Archive: Economic Justice
️ Why are your electricity bills climbing? Meet PJM Interconnection—the company managing PA’s grid and blocking affordable clean energy. Watch to learn how their fossil fuel-friendly decisions affect your wallet and what you can do about it. The PJM Interconnection, the largest regional transmission organization in the United States, has once again demonstrated its inability to […]
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 […]
Today, over 72 million 1 people in the United States are enrolled in Medicaid, and 68 million 2 in Medicare. Medicare and Medicaid are ubiquitous aspects of modern society, but their importance and breadth of service are often undervalued and unrecognized. Medicare and Medicaid were written into law by Lyndon B. Johnson as a part […]
Economics studies how individuals, businesses, governments, and societies allocate limited resources (such as time, money, and labor) to satisfy their needs and wants. It examines the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services and how these activities affect the economy as a whole. Some argue that economics is the study of choice or a […]
With the passage of Solar for Schools and recent federal investments into infrastructure development, now is the most profitable time for school districts to embrace solar. In recent years, there has been a growing trend among schools to embrace solar energy projects to save costs with the additional benefit of educating students about renewable energy […]
The Maggie Lynn limestone mine is a surface mine found in Washington County. Neiswonger Construction, currently operating the Maggie Lynn limestone quarry, aims to undermine the surface site. Neiswonger has applied to move operations from simple surface mining to ‘underground’ highwall mining of limestone. Highwall mining is a combination of surface and sub-surface mining. A […]