Pa. coal communities have been left to navigate the energy transition mainly on their own.
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Rachel McDevitt 
The western Washington town has been cited as a model for how to successfully transition away from coal.Ā StateImpact Pennsylvania spent several days there to explore how time and money has affected preparations for what lies ahead.
By
Rachel McDevitt 
The Juice Box got an $80,000 grant in 2022 to help replace the roof and the failing heating system.
By
Rachel McDevitt 
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.
In Pennsylvania, some crypto-mining companies are taking advantage of incentives for burning waste coal and remediating former mineland.
More than 125 people will lose their jobs, and a labor leader cited Pa.’s expected entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative as a key factor. The plant’s CEO says “we did everything possible to maintain our operations.”
Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Democratsā large climate and health care bill, included one provision aimed at helping miners afflicted by black lung disease.
In April, the commonwealth became theĀ first major fossil-fuel stateĀ to adopt a carbon-pricing policy.
EPA data showed the plant emitted 608,000 tons of carbon dioxide in 2020, the equivalent of 129,000 cars on the road.
