Articles and NewsClips about federal actions impacting Pennsylvania--

-- Sept. 11 Webinar On $396.1 Million PA RISE Program To Provide Grants, Incentives To Decarbonize Industry  [PaEN]

-- US Dept. Of Interior Approves $76.4 Million To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania; 1,234 Violations For Abandoning Conventional Wells In Last 20 Months  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA To Receive $76 Million To Plug Hundreds Of Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells; DEP Holds Workshops On New Plugging Grants

-- Source Of 19-Day-Old Oil Discharge Into Allegheny River In Venango County Still A Mystery; Recreators Asked To Avoid The Area  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Abandoned Mine Land Cleanup In Appalachia Faces, Federal Delays, Capacity Limits

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Announces $23.8 Million In Small Watershed Grants To Support Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Efforts; $7.5 Million To Benefit PA  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: $1 Million In Federal Grants For Trees, Fencing On Farms In Lancaster, Other Local Counties

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Record National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Funding For Delaware Watershed Restoration In PA, DE, NJ

-- USDA NRCS Now Accepting Applications For FY 2025 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program  [PaEN]

-- USDA Grant To Fund Penn State AI-Powered Research Into Nitrate Pollution Measurements Database In Chesapeake Bay, Ohio River, Upper Mississippi River Watersheds

-- Williamsport Sun: Federal Disaster Dollars Sought For Hardest Hit Flood Communities In Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, Union Counties

-- LancasterOnline: Penn State Research To Employ AI To Monitor Nitrates In Polluted Waterways

-- DEP Accepting Applications For Coastal Zone Grants In Delaware Estuary, Lake Erie Coastal Zones  [PaEN]

-- EPA Now Accepting Applications For $232 Million In Brownfield Economic Revitalization Project Grants

-- Appalachian Regional Commission Announced It Will Invest $16.9 Million In Appalachia's Electric Grid, Businesses, Workforce, Trails; 4 Projects Benefit PA  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Workers At EOS Energy Battery Plant Eligible For $2 Billion In Public Funds Is Union Busting

-- Green Building Alliance Awarded $1.48 Million Federal Grant To Launch Green Pathways Workforce Initiative In Southwest PA  [PaEN]

-- PUC Awarded $4.6 Million DOE Grant To Improve Siting Process For High-Voltage Electric Transmission Lines  [PaEN]

-- PennDOT Invites Public To Comment On Plan For Expanded Electric Vehicle Charging Support, Funding Distribution  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Survey Seeks Input On Electric Vehicle Chargers In Lancaster City

-- Clean Air Advocates File Lawsuit Against EPA To Reduce Hazardous Air Pollutants From Steel Industry Coke [Coal] Oven Plants  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Coke [Coal] Oven Battery Rules

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro Steps Up Negotiations As Biden’s Potential Block Of US Steel Deal Jolts Region

-- TribLive: Harris Disapproves Of US Steel Sale To Nippon During Pittsburgh Event

-- Financial Times: Biden Set To Block Nippon Steel’s Takeover Of US Steel, Transaction Poses A National Security Risk

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: US Steel CEO Warns Company Would Close Mon Valley Works, Clairton Coke [Coal] Works, Thomson Works, Irvin Plant, Pittsburgh HQ If Nippon Steel Deal Falls Through

-- US DOT Accepting Applications For Grants To Remove Or Replace Culverts To Improve Or Restore Passages For Anadromous Fish  [PaEN]

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Receives US Fish & Wildlife Grant To Conserve Grassland Raptors  [PaEN]

[Posted: September 8, 2024] 

9/9/2024