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Articles and NewsClips about federal actions impacting Pennsylvania--
New Federal Administration
-- White House: President Launches Initiative To Eliminate 10 Regulations For Every New Regulation Issued; Cost Of New Regulations Must Be ‘Significantly’ Less Than Zero [PaEN]
-- WSJ: US Imposes 10% Tariff On Canadian Oil, Gas, 25% On Other Products [PDF of Article] [United Refining In Warren Uses 70,000 Barrels Of Canadian Oil A Day ]
-- Wall Street Journal: New Federal Administration Memo Orders Agencies To Broadly Pause All Federal Grants, Loans, Financial Assistance Programs Pending Review [PDF of Article]
-- AP: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks New Administration’s Freeze On Federal Grants And Loans
-- AP: President Rescinds Memo Freezing Federal Money After Widespread Confusion; Executive Orders Requiring Funding Review Still In ‘Full Force’
-- AP: President Rescinds Funding Freeze But Uncertainty Lives On For Wide Array Of Environmental Programs
-- E&ENews/Politico: EPA Freezes Federal Solar For All Program Funding Until Further Notice [PA Was Due To Receive $156 Million]
-- Financial Times: President Wiped Out Dozens Of Biden’s Climate Initiatives In First-Week Blitz
-- Post-Gazette -Ford Turner: Republicans US Sen. McCormick, Cong. Reschenthaler Defend Funding Freeze
-- TribLive Editorial: Government Must Be Reliable To Function
-- TribLive/AP: Wall Street Journal Takes Critical Eye To Start Of President’s 2nd Term: ‘Remarkably Poor Judgment’
-- Inquirer: Gov. Shapiro Says Federal Funding Freeze Is Creating ‘Havoc,’ As PA, NJ Officials Scramble
-- TribLive: Federal Funding Comes Through To Replace Roughly 1,000 Lead Water Service Lines In Alle-Kiski Valley [ All Federal Disbursements Now Frozen ]
-- Inquirer: President Wants US To Be ‘Leading’ Producer Of Non-Fuel Minerals; Here’s How PA Could Help; Rare Earth Elements Could Be More Important Than Expansion Of Fracking [PDF of Article]
-- Washington & Jefferson College: Sweeping Changes Being Made In US Energy Policy By New Federal Administration
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: New Administration Order Canceling Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Leaves Some PA Sites In Limbo [Order Froze Disbursements In This And Other Programs]
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Nearly $1 Million Federal Stormwater Climate Grant In Allegheny County Environmental Justice Communities [New Administration Froze Disbursements In This And Other Programs]
-- Environmental Health News: New Administration Withdraws Proposed Limits On PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Industrial Wastewater
Other Federal NewsClips
-- EPA: Lee M. Zeldin Sworn In As 17th EPA Administrator
-- Politico: US Senate Confirms Zeldin To Head EPA
-- House Energy Committee To Hold Feb. 4 Hearing On Bill Establishing $156 Million Federally-Funded Solar For All Program [PaEN]
-- E&ENews/Politico: EPA Freezes Federal Solar For All Program Funding Until Further Notice [PA Was Due To Receive $156 Million]
-- DEP Releases 2 Contracts For Bidding In Next Round Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging: 12 Wells In Kinzua State Park, McKean County, 18 Wells In Warren County [PaEN]
-- NYT: Oil, Gas Companies Embrace New President, But Not ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ [No Plans To Increase Production Unless Prices Rise Significantly]
-- ABC27: Could Three Mile Island Restart Be At Risk Due To Federal Funding Freeze?
-- LancasterOnline: Activist Urges Lancaster County Commissioners To Fight Three Mile Island Opening
-- LancasterOnline: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Owner Defends Safety Record And Planning Of Restart
-- Reuters: Talen Goes To Court Over FERC’s Amazon Co-Located Data Center Rejection
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PennEnvironment Warns Of Environmental, Cost Impact Of A.I. Buildout
-- ABC27: Could Three Mile Island Restart Be At Risk Due To Federal Funding Freeze?
-- Reuters: Talen Goes To Court Over FERC’s Amazon Co-Located Data Center Rejection
-- US EIA: Electric Power Sector Has Driven Rising PA Natural Gas Consumption Since 2013
-- Utility Dive: Calpine To Sell 2 PA Gas Power Plants To Avoid Market Power Concerns From Constellation Merger
-- WESA: PA Cong. Deluzio Calls On Vance To Push Rail Safety On Eve Of Norfolk Southern Derailment Anniversary
-- TribLive: PA Cong. Deluzio Pushes Rail Safety Bill With Visit To Tarentum, Allegheny County
-- The Allegheny Front: 2 Years After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Some Residents Worry About Liver Disease
-- TribLive/AP: Norfolk Southern And East Palestine Announce $22 Million Settlement After 2023 Derailment
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Nearly $1 Million Federal Stormwater Climate Grant In Allegheny County Environmental Justice Communities [New Administration Froze Disbursements In This And Other Programs]
-- York Daily Record: The Hellbender, PA’s Official State Amphibian, Is Proposed For Endangered Species Status
[Posted: February 1, 2025]
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