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Articles and NewsClips about federal actions impacting Pennsylvania--
New Federal Administration
-- River Reporter: Local Congressmen, EPA Reopen Fracking Conversation In Delaware River Basin In NE PA
-- EPA Administrator Travels To NE PA To Talk About Unleashing American Energy Dominance In Monroe County
-- Inside Climate News: EPA Reinstates Environmental Justice Staff Amid Workforce Turmoil
-- AP: New EPA Guidance Says Spending On Items Greater Than $50,000 Must Get DOGE Approval
-- Beaver Times Guest Essay: President’s ‘Common Sense’ Approach Should Include Clean Energy - By Bruce Cooper, Slippery Rock Chapter Of Citizens’ Climate Lobby
-- Centre Daily Times Climate Watch: Moving To A Carbon-Free Future Is Common Sense
-- Guest Essay: State Budget Season Offers Hope For An Energy Future Made In PA - By Kate Harper and Conor Lamb, Co-Chairs of Energy Future PA [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro’s Energy Policies Will Cost Pennsylvania - By Andre Beliveau, Commonwealth Foundation
-- River Reporter: Luzerne County Reps Push For End To ‘Rain Tax’ [Stormwater Management/Chesapeake Bay Program From EPA]
-- AP: President Directs Federal Agencies To Find Ways To Bypass Endangered Species Protections To Increase Logging In National Forests [Allegheny National Forest]
-- Bloomberg: US DOE Crafting Plan To Stem Coal Power Plant Closures
-- The Guardian: President Declares Administration ‘Just Getting Started’ In Address To Congress
Impacts Of Federal Actions
-- TribLive Editorial: President’s Decisions Have Real Impacts On Real People
-- Guest Essay: Life Depends On Protecting The Natural World, Federal Rollbacks Are Threatening Our Future - By Michael Kensinger, Juniata Valley Audubon Society [PaEN]
-- American Gas Association: President’s Tariffs On Canadian Natural Gas Will Cost US Consumers At Least $1.1 Billion A Year
-- Beaver Times: President’s Tariffs On Imports Could Cost Pennsylvania $5.3 Billion
-- AP: President Changes Course And Delays Some Tariffs On Mexico And Canada
-- AP: Canada’s Tariffs To Remain Despite President Postponing Tariffs On Many Impacts From Canada For A Month
-- Post-Gazette: Uncertainty Rises Around Pittsburgh As President’s Tariffs Spark Fears Of Global Trade War; Eos Battery Plant; Consol Energy; Gasoline Prices
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Lancaster County Farmers Face A Triple Whammy Of Threats: Tariffs, Bird Flu And Federal Funding Cuts
-- Financial Times: President’s Tariffs Will Bring ‘Nothing But Pain’ To Rural America, Farmers Say
-- Utility Dive: FirstEnergy, Other Utilities Warn They Could Be Hurt By Tariffs: Negatively Impacts Finance Condition, Supply Chain Disruption Delay Building, Maintaining Infrastructure
-- Erie Times: Ontario Premier Retaliates For President’s Tariffs By Imposing 25% Surcharge On Electricity Supplied To New York, Michigan, Minnesota And Is Prepared To Shut Off Electricity Completely
-- AP: President’s Erratic Trade Policies Are Baffling Businesses, Threatening Investment And Economic Growth
Federal Funding Cuts, Freeze
-- Frozen Hoping For A Thaw: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project To Repurpose Fmr Coal Waste Plant Site Into Solar Energy, Mine Water Pool Energy Storage, Cooling Facility In Schuylkill County [PaEN]
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Federal Funding For Cleaning Up Abandoned Mines In PA Must Be Protected - By Eric Dixon, Ohio River Valley Institute
-- PennLive: DOGE Cutting Harrisburg-Area USDA Farm, Rural Development, USGS Water Research Center, Other Offices After Pushing Employees Out
-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Starting Employee Furlough Due To Continuing Federal Funding Freeze [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: Farmers Feel Loss Of Climate Project Funding After Freezes
-- WITF/StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Farmers Lose Climate Assistance As President Freezes, Cuts Funding
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Advocates Urge Congress To Keep Funding Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
-- TribLive: Flight 93 Memorial Supporters In Somerset County Step Up Fundraising As Potential Job Cuts Loom
-- Republican Herald: DOGE May Close Frackville Mine Safety Office
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Eos Energy Battery Storage Company Touts American-Made Tech Amd Federal Funding Uncertainty
-- WHYY: Montgomery County Residents Protest DOGE Cuts In Aftermath Of SPS Industrial Fire, Environmental Oversight Is Crucial: “Who’s Going To Be Keeping An Eye Out For Us?’
-- Post-Gazette: How Ready Is Pittsburgh Region For A Hurricane Helene-Like Flooding Disaster
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: If A Catastrophic Flood Hits Pittsburgh, FEMA Won’t Help Enough - Kelly McKinney, NYU Langone Health
-- AP: $75 Million Was Awarded To Plant Trees In Places That Badly Need Them; In Anti-DEI Push, That’s Over
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: President Freezes $12 Million Meant To Help Philly Plant Thousands Of Trees
-- WHYY: Philadelphians Push City To Do More To Plant, Protect Trees; $12 Million Federal Grant Frozen
-- Wall Street Journal: 2nd Federal Judge Blocks President’s Funding Freeze Indefinitely Saying Cutting Off Funds To State Governments ‘Fundamentally Undermines’ Democracy
Federal Buildings
-- Centre Daily Times: DOGE To End 2 Leases In State College Area, Including US Fish & Wildlife Office; What We Know
-- Williamsport Sun: Federal Cuts Includes Lease For Williamsport US Geological Survey Office
-- WTAE: 3 Federal Buildings In Western PA Up For Potential Sale As President Plans To Shrink Federal Government
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: 3 Federal Buildings In Luzerne County Among 440 Listed For Potential Sale
-- US General Services Administration: List Of Federal Buildings, Properties Potentially For Sale
-- TribLive: 3 Western PA Federal Building Listed, Then Removed, To Be Closed Or Sold
-- Citizens Voice: Feds ID Local Social Security Buildings For Sale, Then List Disappears
-- WNEP/AP: List Of Hundreds Of Federal Buildings Targeted For Potential Sale Deleted
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Communities Deserve Better Than Disorganized Potential Sale Of Federal Buildings
[Posted: March 9, 2025]
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