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Greene County: Easiest Place to Buy a Home?

By Tonya Yoders | August 28, 2025

In the past six months, national news has recognized my home county as one of the “easiest” places to buy a home. Growing up in Greene County, I just assumed that I would always live there. I thought that I would either buy a house somewhere within the county or I would build one near […]

CCJ to Host Event Appreciating Miners and How the History of Mining Shaped the County

By Tonya Yoders | May 7, 2025

Join Center for Coalfield Justice on Sunday, May 18th from 1-4 pm one day before the 97th anniversary of the tragic Mather Mine Disaster. At this family friendly event we will commemorate the explosion that caused the tragic deaths of 195 miners on May 19th, 1928. It was the 2nd deadliest mine disaster in Pennsylvania […]

UPDATE: Tunnel Ridge Continues to Cost Taxpayers Money

By Tonya Yoders | February 26, 2025

Again!? There are more lane restrictions and slow downs because of the Tunnel Ridge (Alliance Coal) longwall coal mining operation under I-70. In 2022 I made a daily commute to work using the I-70 stretch between Wheeling and Washington and even to this day I sometimes think about that commute in frustration.  Neon orange lane […]

Demand a 2,500’ Setback for Oil and Gas Facilities

By Tonya Yoders | November 4, 2024

On Monday, October 22, CCJ Organizers Jodi Borello and Tonya Yoders attended a Press Conference in Harrisburg to announce the Setback Campaign introduced by the Clean Air Council and Environmental Integrity Project. They filed a rulemaking petition with the Environmental Quality Board asking to increase the setback distance from fracking wells. We are asking for […]

Franklin Township Zoning Board Approves More Wells On Cosgray

By Tonya Yoders | October 3, 2024

On August 27, 2024, the Franklin Township Zoning Board in Greene County held a meeting to hear Rice Energy/EQT representatives present their plans for expanding their operations on an existing well pad. The Cosgray well pad is near Bonar Ave and is roughly 1300 ft. from the Waynesburg Hospital. It was initially permitted for ten […]

Tonya and Jodi Reflect on the Health Effects Institute Conference in Philadelphia

By Tonya Yoders | May 28, 2024

The Health Effects Institute is a nonprofit corporation that provides impartial and relevant science on the health effects of air pollution. The Philly Conference covered several topics that were of interest to our communities in both Washington and Greene Counties. Tonya’s overall takeaway from the Health Effects Institute Conference in April 2024 is the feeling […]

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