Our Work

All of our work is informed and directed by people who live in Washington and Greene Counties. We work with people around the issues that are impacting them, which typically fall into four pillars: Coal, Oil/Gas & Petrochemical, Economic Justice, and Democracy. Through our work in these categories, our focus is to invest in the leadership of those who are most impacted and to help create communities of people that possess the skills and analysis to advocate for their basic rights to a healthy environment and thriving economy.

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public notices

Public Notices from 09/09/2026

The Middle-Class New Deal: Examining the Loss of America’s Economic Core

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Public Notices from 08/24/2026

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PRESS RELEASE: PA Executive Order Moves Data Centers Towards Transparency, But Leaves Key Protections Voluntary

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Public Notices from 08/17/2026

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Public Notices from 08/10/2026

Act 54 6th Assessment Blog

Pa’s Act 54 Mining Law is Failing Coal Communities. The State’s Response? Shut Out Independent Experts and Analysis

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Public Notices from 07/27/2026

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Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste Part II: DEP’s Landfill Leachate Radioactivity Report, How State Regulators Help Industry Cover-Up the Dangers of Its Waste

CCJ in Daisytown, PA for lease-reading training

By Sarah Martik | September 20, 2017

Become a Community Advocate Training Series

By Sarah Martik | August 31, 2017

The Environmental Hearing Board Rules In Favor of CCJ and Sierra Club

By Sarah Winner | August 30, 2017

On Tuesday, August 15, 2017, the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) unanimously delivered a major victory to Center for Coalfield Justice, Sierra Club and their members in a consolidated appeal […]

CCJ stands against efforts to remove DACA* protections and endanger 800,000 young adults and their families.

By Veronica Coptis | August 29, 2017

Environmental Hearing Board Overturns Permit for Destructive Mining Upstream of Ryerson Station State Park

By Veronica Coptis | August 15, 2017

Greene County, PA–The Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) rejected a revised underground longwall mining permit issued by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in 2015 that allowed Consol Pennsylvania […]

Share your stories!

By Sarah Martik | August 14, 2017

Welcome back, Sarah!

By Sarah Martik | August 8, 2017

Welcome aboard, Emma!

By Sarah Martik | August 8, 2017

Legal Update on Protecting Streams in Ryerson

By Sarah Winner | August 2, 2017

Our permit appeals before the Environmental Hearing Board are moving forward. The most recent updates are below. Permit Revision No. 204 Permit Revision No. 204 authorizing longwall mining beneath Kent […]

Protect Streams in Ryerson Station State Park from Coal Mining

By Veronica Coptis | July 24, 2017

    Consol Energy’s Bailey Mine destroyed Duke Lake at Ryerson Station State Park over ten years ago, and it will never be restored. Ryerson Station State Park is the […]

Governor Wolf Allows Senate Longwall Mining Bill to Pass into Law New Law Will Allow Companies to Destroy PA Streams and State Park

By Veronica Coptis | July 21, 2017

Send Governor Tom Wolf a Letter Urging Him to Veto SB 624

By Veronica Coptis | July 18, 2017
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