Tag: abandoned mine lands

AMD Environmental Education & Pottery Art Program Tours Scheduled for Greater Nanticoke Area’s 4th & 5th Grade

  (Ashley, PA)– EPCAMR, the Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Wilkes University, Misericordia University, Earth Conservancy, and Greater Nanticoke Area Elementary (GNA) have partnered for an Environmental Education Outreach and Pottery Art Program to teach students about abandoned mine drainage (AMD) water pollution problems in the Southern Wyoming…

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Clean Up Centralia: EPCAMR Assesses Trash Problem in America’s Lost Town for October 25th 2014 Cleanup

In 1962, the small town of Centralia, PA was burdened by a large mine fire. After many failed attempts to put it out, the fire grew bigger and moved underneath the town, cracking streets and leaking toxic gases into the air. For the health and safety of Centralians, families and businesses had…

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