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CASPER — Across the U.S., there are hundreds of thousands of abandoned mineral mines that have left behind pockmarked landscapes, dangerous subterranean cavities and polluted waterways. It’s the result of

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RUSH TOWNSHIP — As solar developers set their sights on roughly 1,500 acres in rural Rush Township, local elected officials are tasked with figuring out how t

Local news from StateCollege.com and Centre County Partners. Read about How a Proposed Solar Project Prompted Rush Township to Face Its Mining Past and more from the State College, PA region

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A solar developer wants to put an array on 1,500 acres in Rush Township, but elected leaders don’t want the project to deter future reclamation.

CASPER — Across the U.S. there are hundreds of thousands of abandoned mineral mines that have left behind pockmarked landscapes, dangerous subterranean cavities, and polluted waterways. It’s the result of

CASPER — Across the U.S. there are hundreds of thousands of abandoned mineral mines that have left behind pockmarked landscapes, dangerous subterranean cavities, and polluted waterways. It’s the result of

Federal dollars for abandoned mines are being bogged down by bureaucracy, according to state leaders.

REPLACING NATIVE trees is vital to efforts to restore and reforest reclaimed mine sites, scientists said during recent discussion of efforts to improve abandone