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Articles and NewsClips about federal actions impacting Pennsylvania--
EPA Deregulation For Industry
-- WPSU: Nearly 2,000 Top Scientists, Including Some From Penn State, Decry President’s ‘Assault’ On Science
-- Inside Climate News: Faith Leaders Push Back After EPA Head Disparages Climate Action As ‘Religion’ [Includes PA]
-- The Guardian: National RiverKeeper Network On EPA Cuts: ‘A Pandemic-Level Shock To The System’
-- The Guardian: EPA Officials Quietly Move To Reverse Bans On PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
-- AP: Chemical Industry Seeks Exemptions From US Pollution Rules To Reduce Mercury, Arsenic, Benzene Emissions As Part Of EPA’s Email Exemption Offer
New Federal Administration
-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Wants You To Know He’s Pushing Back On President’s Policies That Are Hurting Pennsylvania
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Chesapeake Energy, Fined $1.9 Million For Damaging Wetlands In PA, Is On New Federal ‘Fast Track’ Permit Approval List
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Allegheny National Forest Could See More Logging Under President’s Policies, Local Officials Hope
-- PennLive: PA Republicans Aren’t Rushing To Buy Teslas, But They Love Elon Musk, DOGE Cuts
-- PennLive: As President’s Tariffs Tank Stocks, PA Republicans Double Down On Their Support
-- Inquirer: PA Republicans Gathered To Celebrate President, DOGE, And Hardly Mentioned President’s Tariff
President’s Tariffs
-- Post-Gazette: State Officials Visit Pittsburgh Food Bank To Push Back Against Cuts To Anti-Hunger Programs, Harm To Farmers
-- Lancaster Farming: Gov. Shapiro Slams Tariffs’ Possible Harm To Wood Industry
-- Beaver Times: Funding Cuts, Tariffs: What Federal Shakeups Could Mean For PA Agriculture
-- United Mine Workers: UMWA President Cecil Roberts: We Can Mine More Coal, But Who Would Buy It? Exports Under Threat From President’s Tariffs
-- Reuters: Oil, Gas, Refined Product Imports Exempt From President’s Tariffs [The Things They Buy Are Not]
-- AP: China Announces 34% Across-The-Board Tariff On All US Imports, Farm Products; Adopts Export Controls On Rare Earth Minerals [PA Exported $3.5 Billion In Products To China, $2.6 Billion In Farm Products]
-- AP: Fear That US President’s Tariffs Will Spark Recession Wipes Out More Than $2 Trillion In Value From US Stocks; Biggest Drop Since COVID Flattened The Global Economy In 2020
-- AP: President Says Things Are ‘Going Very Well’ After Worst Stock Market Drop In Years Over His Tariffs
-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: A New $6 Trillion Tariff Tax Increase By President? [Not Counting Retaliatory Tariffs From Other Countries]
-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: President And His ‘Little Disturbance’ From Tariffs; Someone Should Sue To Block President’s Abuse Of Power On Tariffs [PDF of Article]
-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: President Owns The Economy Now, He Can Try To Blame The Fed, But The Tariff Blunder Is His Alone
Federal Funding Cuts, Freeze
-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Begins Staff Furloughs; Federal Funding To Support Farmers Still Frozen [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Hundreds Of Laid-Off Federal Workers Seeking State Jobs, PA House Committee Hears
-- AP: Federal Court Ruling To Reinstate Provisional Federal Workers From 18 Agencies Does Not Apply In Pennsylvania
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Letter: Federal Employees Write Open Letter To Republican Cong. Bresnahan
-- Sustainable Pittsburgh: April 10 Webinar On Tracking Federal Policy Shifts & Funding Opportunities For Sustainability Initiatives [PaEN]
-- WPost: FEMA Canceling Plans To Award States Grants To Prepare Against Future Disasters; Disaster Recovery Aid Could Also Be In Jeopardy
-- WTAE: Hundreds Of CDC Workers Laid Off In Pittsburgh Region: ‘The Work That Was Done Here Is To Keep Everybody Safe’
-- AP: Voices From Coal Country Say Closures Of Federal Mine Safety & Health Administration Offices Will Endanger Mine Safety
-- Appalachian Voices Blog: President Cutting Vital Health And Safety Services for Miners
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Federal Mine Safety Research, Respirator Certification Staff At NIOSH Being Cut ‘To Make America Healthier’
-- WESA: Federal HHS Layoffs Hit NIOSH Mine Safety Research Facility Near Pittsburgh
-- TribLive: Mass Firing Of Federal Health Workers Includes Pittsburgh Region [Mine Safety Research]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Federal National Institute Of Occupational Safety & Health’s Pittsburgh Mining Research Division Lays Off 200 Employees; Studies Worker Safety, Health Issues In Mining Industry
-- Federal Agency Fires Staff, Guts $378 Million In Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Funding; PA Says It Has Funding To Finish Current Season; Next Year In Doubt [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: President Guts $378 Million In Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Funding To States Already Approved By Congress
-- AP: Federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Staff Fired
-- Erie Times: International Recycling Group Cancels Plans For Plastics Recycling Plant In Erie Citing President’s Tariffs, Pause In US DOE Funding Commitment [PaEN]
-- DCNR Reports Campsite Reservations Up 30% As People Try To Find Alternatives To Federal Recreation Facilities Closed By Staff Cuts; Gift Certificates Available [PaEN]
-- DCNR Prepares For Busy Summer Season At State Parks, State Forests As Federal Cuts Close Federal Recreation Areas
-- PA Capital-Star: With Federal Cuts At Federal Recreation Areas, Plans For ‘Record-Breaking Summer’ For State Parks, Forests
-- WITF/StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: State Parks Attracting More Campground Reservations As Federal Recreation Sites Close Due To Staff Cuts
-- Inquirer: After DOGE Cuts Shutter Federal Campgrounds In PA, State Parks See Surge In Reservations
-- KYW: EPA Grant Cuts Leave Philadelphia Community Projects At Bartram’s Garden, Elsewhere In Limbo
[Posted: April 6, 2025]
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