{"id":310716,"date":"2026-10-20T18:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/310716\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T18:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:40:11","slug":"in-pennsylvania-coal-country-follow-the-climate-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/310716\/","title":{"rendered":"In Pennsylvania coal country, follow the climate money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PROSPERITY, Pennsylvania \u2014 In Pennsylvania\u2019s 46th Senate District, which takes in all of Washington and Greene counties and a sliver of southern Beaver County, a lot of the prosperity comes from underground. Consol\u2019s Bailey Mine in Aleppo employs 699 miners in three shifts a day, six days a week, according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msha.gov\/data-reports\/fatality-reports\/2026\/may-19-2026-fatality\/final-report\">federal mine-safety records<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gas drilling <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.observer-reporter.com\/news\/local-news\/2026\/jun\/18\/region-receives-millions-of-dollars-in-natural-gas-impact-fee-money\/\">will bring<\/a> Washington County and its municipalities $21.3 million in impact fees for 2025, and Greene County $15.2 million. The money goes to infrastructure, public safety, and other local needs.<\/p>\n<p>      Real journalism.Trusted by millions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"we-copy\">\n        Unlimited access to in-depth reporting, expert analysis, and the stories that shape our country.\n      <\/p>\n<p>    Trusted reporting.Unlimited access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"we-deck\">\n     Subscribe for full access to Washington Examiner coverage, expert political analysis, and subscriber-only journalism.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"we-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/subscribe\/digital\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n      Get Unlimited Access<br \/>\n      \u203a<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"we-member\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sign-in\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"we-cancel\">Cancel anytime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PROSPERITY, Pennsylvania \u2014 In Pennsylvania\u2019s 46th Senate District, which takes in all of Washington and Greene counties and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[25041,24516,20378,2116,2328,13740,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-310716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-2026-elections","tag-climate-activism","tag-coal","tag-data-centers","tag-energy","tag-fracking","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}