Articles and NewsClips about federal actions impacting Pennsylvania--

New Administration

-- The Daily Item Guest Essay: Potential Cuts To Federal Funding For Abandoned Mine Cleanup - By Sophia Evans, Dickinson College Student  [PDF of article]

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: As States Line Up To Battle New Administration Over Climate, Pennsylvania Could Be On The Sidelines

-- Bloomberg: Republican Administration Threatens Tariffs If EU Doesn’t Buy More US Oil, Natural Gas

-- Bloomberg: Oil/Gas Sector Lobbies Republican Administration To Spare It From Tariffs, Regulation

-- Reuters: Exclusive: Republican Administration Transition Team To Roll Back Electric Vehicle, Emissions Policies

The Feds NewsClips

-- Dept. Of Education Now Accepting Applications for Pennsylvania’s Green Ribbon Schools  [PaEN]

-- US Fish And Wildlife & Service Seeks Public Comment On Proposed Listing Of Eastern Hellbender As Endangered; PA’s Clean Water Ambassador  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Endangered Species Status Proposed For Eastern Hellbenders

-- WITF/StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Endangered Status Proposed For Eastern Hellbender

-- Williamsport Sun: Fish & Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comment On Proposed Listing Of Hellbender As Endangered

-- Federal Ohio River Protection Act Legislation Would Address Pressing Water Quality, Conservation Needs In Ohio River Watershed  [PaEN]

-- E&E News/Politico: Congressional Lawmakers Push For Federal Focus On Ohio River Watershed Water Quality Woes

-- Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture Now Accepting Proposals For Brook Trout Conservation Projects  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Pennsylvania To Get Nearly $1 Billion In Federal Funds For Climate-Smart Ag Practices

-- Penn State Extension Conservation Cornerstone: Jan. 28 Webinar On Climate-Smart Ag Project (CARAT)   [PaEN] 

-- DEP Awards $19.6 Million To Support 8 Local Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Projects In 6 Counties  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Nearly $7 Million In Federal Funds Awarded To Reclaim Mine Land In Dickson City, Blakely

-- The Daily Item Guest Essay: Potential Cuts To Federal Funding For Abandoned Mine Cleanup - By Sophia Evans, Dickinson College Student  [PDF of article]

-- WNEP: Massive Mine Subsidence Swallows Schuylkill County Family’s Backyard Swimming Pool

 -- Republican Herald: Sinkhole Breaks Water Main In Mahanoy Twp., Schuylkill County; Possible Abandoned Mine Subsidence

-- Republican Herald: Sinkhole In Mahanoy Twp., Schuylkill County Linked To Abandoned Mines

-- WNEP: DEP Crews Working To Fill Mine Subsidence Sinkhole In Schuylkill County That Swallowed Swimming Pool

-- WHYY - Zoe Read: 50 Years Of Federal Safe Drinking Water Act - From Reducing Waterborne Diseases to Battlling Toxic PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’  [40 Years Of PA Safe Drinking Water Act - PA Used To Lead The Nation In Waterborne Disease Outbreaks]

-- US DOE Releases LNG Gas Export Study: Facilities Already Approved Will Meet Global Demand For Decades; Unfettered Exports Would Increase Domestic Natural Gas Prices; Electricity Prices; Costs To Manufacturers  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak, et al: Expanding Natural Gas Exports Will Increase Prices, Pollution, Report Says

-- Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Calls For Immediate Lift Of LNG Export Facility Permit Review Ban  [EQT, PA Shale Gas Says We Have A ‘Duty’ To Sell More Gas To China Our Economic, Military Competitor]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Energy & Business Groups Respond To US DOE LNG Gas Export Study  [PDF of Article]

-- EPA, DOE Award $850 Million To Support Oil & Gas Sector Methane Pollution Reduction, Including $10 Million Grant To Penn State  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Designation Of Areas Not Meeting Health-Based Standards For Particulate Matter (PM2.5);  3 Hearings Scheduled  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Is Pittsburgh’s Air Quality Really That Bad?

-- PennDOT Opens 2 New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Under Federal Program In Butler, Lebanon Counties

-- Public News Service: Clean Trucks Campaign Touts Benefits Of Electric Vehicles For Pennsylvania

-- PA Solar Center Accepting Applications For G.E.T. Solar Schools Technical Assistance Program To Help Apply For Solar For Schools, Other Funding  [PaEN]

-- DEP Shared Energy Manager Program Accepting Applications For Energy Assessment, Renewable Energy, Energy Conservation Work With Local Governments, School Districts  [PaEN]

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh: Report On Clean Energy Workforce - Needs And Opportunities For Southwestern PA  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Environmental Groups Ask For Susquehanna River Pump Storage Hydro Permit Rehearing

-- North American Electric Reliability Corp: AI Poses Threat To North American Electricity Grid  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: NERC - ‘Explosive’ Demand Growth Puts More Than Half Of North America At Risk Of Blackouts

-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp Adopts Standards To Boost Extreme Weather Reliability   [Follow Up To Report Raising Alarm Over Winter Natural Gas Supplies ]

-- Utility Dive: FERC: American Efficient Faces $722 Million Penalty For Providing Capacity From Energy Efficiency Resources That Did Not Reduce Energy Use In PJM, Midcontinent Electric Grids

-- Utility Dive: US DOE To Support 3 National Electric Transmission Corridors, Including Lake Erie To Canada In PA

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Will Nuclear Power Make A Comeback In Chesapeake Bay Region?

-- Tribune-Democrat: ‘Resiliency’ Project To Replace Struggling Flight 93 Memorial Tree Grove Moving Forward, US Park Service Says

-- Penn State Extension Jan. 16 Webinar On Forest Carbon Markets And Payment Programs Expert Panel  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: USDA Releases More Hungry Beetles In Allegheny National Forest To Combat Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

[Posted: December 22, 2024]

12/23/2024