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Residents Turn Out to Stop MAX Expansion

By James Cato / December 12, 2022

MAX Environmental, the hazardous waste landfill overlooking Yukon PA, wants to get bigger. To extend profits, it needs to expand as its existing landfills reach capacity. So the company has…

Free Dinner and “Gather” Screening Dec. 4!

By James Cato / November 28, 2022

On December 4, 2022, at 5:00pm, Mountain Watershed Association will be hosting a free screening for the documentary “Gather” at Sanaview Farms in Champion, PA. “Gather” is a film about…

MAX Landfill Expansion Comes with Flood Risk

By James Cato / November 9, 2022

MAX Environmental, the sole RCRA Class C Hazardous Waste Facility in the state of Pennsylvania, is filling up. To extend their profits, MAX Environmental is applying for the permits for…

Stories of the River: The Picklo’s

By Katlyn Furlong / November 1, 2022

Mike and Mary Jo Picklo bought their dream retirement home in the AppalachianMountains in 2003. Nestled remotely in the Laurel Highlands, their 5 acres overlooked rollinghills of farmland and was…

Stories of the River: Peg Mansberry

By Katlyn Furlong / November 1, 2022

Peg Mansberry can trace her roots in this area back for over 12 generations. She beganher life on grandparents farm, now the Jordan Farm, in Normalville and has spent all…

Stories of the River: Jesse Wilson

By Katlyn Furlong / November 1, 2022

Jesse Wilson is a recreation-loving bike tour manager at Ohiopyle’s WildernessVoyageurs. When he isn’t in his office doing all of the logistical backside work to plan otherpeople’s adventures, he is…

Expanding Coal Mines Threaten the Heart of the Laurel Highlands

By Madison Hinkle / October 6, 2022

LCT Energy, LP is a metallurgical coal producer headquartered in Johnstown, PA. Many Fayette and Westmoreland County residents are already familiar with the company, as it operates the Rustic Ridge…

Take Action Today: PA Senate sells out Municipal Water with SB597

By Stacey Magda / August 31, 2022

Recently, the Pennsylvania Senate passed SB 597, the “Water Quality Accountability Act’. If signed into law, it would raise the cost of operations for public water authorities by implementing burdensome…

Environmental Pros and Cons of the Inflation Reduction Act

By Madison Hinkle / August 29, 2022

On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. The bill’s purposes are to reduce healthcare costs, reduce emissions associated with energy development, and raise…

Raising Funds to Purchase Land and Protect Rasler Run

By Taylor Robbins / August 11, 2022

MWA is proposing to purchase a 192.6 acre property in Fayette County which borders Indian Creek, a tributary of the Youghiogheny River, and Rasler Run, a tributary to Indian Creek.…