Pennsylvania’s inventory of abandoned coal mines is larger than that of any ... according to the Department of Environmental Protection. Clearfield County has 629 sites; Greene County, which ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Democrats in the two-county Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania said they are confident in their ground game ahead of what could be another narrow election result in the ...

Mine inspectors in Pennsylvania have about 98 underground and surface bituminous coal mines to inspect and 60 anthracite mines, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) will investigate the environmental impact of idled “zombie” coal ... Pa.) and seven House Democrats wrote to the GAO to ask for a probe into such ...

MOUNT CARMEL, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The US coal industry has been declining for decades, but that may change after a series of executive orders signed by President Trump.

Some local officials are trying to bring tourism dollars to their towns, in part to make up for the loss of the once-strong coal industry ... through abandoned mines. The ground around the ...

PLUM, Pa. (AP) — It is unlikely that natural gas ... The state Department of Environmental Protection said its inspectors studied the coal seam in the area and found no shafts or bore holes ...

there are “no operating coal mines in Lackawanna or Luzerne counties.” It wasn’t until 1977, said Michael Hewitt, the program director at the nonprofit Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned ...