Climate activists worry about the high-energy demand for bitcoin mining. A once-dormant power plant is humming with activity outside Pittsburgh as thousands of miners work 24 hours a day. The miners ...

A Canada-based crypto mining company is acquiring two Pennsylvania coal-fired power plants as part of its purchase of a digital mining group. Bitfarms Ltd. is set to buy Stronghold Digital Mining in a ...

Justin Vellucci Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 5:55 a.m. | Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 5:55 a.m. Coal mining’s roots in the Pittsburgh area run deeper than the foundations of American democracy. Since the mid-1700s, ...

Newswatch 16's Jon Meyer got a tour of an art exhibit at the University of Scranton showcasing northeastern PA's rich coal-mining history.

Stacey Magda of Mountain Watershed Association stands near where the portal to the Rustic Ridge #2 mine would be built near Donegal, Pa. Stacey Magda stands on the side of a country road in ...

SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Pennsylvania officials and agencies are moving to help over 300 workers who were laid off Friday from a Somerset County coal mine. State Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar ...

Source: Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Canadian bitcoin mining and data center company Bitfarms Ltd. said it is close to completing the acquisition of two coal-fired power plants through its purchase ...