News

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Join the Fight to Save Allegheny Mountain

September 10, 2024

MWA is joining a citizen-led group to push back on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s plans to demolish the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel and…

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Gross! Rock snot in the Yough?

September 6, 2024
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Didymo (colloquially called “rock snot”) is an aquatic diatom native to cool-water regions of northern Europe and North America. It can grow…

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Laurel Highlands Roads and Community at Risk if Rustic Ridge Mine Expands

August 28, 2024
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In October 2021, LCT Energy, LP (LCT) filed a permit modification to expand its underground mining operations in Fayette and Westmoreland counties,…

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Fayette County ZHB to Consider Revisions to Mountain Pines Conditions

August 16, 2024
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Update! The Fayette County Zoning Hearing Board has approved the conditions listed below! On August 21, the Fayette County Zoning Hearing Board…

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2024 Summer Newsletter

July 25, 2024
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It’s hard to believe we’re over halfway through 2024! So much has already happened, and we have more plans to come! Attached…

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