59 Projects Reclaim Communities, Improve Economic, Recreational Opportunities HARRISBURG, Pa., March 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania's mine reclamation program made dramatic progress in 2009 by reclaiming abandoned sites that threaten health and safety and restoring streams poisoned by mine drainage, according to Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger. Among the most significant achievements in the past year were contracts the department issued to reclaim nearly nine miles of dangerous highwalls and to break ground for a mine drainage treatment plant that will restore life to more than 35 miles of the West Branch Susquehanna River. "Pennsylvania's mineral resources helped turn America into an industrial superpower, but the unregulated mining practices of the past have left us with the largest abandoned mine lands problem in the nation," Hanger said.

HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G.

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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Jan. 15--The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is citing a Stark County landfill for having buried trash where it's not supposed to be.

By Reading Eagle, Pa. Nov. 13--The Miller-Keystone Blood Center, 2745 Leisz's Bridge Road, Bern Township, has scheduled the following blood drive sites: Wednesday: Greth Homes, 253 Snyder Road, Maidencreek Township, 10 a.m.