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CCJ to host Shale Gas Fracking and Public Health 101 event

The Center For Coalfield Justice will host a program, Shale Gas Fracking and Public Health 101 - The People's Cancer Incidence Screening Tool, on Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the center's office at 69 E. Beau St. in Washington. The program will feature guest speaker Dr. Lauren Minsky, ...

Campaign to cap orphaned wells to launch

The UMWA Career Center, Center for Coalfield Justice, Southwestern Pennsylvania labor leaders, and faith leaders will launch a campaign across Western Pennsylvania to cap orphaned wells at an event on Wednesday, April 20, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at UMWA Training Center, 197 Dunn Station Road, ...

OP-ED: People of faith should care about environmental justice

Churches and faith communities across the world have been leaders in environmental justice from the beginning of the movement. This might surprise you since some faith leaders and theologians teach that the Bible does not condone Christian participation in activism that centers on the Earth, ...

Annual Dryerson Festival celebrates Ryerson’s past, future

If all goes as planned, the “Dryerson” label may no longer be so apt. At this year’s Dryerson Festival, people came out to celebrate Ryerson Station State Park, remember Duke Lake and look forward to improvements announced in the near future. This was the 19th year for the festival, ...

MSHA lease terminations at Waynesburg, other offices reversed

The Mine Safety and Health Administration office in Waynesburg has been taken off the chopping block. Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the reversal of lease terminations listed on the Department of Government Efficiency website in March for 34 MSHA offices. In Pennsylvania, ...