Archive: Coal

Greene County, PA–The Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) filed an order today denying a petition for supersedeas filed by Center for Coalfield Justice (CCJ) and Sierra Club. The petition sought to protect Polen Run within Ryerson Station State Park from significant harm caused by longwall mining. The EHB’s denial of our petition allows Consol Pennsylvania […]

Confluence of Polen Run with North Fork Dunkard Fork above the Bailey Mine 5L Panel. Greene County, PA–The Center for Coalfield Justice (CCJ) and the Sierra Club filed an appeal of a permit issued by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that would allow Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company (Consol) to mine underneath another stream within […]