Water Quality

Our Endangered Rivers

April 25, 2023 Michael Sauers As if acid mine drainage, industrial production effluent, subpar sewage treatment plants and helter-skelter residential development aren't enough, our streams and rivers now have a new source of pollution. According to American Rivers the...

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A Possible Solution To Decades Of Pollution

Mike Sauers, July 18, 2022 The Jeddo Mine Tunnel is one of several environmental catastrophes that plague the Greater Hazleton Area. It ranks right up there with the Hazleton City Landfill debacle, the considerable list of past/present Superfund Sites, the devastation...

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Letter to the editor

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor, What happens upstream matters. That was the message the Greenfire Coalition and Fishing Creek Green Alliance brought to government and community leaders, as well as the community at large, in 1991-94. The condition of the Susquehanna River was no secret...

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