Stronghold Digital Mining will clean up its unpermitted coal ash dump at its waste coal power plant in Venango County, which fuels its crypto mining operations.
Max Environmental Technologies hazardous waste landfill in Westmoreland County has a history of compliance problems. Fracking waste, which is often radioactive, made it worse.
More improvements are on the horizon for yet-to-be named state parks that include hiking trails, water access and a station on the Underground Railroad.
Global warming and loss of vegetation on the Earth’s surface are part of the story, but scientists aren’t sure what else could have caused the January milestone.