Critics have characterized the transfer as a raid on the trust fund established by the 1977 Surface Mine Reclamation Act, the ...

Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way and threaten people and property. That's what searchers in ...

THE EFFORTS TO KEEP PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THEM SAFE. PENNSYLVANIA’S DEP SAYS THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ABANDONED GAS WELLS AND OIL WELLS ACROSS THE STATE, BUT THERE MAY BE 13 TIMES THAT MANY OUT ...

OSDOL HAS OUR STORY FROM MONROEVILLE. THREE MONTHS BEFORE LIZ POLLARD’S DEATH, STATE DEP OFFICIALS LEARNED OF A SINKHOLE. AT THIS MONROEVILLE APARTMENT COMPLEX, LEADING TO ANOTHER ABANDONED MINE.