Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Democrats’ large climate and health care bill, included one provision aimed at helping miners afflicted by black lung disease.
In April, the commonwealth became the first major fossil-fuel state 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.
Unburned coal piled up during the pandemic, creating a surplus. But surging demand, especially from the Asia-Pacific region, has eaten away at that supply.
The land previously housed a coal mine, but parts of it is now zoned residential and conservation. The company wants the township to rezone it for industrial use.
Most of the land where the proposed mine would go is zoned for residential and conservation.
Federal investment in the cleanup of abandoned mines and wells will boost local economies, they say.
The report from the Ohio River Valley Institute outlines what’s been done in four states, two in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and two outside RGGI.
Conservationists say the agreement is a win for water quality and recreation in the middle Susquehanna watershed.
Two state capitol hearings featured coal and gas boosters, but scientists say we must phase out emissions by 2050 to avoid climate change’s worst effects.
