Save Carbon County is a civic nonprofit (501c4) organization here in Carbon County whose focus is on saving what we love about our communities: the clean air, water, and soil. We are committed to making sure that Carbon County is not filled with warehouses, polluted by chemicals, or ruined by development that replaces forests and threatens waterways. We achieve our goals through tireless advocacy and education. We field requests for representation from across the county. The

This week has been a landmark in public participation against data center development in Carbon County. A popular entertainment venue, Penn's Peak, was the only facility large enough to host the crowd of residents who came out for the meeting on Tuesday. We are showing up and speaking up in larger numbers than ever before - united in a common cause to save our water, soil, air, wildlife - the rural beauty that makes our county so special! Residents across northeastern PA are

Given the worsening drought, how can residents and data centers co-exist? We must show up at the Penn Forest Zoning Ordinance hearing at Penn's Peak this Tuesday, February 24th, at 5:30 PM (the hearing begins at 6 PM, and we are expecting a full house). “Our state legislators have expressed concern that we need to do something to protect people and the environment, and I would wholeheartedly agree. But the best thing, the thing that needs to be done right now is call for a mo

In early 2025, the current Administration allowed coal-fired and petrochemical facilities to request exemption from clean air rules . One of the plants that applied for and received that exemption was the Panther Creek Power Plant under the new owner and Bitcoin mining operator, Bitfarms . Bitcoin mining is unregulated in Pennsylvania, and in 2023, PA House Bill 1476 was introduced to establish guardrails for qualifying crypto-asset mining operations and impose duties on the