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Power Grid Bracing for ‘Bomb Cyclone’, Bitter Cold

Reid FrazierJanuary 3, 2018

The region’s grid operator says it’s better prepared to deal with the coming winter misery because of the Polar Vortex of 2014.

Energy

Cleaning Up Coal: Future or Folly?

Madelyn BeckDecember 30, 2017

Is “clean coal” an oxymoron or an innovative energy source that will help us beat climate change?

EnergyPoliticsPollutionYour Environment Update

Trump Administration Coal Plan Could Have Big Impact on Pennsylvania

Reid FrazierDecember 8, 2017

The plan would impact Northeastern states the most--especially a few specific companies in the region.

EnergyPolitics

Buoyed by Trump, Some Miners Are Sticking with Coal

Reid FrazierNovember 29, 2017

Trump promised to bring back the coal industry. So some coal miners are sticking with the industry, instead of looking for a new career.

EnergyPolitics

Going Back to Work Underground

Reid FrazierOctober 13, 2017

David Hathaway had one iron-clad rule in his job hunt: he wouldn’t leave Greene County. And that meant going back to work in a mine.

EconomyEnergyFuture of Coal

Consol Halts Mining While Waiting for New Stream Plan Response

Reid FrazierSeptember 22, 2017

A month after a panel of judges said Consol Energy’s mining plan would “essentially destroy” a Western Pennsylvania stream, the company has sent in a new plan.

Energy

Struggling to Stay in Appalachia After Coal Layoffs

Reid FrazierSeptember 1, 2017

What’s left for people living in coal communities when their jobs disappear?

CultureEconomyEnergyFuture of Coal

Four silos tower above headstones that sit on a bill below.

Environmental Groups Score Legal Win in Longwall Mining Case

Marie CusickAugust 18, 2017

Two Pennsylvania environmental groups scored a legal victory in an ongoing challenge to the expansion of the largest underground coal mine in the U.S.

Environmental JusticePollution

Acosta Deep Coal Mine in Somerset County

Trump Touts a New PA Mine. But is Coal Actually Rebounding?

Reid FrazierJune 8, 2017

By all accounts, the coal industry is in a steep decline. Mines have been shutting down for about a decade. So why is one in Somerset County about to open?

EconomyPoliticsYour Environment Update