PA Environment Digest Articles
Deep Mine Safety
*  [7/29/2024] Feature: Rock - Water - Air: The Quecreek Mine Rescue 22 Years Later
*  [4/22/2024] Bills On Governor's Desk
*  [4/15/2024] Bills On Governor's Desk
*  [12/4/2023] DEP Invites Comments On Proposed CNX Midstream Project To Expose Natural Gas, Water Pipelines To Prevent Longwall Mining Damage In Washington County
*  [9/18/2023] Pennsylvania Coal Alliance Recognizes Companies For Safety, Reclamation
*  [7/17/2023] PA Mine Map Atlas Has Served State Since The Quecreek Mine Rescue In Somerset County
*  [7/17/2023] Feature: Rock - Water - Air: A Personal Account Of The 2002 Quecreek Mine Rescue
*  [7/25/2022] Special Feature - 20th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue Celebrated In Somerset County
*  [7/18/2022] 20th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue To Be Celebrated In July 22-23 In Somerset County
*  [6/27/2022] 20th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue To Be Celebrated In July In Somerset County
*  [6/6/2022] 20th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue To Be Celebrated In July In Somerset County
*  [3/15/2021] PA Historical & Museum Commission Approves 23 Historical Markers, Including 2 Related To PA's Environmental Heritage
*  [1/18/2021] Citizens Coal Council Urges DEP To Protect Communities, Streams From Longwall Coal Mining Damage
*  [7/27/2020] DEP Our Common Wealth Blog: Mining Program Brought 1,000s Of Old Mine Maps Into Digital Age
*  [7/20/2020] July 24-28 Marks 18th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue In Somerset County
*  [11/11/2019] Gov. Wolf Recognizes October 30 As Mine Rescue Day In Pennsylvania; 51,523 Fatalities Have Occurred In PA Mines Since The 1870s
*  [11/11/2019] DEP Citizens Advisory Council, Environmental Justice Advisory Board Hold Joint Meeting Nov. 19; Underground Coal Mining Impact Report On Agenda
*  [8/5/2019] 150th Anniversary Commemoration Of Avondale Mine Disaster That Killed 110 In Luzerne County Set For Sept. 6-8
*  [7/29/2019] DEP: Mines And Quarries Are Not Playgrounds, Stay Out Stay Alive
*  [7/29/2019] 17th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue Celebrated July 27 In Somerset County
*  [3/18/2019] Penn State To Host Eastern Collegiate Mine Rescue Contest March 30
*  [3/18/2019] PHMC: 18 New State Historical Markers Approved, Include Several Related To PA’s Environmental Heritage
*  [7/16/2018] Quecreek Mine Rescue Anniversary Celebration July 28 In Somerset County
*  [4/30/2018] Bills On Governor's Desk
*  [12/11/2017] CANCELED-Senate Environmental Committee To Consider E-Waste Recycling Overhaul Dec. 13
*  [10/16/2017] PA’s Harvey Mine Team Places Second In 2017 National Coal Mine Rescue Contest
*  [7/31/2017] 15th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue Celebrated In Somerset
*  [7/24/2017] Feature: Rock - Water - Air: A Personal Account Of The 2002 Quecreek Mine Rescue
*  [7/3/2017] House Retroactively Rolls Back Protection For Streams From Underground Coal Mining
*  [7/3/2017] 15th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue Community Celebration July 29 In Somerset
*  [6/26/2017] Senate Committee OKs Bills On State Funding For Lateral Water, Sewer Lines
*  [6/5/2017] Help Wanted: DEP Blasting & Explosives Inspector, Schuylkill County
*  [3/20/2017] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [2/27/2017] Environmental NewsClips - All Topics
*  [8/8/2016] Wild Excellence Films To Tell The Story Of The Flight 93 National Memorial
*  [7/18/2016] Quecreek Mine Rescue Celebration July 23, New Display Added To Visitor’s Center
*  [7/11/2016] DEP, PA Coal Alliance Launch New Mine Safety Campaign
*  [3/21/2016] DEP Conducts Mine Rescue Safety Training Drill In Scranton
*  [12/21/2015] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permit
