Longwall still down at Maple Creek as 'illegal ' move slammed

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Robert Murray's Maple Creek longwall at the High Quality mine is still not running after having been "illegally shut down" by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the veteran coal entrepreneur told U.S. Coal Review. "We have appealed their illegal action about two weeks ago to the Commonwealth Court," Murray said. "It's an attack on longwall mining," Murray said, disabusing folks of the notion that he is being attacked personally for his high profile political activities. Murray is active in Republican circles. "It's in response to PennFuture," a Pennsylvania green group that has received support for its projects from the Heinz Endowments, among others.