FELL TWP. – Driving north on Route 6 toward Carbondale, smoke from the culm dump fire in Fell Township drifts above birch trees that have sprouted on abandoned coal waste piles. Close up, the burning ...

Activists say there’s evidence of a potential culm bank fire near the site a company wants to build a gasification plant in Newport Twp., but state officials disagree. Action Together NEPA publicly ...

A conservation charity has bought 2.6 acres (1 hectare) of land to create its first nature reserve. Charity Devon Culm is creating the reserve in an area of culm grassland - a mix of purple moor grass ...

Dickson City officials hope removing a giant culm bank in the center of town will make way for housing. The state Department of Environmental Protection awarded $800,180 in grant funding to remediate ...

SWOYERSVILLE, Pa. -- Work to remove a culm bank from one Luzerne County community began this week. The massive culm bank in Swoyersville has been there for decades, and work has finally begun to ...

Many farms have a field corner or area of pasture that is too wet and boggy to graze profitably, often with the result it is fenced off or abandoned. But these wetland areas provide a precious habitat ...

SWOYERSVILLE, Pa. -- A large culm bank that has been in Luzerne County for decades is the focus of a public meeting in Swoyersville. The mountain of coal waste off Main Street will soon come down.

The conservation of a rapidly declining grassland which is only found in parts of North Devon and Cornwall has received a boost. Plantlife has received a National Lottery funding grant from the ...