*  [10/19/2015] High School Students Demonstrate Robotics To Bureau Of Mine Safety Staff
*  [10/19/2015] Chinese Delegation Visits DEP's New Stanton Office
*  [9/7/2015] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [8/10/2015] Sheppton Mine Disaster, Rescue Historic Marker To Be Dedicated On Aug. 22
*  [7/27/2015] DEP Citizens Advisory Council OKs Comments On Act 54 Deep Mining Impact Report
*  [7/27/2015] DCNR: Greene County Lake Dam Damaged By Deep Coal Mining Won’t Be Rebuilt
*  [7/20/2015] 13th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue In Somerset
*  [7/20/2015] Help Wanted: DEP: Director Bureau Of Deep Mine Safety
*  [9/29/2014] DEP Commends Underground Mining Industry For Safety
*  [8/4/2014] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [7/28/2014] 12th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue July 26 In Somerset
*  [6/30/2014] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [1/27/2014] Rosebud Mining Donates Mining Artifacts To Quecreek Mine Rescue Foundation
*  [12/16/2013] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [10/7/2013] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [9/9/2013] Feature: We Remember - September 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy
*  [9/2/2013] CONSOL Energy's Enlow Fork Mine Earns Mine Rescue Win
*  [5/20/2013] Joint Conservation Committee May Environmental Synopsis Newsletter Now Available
*  [5/13/2013] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [4/8/2013] PHMC Approves 12 New Historic Markers, Including For Mine Tunnel Disaster
*  [2/4/2013] DEP Accepting Applications For Mine Map Grant Program
*  [1/7/2013] DEP Board Of Coal Mine Safety 2013 Meetings, 6 More Have Yet To Schedule Meetings
*  [12/3/2012] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [10/29/2012] Equipment From Quecreek Mine Rescue Brought Together At Mine Rescue Site
*  [8/6/2012] Online Video: Quecreek Mine Rescue Celebrated As Triumph Of The American Spirit
*  [8/6/2012] Budget/Quecreek/Quick NewsClips
*  [7/30/2012] Budget/Quecreek/Quick Clips
*  [7/23/2012] 10th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue Celebrates The Triumph of the American Spirit
*  [7/9/2012] Senate Passes Resolution Commemorating 10th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue
*  [6/4/2012] 10th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue Celebrates Life, Community, Determination
*  [1/23/2012] DEP Secretary Lauds Underground, Deep Coal Mine Industry On Zero Fatalities
*  [11/7/2011] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [7/25/2011] Environmental Heritage - Quecreek Mine Rescue To Be Remembered On July 23
*  [1/31/2011] Somerset Firm Involved In Quecreek, Chilian Mine Rescues Recognized By President
*  [1/10/2011] DEP Secretary Applauds Safe, Fatality-Free Deep Mines In 2010
*  [12/27/2010] Pennsylvania To Mark 1st Year Without Job-Related Deaths (Knock On Wood)
*  [7/19/2010] Environmental Heritage- Somerset Holds 8th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue July 24
*  [7/12/2010] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [7/12/2010] Calendar Of Events
*  [7/12/2010] Stories Invited
*  [5/10/2010] Quecreek Mine Rescue Foundation Becomes Affiliate The Senator John Heinz History Center
*  [8/31/2009] Environmental Heritage- 140th Avondale Mine Disaster Commemorations Set For September 6
*  [8/10/2009] DEP Opens New Mine Rescue Station In Indiana
*  [8/3/2009] Spotlight - Quecreek Mine Rescue Remembered On 7th Anniversary
*  [1/9/2009] Underground Coal Mine Safety Board Holds First Meeting
*  [9/26/2008] Gov. Rendell Appoints Members to the Board of Coal Mine Safety
*  [9/19/2008] Mine Families First Response and Communications Plan Available For Comment
*  [8/1/2008] Online Video Feature - Old Fashioned Groundbreaking for Quecreek Mine Rescue Visitors Center
