Archive: Coal
In February, Contura Energy, the owners of the Cumberland Mining Complex near Waynesburg, contemplated its need for a $60-million coal-refuse impoundment in order to continue production, and the owners cited current finances and market conditions as being a major issue of concern. In June of 2020 Contura announced that it is actively marketing the mine […]
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While our legislators are making efforts to help those in need during this COVID-19 pandemic, some areas of our health and safety are being overlooked. While most businesses in the Commonwealth have been ordered to shut down, others have been allowed to operate. We understand that coal mining operations have been deemed “essential” during this […]
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This is the 9th installment in our What’s on your mind? series and was written by CCJ Community Organizer Nick Hood. In the 4th assessment (2008-2013), the researchers suggested that the PADEP update their extremely inefficient and outdated data collection systems. Not only did PADEP fail to improve their data collection systems from the last […]
Read MoreThe 5th Assessment of Act 54 (the law regulating underground coal mining) was recently completed by nineteen (19) researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. This study, which addresses the effects of mine subsidence due to underground coal mining activity, focused on active mines and damage report claims from […]
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Source: Kristen Locy I grew up in the shadow of coal mining in Appalachia. The remnants of the industry were ghosts in my life. I often bike on the Montour Trail where the Montour Railroad used to take coal to the steel mills in Pittsburgh. After my bike rides, I sometimes get ice cream in […]
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Coal slurry and waste currently filling a Greene County valley The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection held an informal public conference last Tuesday July 2 concerning the Consol Bailey Mine longwall expansion. In Richhill and Aleppo Townships, 2,510 acres will be longwall mined. According to the operator, there are no proposed stream impacts that will require […]
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