From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): One of western Pennsylvania’s great state parks — Yellow Creek State Park — is being threatened by a proposal to allow harmful coal mining up to the park’s boundaries. Tell state officials to keep coal mining away … Continued
Posted at https://www.refinery29.com/2018/02/187763/environmental-activism-pennsylvania-center-for-coalfield-justice JACKI HUNTINGTON FEBRUARY 27, 2018, 11:53 AM On the very southwest border of Pennsylvania is Greene County, bordered on two sides by West Virginia. It’s coal country, but, more accurately, it’s energy country. Fracking, extraction mining, and valleys … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/03/29/coalition-takes-trumps-order-pillage-public-lands-coal-court Published on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 by Common Dreams “This isn’t putting Americans first, this is putting corporate polluters first.” By Andrea Germanos, staff writer The Tongue River is downstream from the Decker Mine. (Photo: Colin Ruggiero … Continued
By Steven Mufson and Brady Dennis November 9 at 11:34 AM Donald J. Trump comes into office with a plan to toss out most of what President Obama achieved on energy and the environment. While vowing to “cancel” the international Paris climate accord Obama … Continued
This past week, nearly 40 mountain leaders were in Washington, D.C., to speak up to protect our water and reclaim our future — and they need your help! As the coal industry declines, thousands of jobs have been lost and … Continued