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Blaine Township

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Nov 7, 2010

Blaine Township

Blaine Township is a small rural township some 45 miles west of Pittsburgh, in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Western Pennsylvania has been mining coal for 250 years, but no mining has occurred in Blaine and its residents and township supervisors aim to keep it that way.

Blaine Township, PA takes on King Coal

Small town takes on giant coal companies by applying local democracy to deny corporate “personhood.”

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