The company will mine metallurgical coal, but an environmental group worries the project will exacerbate longstanding mine drainage problems in the Laurel Highlands.
The exemptions were supported by the grid operator for the mid-Atlantic region, which is bracing for an oncoming rush of demand for artificial intelligence computing.
Local residents weigh in on plans for the former Homer City coal-fired power plant to become a gas power plant and data center. "Giddy up," says one resident.
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.
It’s been a year since Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired power plant in Homer City shut down because of stiff competition from natural gas and renewables.
