Plans are underway for this year’s Spring Grassroots Summit which will be held June 12-14th, 2015 at the Laurelville Mennonite Center near Mount Pleasant, PA, for grassroots organizations and individuals advocating for change on shale gas issues. This year’s summit …
The Department of Environmental Protection California District Mining Office held a public meeting on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at the Donegal Community Center, on the proposed Rustic Ridge #1 deep mine in Saltlick and Donegal Townships. Over 130 citizens attended …
At the formal public hearing on February 11th, residents provided testimony on a number of concerns regarding the combined NPDES and Air Quality Plan Permits for a proposed gas-fired power plant along the Yough by Tenaska Pennsylvania Partners LLP. Before …
Farmers & equine owners – Do you have your Manure Management Plan in place? If not, join the Westmoreland County Conservation District at one of these workshops to write your Manure Management Plan for your farm. A manure management plan …
This week we’ve been featuring comments from our staff members on the proposed Rustic Ridge deep mine in Donegal Township, Westmoreland County, and Saltlick Township, Fayette County (see here, here and here). In the final installation in this series, we’re …
Comments Regarding the Proposed LCT Rustic Ridge Mine No. 1 Submitted by Beverly Braverman on behalf of the Mountain Watershed Association The saying “the more things change, the more they stay the same” seems most applicable to this proposed deep mine …
Now is the time to prepare your comments for Tenaska, the gas fired power plant proposed along the Yough (find background information on the proposal here, and more information on the meeting here). The combined public hearing for the Air …
Today we’ll feature testimony submitted by Krissy Kasserman, our Youghiogheny Riverkeeper, at last week’s hearing on the proposed Rustic Ridge deep mine. Find background information on this proposal here and here, and our write-up on the recently held public hearing here. You can also find comments …
This week we’ll be posting testimony from our staff and supporters regarding the proposed Rustic Ridge deep mine. Find background information on this proposal here and here, and our write-up on the recently held public hearing here. Following is testimony our Field Technician Carla …
Approximately 130 people attended DEP’s public hearing on LCT Energy’s proposed Rustic Ridge deep mine on Wednesday, January 28. Guess who didn’t attend….. LCT Energy, the company proposing this 2,000+ acre deep mine in the gateway to the Laurel Highlands, …
