Breathe Project
Breathe Project is a clearinghouse for information on air quality in Pittsburgh, southwestern Pennsylvania and beyond. We use the best available science and technology to better understand the quality of the air we breathe and provide opportunities for citizens to engage and take action.
BREAKING NEWS
Preparing for petrochemicals
Chemical & Engineering News
By Rick Mullin
Clean air group asks for more Allegheny County Health Department oversight over Neville Island scrap yard
Trib Live
By Megan Guza
OpEd: Who will stand with Mon Valley steelworkers and communities?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Rosemary Bezy and Patricia M. DeMarco
UPCOMING EVENTS
Concerned Residents of West Deer (CROWD) Picnic and Info Session!
May 22, 2022Join us for light refreshments and an information session where we’ll discuss the proposed Leto deep well site (public hearing to begin by June 30)…
PFAS Disposal Symposium - Cancer Free Economy
May 23, 2022PFAS have been described as “forever chemicals” because they take decades, or longer, to break down. Although they have been linked to cancer, reproductive health…
Pennsylvania Climate Convergence
Jun 11, 2022This spring advocates, activists, and concerned residents will converge on Harrisburg to tell our governor, lawmakers, and regulators that they are having the wrong conversation…
Allegheny Solar Fest
Jun 18, 2022Allegheny SolarFest seeks to accelerate the adoption and enhance public understanding of Solar Energy and Electric Vehicle technologies in Western Pennsylvania, by bringing together the…
BREATHE BLOG
Why Should You Care About Our Air?
By Jacob Sumner
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Even moderate air pollution in Allegheny County raises ER visits for kids with asthma, study finds https://t.co/fZU8eXHHBi
@BreatheProject One thing is certain: since Shell's plant was first announced in 2012, Beaver County has fallen behind the state and the nation in nearly every measure of economic activity.
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Everyone has the constitutional right to breathe clean air, but clean air is often not a reality in southwest Pennsylvania thanks to corporate polluters like U.S. Steel.
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The Beaver #Plastic Plant is poised to open. Will residents stay or will they go? https://t.co/de4Zk4y9Dn
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The Beaver #plastic Plant is poised to open. Will residents stay or will they go? ow.ly/YNSC50JbXU0
With Pa. plastics plant poised to open, residents decide: Stay or go?
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Some have fled, others await an economic revival as Beaver County’s first major industrial plant in decades is activated this year.Olympus Energy is presenting their plans to put a well pad next to Elizabeth Forward High School. Tune in here!
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.Earthworks says their choice to map schools and residences within a half-mile radius of an active well is conservative since scientific literature shows an increased prevalence of various adverse health outcomes at distances greater than a half mile.http://ow.ly/93l850JbbEW
New map shows 1.4 million Pennsylvanians live half mile or less from active oil or gas well
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A new geospatial analysis, the interactive Oil and Gas Threat Map, which shows all active oil or gas wells nationwide, concludes that 1,482,810 Pennsylvanians, including...Another day, another fine and more pollution for residents of Braddock and Clairton. ow.ly/SBAV50JbbpX
U.S. Steel must may $1.5 million due to pollution at Edgar Thomson Works
It is part of a court settlement with the EPA and the Allegheny County Health Department.
PennFuture is hiring a Campaign Director. Check out this job and more! breatheproject.org/careers/
Thank you 90.5 WESA for making it clear that a #fossilfuel #hydrogenhub will harm people, health and the climate! And at a bizillion dollars paid for by taxpayers!
www.alleghenyfront.org/wolf-touts-pennsylvanias-bid-for-a-low-carbon-hydrogen-hub-that-relies-on-...
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Hydrogen fuel’s only by-product is water. But Pennsylvania's proposal for a federally-funded hydrogen hub would use natural gas to create hydrogen.REPORT YOUR AIR
Smell something in your neighborhood?
Download the SmellPGH app on your phone
to report your air and track how pollutants travel.
Residents of Allegheny County can report air problems
to the Allegheny County Health Department.
FIND YOUR AIR NOW
HOW'S YOUR AIR?
GOOD MODERATE UNHEALTHY VERY UNHEALTHY HAZARDOUSVISUALIZE YOUR AIR
Finally we have a tool to see on a day by day snapshot where pollution goes.
Plume Pgh Created by CMU CREATE Lab let’s everyone see that air pollution
has effects beyond the immediate surroundings of emitters. Pollution in
one part of our air-shed has the potential to spread throughout the entire
region as weather and wind direction change.
Breathe Cam Highlights
CLEAN AIR — HEALTHY PEOPLE
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
Fighting air pollution is a team effort! We need your help
to take on the big polluters and protect public health.