Coal News
Here are the latest articles written by the Center for Coalfield Justice team on the subject of coal. We regularly publish new information, so check back often for new articles.
DRYerson 2025: Remembering the Past, & Looking Forward to the Future
This year’s 19th annual DRYerson festival was a little extra special. This year, we commemorated the 20th anniversary of the draining of the beloved Duke Lake at Ryerson Station State Park due to damage from mining operations. With the gift of beautiful weather, the Center for Coalfield Justice staff, Friends of Ryerson, PA Department of […]
Is your Home Sitting Above an Old Coal Mine? Learn How to Submit a Coal Status Report
What is happening? Just this past December (2025) the horrific story of Elizabeth Pollard was reported; She was the grandmother who tragically died falling into an abandoned mine sinkhole while looking for her lost cat in Unity Township, PA. Also making prior local news headlines, in May of 2023 a large sinkhole formed in Daisytown, […]
2025 Kids Fishing Day Recap
On Sunday, May 25th, Center for Coalfield Justice and Buffalo Creek Watershed Association were thrilled to have our most memorable Kids Fishing Day yet! We blew away our previous attendance records by handing out more than 215 free fishing poles to children in our community to enjoy around the shores of Dutch Fork Lake! 🎣That […]
Remembering Duke Lake
Growing up in Greene County in the 90’s, there was one place that was central to so much of my life: Ryerson Station State Park. When I think of Duke Lake, my brain floods with all the memories I have there. As a child, I spent many summer days with my family on the shores […]
Supplementary Resources
Coal Mining
- Changes in the Contribution of Coal to Tax Revenues in Greene County, PA, 2010-2019
- Fossil-Fueled Foolery: An Illustrated Primer on the Fossil Fuel Industry's Deceptive Tactics
- Video | Subsided Ground: Fallen Futures (Part 1 of 2)
- Video | Subsided Ground: Fallen Futures (Part 2 of 2)
- The Big Seep: Longwall mining is draining the water from the springs and streams of northern Appalachia
- New Scrutiny of Longwall Mining Finds Damage in Pennsylvania Streams
- Longwall Coal Mine Companies Push to Downgrade Stream Pollution Controls
Coal Ash
- SCI Fayette - Coal Ash Investigation, including the report No Escape: Exposure to Toxic Coal Waste at State Correctional Institution Fayette
- Earthjustice Reports on the Issue of Coal Ash
- Pennsylvania and Coal Ash Disposal in Ponds and Landfills
- Coal Ash: Myths vs. Facts
- Southeast Coal Ash Waste
- Video | EarthJustice Story on Little Blue Run Disaster
- Coal Ash: The Dan River Spill and the Power Industry’s Toxic Legacy
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