The Feds - New Administration - June 13

Articles and NewsClips about federal actions impacting Pennsylvania--

Deregulation For Industry

-- EPA To Repeal All Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards, 2024 Mercury & Air Toxics Standards For Fossil Fuel Power Plants  [PaEN] 

-- WHYY: PA Republican Congressmen Applaud EPA Plan To Roll Back Greenhouse Gas, Mercury, Toxics Emissions Rules For Power Plants

-- TribLive/AP: EPA Moves To Repeal Rules Limiting Greenhouse Gas, Mercury, Toxics Emissions From US Power Plants

-- WCCS: PA Coal Alliance Statement On EPA Roll Back

-- Utility Dive: EPA Proposes Slashing Power Plant Carbon, Mercury Emission Limits

-- Bloomberg: President’s Repeal Of Pollution Rules Paves Way For New Dirty Power Plants

-- EarthJustice: 12 Groups File Lawsuit Challenging President Issued Unlawful Exemptions From Mercury, Arsenic Standards For 68 Coal Plants By Email

-- PA Capital-Star: President Signs Law Repealing Vehicle Emission Standards Affecting PA And 17 Other States 

New Federal Administration

-- The Allegheny Front: Despite Federal Court Order, Black Lung Screening For Coal Miners Not Fully Functioning  

-- TribLive: President Coming To Pittsburgh For PA US Senator McCormick’s July 15 PA Energy & Innovation Summit  

-- Sen. McCormick: President Coming To July 15 PA Energy Innovation Summit In Pittsburgh

--  TribLive: Fetterman, McCormick Team Up On Bill To Bring Federal DOE Office Of Fossil Energy & Carbon Management To Pittsburgh

Federal Funding Cuts, Freeze

-- Pittsburgh Business Leaders Deliver Letter Urging PA’s US Senators To Preserve Federal Energy Tax Credits And 100,000 Jobs In Pennsylvania  [PaEN] 

-- WESA: PA Clean Energy Businesses Call On McCormick, Fetterman To Preserve Federal Clean Energy Tax Credits 

-- TribLive: Congressional Republican Budget Bill Will Cost Thousands Of Clean Energy Jobs, Millions In Investment In PA, Advocates Say

-- Reuters: President Says FEMA Will Be ‘Phasing Out’ After Hurricane Season, States To Receive Less Federal Aid, Will Dispense Aid Directly From President’s Office

-- Bloomberg: President Keeps Denying Disaster Preparedness Aid To States

-- WESA: Some Pittsburgh-Area Members Of Congress Seek Restoration Of EPA, Cultural Funds

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: $60 Million In Trail Projects In Manayunk, Chester, Camden In Limbo Under Federal Scrutiny 

-- PA Capital-Star: Foreign Aid Cuts Could Impact Agriculture Industry In PA And Other States, Advocates Say

-- Post-Gazette: Western PA Food Banks Face Crisis As USDA Pulls Funding And Food Stamps Overhaul Looms

[Posted: June 13, 2025]