Feds lower coal mine cleanup funding for Pa. Declining coal production, end of one-time funding stream cause $20 million dropx. By; Reid Frazier; February 7, 2020. A coal refuse pile from the early ...

EPA data reveal a 22 percent decline in PA coal miners over 2015-2016, with less than 6,000 miners still active in the state. Nationally, coal added 500 new jobs last year, a 1 percent increase.

No more fire found in abandoned Pa. mine. Updated: May. 28, 2021, 9:28 p.m. ... The funds come from fees paid by active coal mine operators on each ton of coal mined.

Rustic Ridge #1 mine is owned by LCT Energy of Johnstown, Pa., which is working it to extract metallurgical coal, used in steelmaking.

No matter how hot it is this summer, you’ll need a light jacket for this next destination. It’s about 50 degrees in the Lackawanna Coal Mine all year long.

SCRANTON, Pa. — fMembers of the Underground Miners cut the ceremonial firing line, officially reopening the Brooks Mine. The tourist mine in Scranton's Nay Aug Park hasn't had any visitors since ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — fMembers of the Underground Miners cut the ceremonial firing line, officially reopening the Brooks Mine. The tourist mine in Scranton's Nay Aug Park hasn't had any visitors since ...