Coal

The laws set standard wages for renewable energy jobs, set higher energy efficiency standards and incentivize thermal energy infrastructure and research.

"Jobs in renewables don't always match up for displaced workers."

'Everything that can go wrong, has gone wrong'

“We are following government guidelines with distancing measures being taken, increased cleaning schedules in-place, and limits on gatherings of groups.”

DEP acting on governor's executive order -- which Republicans are challenging

Pennsylvania is getting less money from the federal government this year to clean up its old abandoned mines.

Proposed bill would require Legislature to OK Pennsylvania becoming part of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Rules on coal ash ponds, wastewater from coal-fired power plants are targeted

Pennsylvania is the third-largest coal producing state in the country. But coal generated electricity plants have struggled to compete with cheaper natural gas and renewable energy.

Coal-fired power plants keep closing and communities around the country must decide what to do with those sites. Pennsylvania has a plan, aiming to create new jobs where the old ones have been lost.