Anthracite refuse plants can meet the CSAPR alternative 2.0 standard because sulfur content in coal refuse from the anthracite region is lower, but bituminous plants cannot, he said.

He founded the Anthracite Industry Association and continued lobbying Congress to keep the coal language. His success was even featured in a 1983 Washington Post article by Michael Isikoff.

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Anthracite coal – once used to power locomotives and generate electricity – is now used to strengthen steel and purify water, he said.

To reach the coal, the water had to be pumped out. Federal reports show the ever-increasing load; in 1920 it was estimated that for each ton of coal mined, eight tons of water had to be pumped out.

Nearly 130,000 homes in the U.S. still burn coal for heat. Despite decades of decline and concerns about climate change, companies in the coal home-heating business are optimistic about the future.

Reading Anthracite has the industry’s largest coal reserve, estimated at more than 100 million tons, Bella said. He said only about 1% of the coal mined by the company is used in home heating.

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Anthracite is instead used in home heating and metallurgy, like steel-making. While the rise of natural gas has continued to gut the thermal coal industry, the market for metallurgical coal is growing ...

The Commonwealth is hiring Anthracite Mine Electrical Inspectors to work in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties, among other surrounding counties, with a starting pay of upwards of $107k annually.