Articles and NewsClips about federal actions impacting Pennsylvania--

EPA Deregulation For Industry

-- EPA: Clean Air Act Presidential Exemption Request Information; Send Requests To: airaction@ epa.gov [PaEN] 

-- The Guardian: Fossil Fuel Companies Get Direct Email Line To President For Air Pollution Control Exemption Requests

-- NYT: EPA Offers A Way For Power Plants, Others To Avoid Clean Air Rules - Send An Email And President Will Decide Based On National Security

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: President’s EPA Head Vows To Roll Back Dozens Of Regulations, What Impact Will That Have On Public Health?

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: President’s Deregulatory Blitz Threatens Chesapeake Bay, Environmental Advocates Say

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: New Federal Administration Upends Chesapeake Bay Watershed Cleanup Work

-- WHYY: EPA Employees, Supporters March In Philly To Protest Cuts: ‘A Reckless Dismantling’

-- EPA Administrator Address Environmental Council Of States, Highlights Commitment To Cooperative Federalism

-- The Guardian: US Could See Return Of Acid Rain If Pollution Rules Are Quashed, Says Scientist Who First Discovered It

New Federal Administration

-- Reuters: US Army Corps To Narrow List Of Emergency Energy Projects By Next Week

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Committed To ARCH Hydrogen Hub Aviation Fuels Project Despite Federal Challenges; Other Companies Drop Out

-- Politico: US DOE Considering Cutting Hydrogen Hub Projects In Democratic States

-- WHYY: Philly Area’’s MACH2 Hydrogen Hub Funding Could Be On Chopping Block, According To Report

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How US Energy Dept. Review Could Impact PA Hydrogen Hubs

-- Financial Times: President’s ‘Chaos’ Threatens US Oil, Gas Output, Say Shale Executives

-- Bloomberg: Shale Oil, Gas Bosses Slam President’s Tariffs In Anonymous Survey

-- The Guardian: Recreated Climate Future Risk Tool Developed By FEMA After It Was Deleted By New Administration

Federal Funding Cuts, Freeze

-- Post-Gazette: Deep Fear In Coal Country: DOGE Cuts Put Region’s Miners And Families On Edge

-- Grist: President Moves To Shutter Mine Safety Offices In Coal Country

-- E&E News/Politico: Energy Transfer Partners [Sunoco] Gas Pipeline Company Suing Federal Pipeline Safety Agency Alleging Its Enforcement System Is ‘Unconstitutional’

-- USDA Gives Rural Energy For America Applicants 30 Days To Remove 'Harmful DEIA And Far-Left Climate Features' From Their Project Proposals [PaEN]

-- EarthJustice: USDA Requires Unlawful New Conditions For Release Of Rural Energy For American Funding

-- The Allegheny Front: Farmers Were Counting On Clean Energy Grants, Then Presiden’ts USDA Moved The Goalposts

-- Post-Gazette: Gov. Shapiro Demands President Rescind $13 Million In Funding Cuts Affecting PA Food Banks, Farmers

-- Inquirer: PA Dairy Farms Produce A Billion Gallons Of Milk A Year; As Tariff Wars Rage, The Cows Could Be Stuck In The Middle [Exported $364 Million In Dairy Products]

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Lancaster County Dairy Farmers Need Certainty, Not The Chaos Of President’s Shifting Tariffs Policy

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: President’s Deregulatory Blitz Threatens Chesapeake Bay, Environmental Advocates Say

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: New Federal Administration Upends Chesapeake Bay Watershed Cleanup Work

-- PublicNewsService.org: Report: Repeal Of Federal Energy, Climate Program Could Raise Pennsylvania Energy Costs, Threaten Jobs

-- PublicNewsService.org: PA Groups Urge Congress To Preserve Clean Energy Tax Incentives

-- TribLive Letter: A Clean Environment Is Not ‘Government Waste’ - Barbara Jones, Environmental Consultant

-- AP:  Democrats Say EPA Illegally Canceled Hundreds Of Grants Aimed At Boosting Environmental Justice

-- WHYY: More EPA Grant Terminations Hit Philly Region, Tree Planting, Internships For Teens, Community Engagement

-- WESA: PA, Other States Push To Shift Road Funds To Transit, Bike Projects As President Threatens Cuts

-- The Guardian: US Honeybee Deaths Hit Record High As Scientists Scramble To Find Cause; USDA Calls On Universities For Help After Staff Cuts

Federal Buildings

-- Post-Gazette: Deep Fear In Coal Country: DOGE Cuts Put Region’s Miners And Families On Edge

-- Grist: President Moves To Shutter Mine Safety Offices In Coal Country

[Posted: March 30, 2025]

3/31/2025