Coal
Jordan Mine Submits Notice of Intent to Explore in Saltlick Township
A Notice of Intent to Explore (NOE) was submitted for the Jordan Mine to the PA Department of Environmental Protection. This notice means that a company has targeted an area…
Read MoreWhat is MWA? A quick breakdown.
How it all began… The Mountain Watershed Association (MWA) is a grassroots community-based organization with its roots in the Indian Creek Watershed (a sub-basin of the Youghiogheny River), located in…
Read MoreThe Story of Kalp
As those of us doing the work of mine drainage remediation know, our projects need a whole lot of oversight and maintenance, repair and refurbishment. We do not necessarily expect…
Read MoreWhy is Indian Creek Flowing Red?
Photo shows the path of the rogue discharge immediately after it enters a clean Indian Creek. In June, MWA received several complaints of visibly polluted water in Indian Creek, seen…
Read MorePassive Treatment—Active Maintenance: When Mine Drainage Treatment Systems Need Fixed
If you saw this along the Indian Creek Valley Trail during the first couple months of 2020, you may have thought something was awry. You would have been correct. That…
Read MoreUnrestricted Mining Activities Putting Residents’ Rights and Health at Risk
While COVID-19 grips public health and the economy, coal mining operations in Pennsylvania are proceeding at full speed. On the eve of Governor Wolf’s address closing “non-essential” business, coal mining…
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