Joe Pizarchik knows mining.  For nearly a decade, he served as the Senate-confirmed head of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), the federal agency charged with regulating the surface impacts of underground coal mining across the country. Before that, Pizarchik served in his home state of Pennsylvania in its Department of Environmental … Continue reading In a ‘Disheartening’ Era, the Nation’s Former Top Mining Regulator Speaks Out