*  [7/18/2008] Spotlight - 6th Anniversary of Quecreek Mine Rescue Features Visitor Center Groundbreaking
*  [7/11/2008] Update to PA Underground Mine Safety Act Now Law
*  [7/11/2008] Spotlight - 6th Anniversary of Quecreek Mine Rescue Features Visitor Center Groundbreaking
*  [7/4/2008] Deep Mine Safety Legislation Given Final Approval
*  [5/16/2008] Bill to Improve Deep Mine Safety Approved By House, Returns to Senate
*  [4/11/2008] House Committee Moves Deep Mine Safety, Tables Plastic Bag Ban
*  [4/4/2008] Informational Meeting on Deep Mine Safety Bill By House Committee
*  [3/28/2008] Informational Meeting on Deep Mine Safety Bill Set By House Committee
*  [2/15/2008] Senate Approves Comprehensive Deep Mine Safety Bill, Now Moves to House
*  [2/8/2008] Spotlight - National Geographic Channel Program Re-Lives Quecreek Mine Rescue
*  [1/18/2008] Senate Committee Approves Deep Mine Safety Law Update
*  [1/11/2008] Senate Committee Set to Consider Mine Safety Law Update
*  [12/21/2007] Rendell Proclaims Coal Miners' Day, Comments on Mine Safety Legislation
*  [10/5/2007] Video Blog - Prompted by the Quecreek Mine Rescue, Mine Families First Act Signed Into Law
*  [9/22/2007] Senate Passes, Sends to Governor Mine Families First Legislation
*  [8/3/2007] Video Blog Feature - Quecreek Mine Rescue Anniversary Renews Call for Mine Safety Legislation
*  [7/6/2007] In the Spotlight - Former Gov. Mark Schweiker to Speak at 5th Anniversary of Quecreek Mine Rescue
*  [6/22/2007] Senate Committee Lists Mine Families First, Transmisison Line Bills for Action
*  [6/8/2007] Mine Families First Bill Passed by the House
*  [4/27/2007] House Environmental Committee Moves Mine Safety, Reactor Fees Bills
*  [1/12/2007] Farm Shows Feature Conservation, Renewable Energy - Video Blog Feature
*  [7/28/2006] Special Photo Feature - State Historical Marker Dedicated at Quecreek Mine Rescue Event
*  [7/21/2006] Environmental History - State Historical Marker to Be Dedicated at Quecreek Mine Rescue Event
*  [7/2/2006] House Committee Approves Mine Families First Legislation
*  [3/24/2006] Quecreek Mine Rescue Site Earns Official State Historic Marker
*  [2/10/2006] Rendell Orders Re-Inspection of PA Underground Mines
*  [2/10/2006] Holmes Safety Association Offering Students Mine Safety Scholarships
*  [2/3/2006] Senate Hears From Mine Workers, Industry, DEP on Deep Mine Safety
*  [1/27/2006] Senate Hearing on Deep Mine Safety to Feature Mine Workers, Industry, DEP
*  [1/20/2006] Pennsylvania Receives Mine Safety Education Grant
*  [1/13/2006] Enzi Will Expedite Confirmation Hearing for Head of Federal Mine Safety Agency
*  [1/6/2006] Condolences to the Families, Rescuers Involved in West Virginia Mine Accident
*  [1/6/2006] Senate Sets Hearing on Deep Mine Safety Legislation
*  [9/30/2005] Bills Announced to Strengthen Mine Safety, Resulting from Quecreek Accident
*  [9/23/2005] President Names PA’s Stickler Head of Federal Mine Safety Program
*  [7/22/2005] Environmental Heritage: Quecreek Mine Rescue Anniversary Focuses on Preserving History
*  [3/11/2005] Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [2/4/2005] New Book from PHMC: “ Voices of the Knox Mine Disaster”
*  [1/7/2005] 2005 State Farm Show Features Riverwalk, Quecreek Rescue
*  [12/31/2004] Environmental Issues to Start the 2005-06 Session of the General Assembly
*  [12/31/2004] Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [10/15/2004] $1 Million to Digitize Mine Maps, MSHA Donates Quecreek Rescue Capsule
*  [10/1/2004] Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [8/13/2004] Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [7/23/2004] Deep Mine Safety Legislation Announced
*  [7/16/2004] Public Interest Grows in Quecreek Mine Rescue Site in Somerset County, PA