PA DEP OKs ‘Rustic Ridge’ coal mine expansion beneath PA Turnpike
The company will mine metallurgical coal, but an environmental group worries the project will exacerbate longstanding mine drainage problems in the Laurel Highlands.
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Pennsylvania receives another round of record-level federal funding for coal mine cleanups
Pennsylvania is receiving nearly $245 million for the third year to clean up abandoned mine lands and treat coal-polluted waterways.
Report: States like Pennsylvania struggle to access funds for mine cleanup and redevelopment
Of the $1 billion originally set aside, only about a third has been spent so far. States face a long line to get their projects approved.
This western Pa. stream is getting federal help to clean up its coal mine pollution
New funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law means big bucks for Pennsylvania waterways polluted by abandoned mines.
Federal funding targets Pennsylvania’s abandoned coal mines and economic development
Pennsylvania is getting $29 million to clean up abandoned mines and promote economic development. Pa. has the most abandoned mines in the country.
How a proposed solar project prompted this rural Pa. township to face its mining past
A Centre County township wrestles with a proposed solar farm on a site where runoff from past coal mining is polluting a watershed.
More federal funding coming to the state to combat the impact of coal mining
Senator Bob Casey was at a Lackawanna County park to help with trout stocking and celebrate the passage of the STREAM Act, which allows federal money to be allocated to clean up water polluted by mine drainage.
Federal spending bill includes long-term cleanup of streams polluted by abandoned mines
The bill addresses an issue with last year's Infrastructure Law which limited how states spend $11.3 billion for mine cleanups.
Coal powered the industrial revolution. It left behind an ‘absolutely massive’ environmental catastrophe
Scenes from the end of coal: A blasted mountaintop in Kentucky, an underground inferno in Pennsylvania, slowly dying maples in New Hampshire and a toxic pile of waste in Florida.
The Warhol connects the exhibit of Paola Pivi with conservation and environmental art
The Andy Warhol Museum brought participants to an art earthwork called the Twin Stupas to see the bird conservation efforts there.
