plugging Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Owners

-- Erie Times: Biden Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi, A General McLane Grad, Touts Clean Energy Sector In PA

-- Cooper-Booth Wholesale Co. Installs 1.17 GW Rooftop Solar Energy Facility In Lancaster County  [PaEN]

-- US DOE Awards Philadelphia $19.8 Million To Develop, Adopt Building Performance Standards To Reduce Energy Use

-- PennEnvironment: New US DOE Appliance Efficiency Standards Will Save PA Households $128 Annually [PaEN]

-- US DOT Awards Pittsburgh $2.4 Million, Philadelphia $8.9 Million For Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Getting $2.4 Million Federal Grant To Build More Electric Vehicle Chargers

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Pittsburgh Receives $2.9 Million Federal Grant For 100 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Philly Gets Federal Money To Explore ‘Cool Roofs’

-- The Guardian: US Leads Wealthy Countries Spending Billions In Public Money On Unproven ‘Climate Solutions’ Like Hydrogen, Carbon Capture

-- Reuters: US Clean Energy Jobs Growth Rate Double That Of Overall Jobs, Report Says

-- Erie Times: Activists Call On US DOE To Revoke $182 Million Loan Guarantee For International Recycling Group Plastics Pellet Fuel Plant

-- The Allegheny Front/WESA: 120,000 Pounds Of Debris Pulled From Pittsburgh’s Rivers In Ongoing Cleanup

-- DCNR Celebrates Smokey Bear’s 80th Birthday At Mont Alto State Park, Franklin County

-- NSF Grant To Fund Penn State, Universities Partnership Study Of How Quickly eDNA Degrades In Streams To Better Understand How It Can Be Used To Identify Aquatic Life  [PaEN]

[Posted: September 1, 2024]


9/2/2024

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