Archive: Coal
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]