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Help Build the Bridge!

By Ryan Clover / March 24, 2014

The Missing Link is YOU! Your support will bring us one plank closer to building the bridge in the Donegal section of the Indian Creek Valley Trail. We have received…

The DEP’s Forced Pooling Frankenstein

By Nick Kennedy / March 21, 2014

The following post is a more in-depth discussion of yesterday’s post on forced pooling. Please email Nick with any questions.  We are grateful to Bob Donnan of www.marcellus-shale.us for use…

Forced Pooling Coming to a Town Near You?

By Nick Kennedy / March 20, 2014

We are grateful to Bob Donnan of www.marcellus-shale.us for use of the photo of a drilling site near Avella, Pennsylvania which accompanies this post. On March 25th and 26th in New Castle,…

MWA Accompanies OSM on Curry Mine Inspection

By Ryan Clover / March 13, 2014

Yesterday our Yough Riverkeeper Krissy Kasserman and Community Advocate Nick Kennedy attended an Office of Surface Mining inspection of the Curry Mine site.  Admittedly, it was raining.  That said, during…

Summer is for swimming!

By Krissy Kasserman / March 6, 2014

We need your help! Suggest your favorite swim hole in the Yough watershed for sampling this summer!  We have received funds from The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Health and The Environmental Giving Circle to…

OSM determines timbering on Curry site is related to mining

By Krissy Kasserman / March 5, 2014

The backstory… We’ve been wrangling with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Amerikhol Mining over erosion & sedimentation issues on the Curry mine site along the Yough in…

House to Vote on Endangered Species Bill as Early as March 10

By Krissy Kasserman / February 27, 2014

The following is an except of a letter prepared by the Pennsylvania Campaign for Clean Water‘s Exceptional Value Workgroup (of which MWA is a member) regarding HB 1576, the Endangered…

Thousands Call on Chevron to Apologize for Pizza Coupons

By Ryan Clover / February 26, 2014

Pizza doesn’t mean never having to say you’re sorry. When one of its gas wells exploded in Dunkard Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, killing one worker, injuring another, and sparking a…

Drilling in North Huntingdon Community Parks

By Nick Kennedy / February 25, 2014

Drilling OK’d in Braddock’s Trail and Oak Hollow Parks On Wednesday, February 19, by a vote of five to two, the North Huntingdon Township Board of Commissioners (Westmoreland County) voted…

More News on Proposed Donegal/Saltlick Deep Mine

By Ryan Clover / February 17, 2014

In considering the proposed deep mine, we thought it appropriate to reflect on recent issues caused by historic deep mines in our area.  In 2013 we had a collapse in…