U.S. Sen. Bob Casey is raising concerns about the apparent plans to permanently close Cumberland Mine in Greene County, while also asking the company to communicate with its workers and devise a way to keep the facility open. Casey, the senior Democratic senator from Pennsylvania, issued a three-page letter over the weekend addressed to Iron […]
On Dec. 6, 1962, workers headed to the mine Robena No. 3 traveled there in bad, snowy weather. “Little did they know their peril didn’t lie in their journey there but what would take place that fateful day,” said Ed Yankovich Jr., a member of United Mine Workers of American (UMWA) Local Union #1980. An […]
ILION, N.Y. Picketers from Pennsylvania were outside the Remington Arms plant in Ilion Tuesday morning urging the company to expedite its contract with workers.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 20December 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Some of the COVID-19 graphics presented in the above articles have been updated below.
Also, mentioned in two articles near the end of the disease collection is that there is a new strain of the virus circulating in southeast England that is 70% more infectious than the common strain. Since these news collections were assembled, England has locked down London and several European countries have restricted travelers from the country. I expect that we ll have more news on that in this coming week.