April 16, 2024 | 4:10 PM
How a Washington city is model for transitioning from coal plant
Could Pennsylvania learn from Centralia, Washington?
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April 10, 2024 | 5:00 AM
Centralia, Wash.’s coal plant has to close next year. Can Pa. communities learn from Centralia’s transition?
The western Washington town has been cited as a model for how to successfully transition away from coal. StateImpact Pennsylvania spent several days there to explore how time and money has affected preparations for what lies ahead.
By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania April 10, 2024 | 5:00 AM
Coal transition: How a weatherization grant helped a music venue build community
The Juice Box got an $80,000 grant in 2022 to help replace the roof and the failing heating system.
By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania March 13, 2024 | 4:13 PM
150 years later, there are still unknowns surrounding the “Molly Maguires” in Pennsylvania
Irish coal miners may or may not have been murderers
December 15, 2023 | 9:12 AM
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey reintroduces black lung legislation in support of coal miners
June 16, 2023 | 4:48 PM
Pennsylvania’s largest coal plant, and one of its largest polluters, to shut down
The switch to natural gas from coal has some predicting a similar shift in the coming decades when new natural gas plants begin to age.
May 10, 2023 | 3:02 PM
Pa. lawmakers examine cryptocurrency’s waste coal use
In Pennsylvania, some crypto-mining companies are taking advantage of incentives for burning waste coal and remediating former mineland.
April 4, 2023 | 5:51 PM
Homer City — Pa.’s largest coal-fired power plant — will close in July
More than 125 people will lose their jobs, and a labor leader cited Pa.’s expected entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative as a key factor. The plant’s CEO says “we did everything possible to maintain our operations.”
October 21, 2022 | 9:49 AM
Coal communities in Pennsylvania and other Appalachian states receiving nearly $47 million for revitalization
Pennsylvania received millions of dollars for projects in communities affected by coal-related job losses.
