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October 17, 2024 | 4:35 PM

Pa. didn’t plan for the end of coal. This community is trying to find a way forward.

Pa. coal communities have been left to navigate the energy transition mainly on their own.

By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania
August 21, 2024 | 1:21 PM

Consol and Arch to combine, forming a $5 billion coal producer based in Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press
July 11, 2024 | 1:40 PM

Demand for rare elements used in clean energy could help clean up abandoned coal mines in Appalachia

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press

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April 16, 2024 | 4:10 PM

How a Washington city is model for transitioning from coal plant

Could Pennsylvania learn from Centralia, Washington?
By Scott LaMar/WITF
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
By Scott LaMar/WITF
December 15, 2023 | 9:12 AM

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey reintroduces black lung legislation in support of coal miners

By Sarah Boden/WESA
July 3, 2023 | 10:45 AM

Drag queens are out, proud and loud in a string of Pennsylvania coal towns, from a bingo hall to blue-collar bars

The sparkle of small-town drag queens and kings colors a way of life rooted in soot, family and a conservative understanding of the world.

By Carolyn Kaster and Calvin Woodward/The Associated Press
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.

By Susan Phillips/StateImpact Pennsylvania
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