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
Shocking Report Says Air Pollution Cutting Off Lives of Billions of People
Changing America
By Jenna Romaine
Exposure to air pollution below legal limits still linked to premature deaths
Environmental Health Project
By Kristina Marusic
It's Time to Cut Back on Single Use Plastic
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Editorial by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
UPCOMING EVENTS
Pittsburgh Strikes for Climate Justice!
Sep 24, 2021Join Sunrise Pittsburgh, Socialist Alternative, Green New Deal for Pittsburgh, Ohio Valley Environmental Resistance, the Izaak Walton League of Allegheny County, Putting Down Roots, 350…
Homestead Steel to Green New Deal: Learning from labor struggles and victories to forge our future
Sep 25, 2021You’re invited to join the continuing conversation with Mike Stout, the author of Homestead Steel: The Final Ten Years, with labor historian and union leader…
Our Right to Clean Air – Prevention is Preferable to Cure #4
Oct 12, 2021Ever wonder why our healthcare establishment doesn’t speak out about the dangers of air pollution, rather than profiting from its consequences? As we mark the…
Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Conference
Nov 04, 2021Our Spring Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Conference demonstrated the interest and need for more information about the emerging hydrogen generation and carbon capture sequestration markets…
BREATHE BLOG
Open Letter to SWPA Elected Governmental, Business and Civic Leaders on the Future of the Mon Valley
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Check out this thread for tons of photos and videos from today's #ClimateStrike ⤵️
Thank you to everyone who came out and fought for climate justice with us today! Let's keep this momentum going! https://t.co/lPzydIDgep
The folks in Pittsburgh envision a brighter, cleaner future than fracking and petrochemicals can bring. @billpeduto @RepGainey @ACE_Fitzgerald @TomWolfPA @RepMetcalfe @JoshShapiroPA #ClimateStrike https://t.co/yEXFgbRGZF
@bcmac_ @BreatheProject Bad smells for days so far in Beaver, per recent complaints on Facebook. Where are they coming from???
There’s a #ClimateStrike in downtown #Pittsburgh right now. When will @ACE_Fitzgerald stand for meaningful climate action instead of his favorite “all of the above” approach?? @sunrisemvmtpgh @billmckibben
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Pittsburgh Drive Electric Week
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The Pittsburgh Drive Electric Week Event is an opportunity to see electric cars and speak with owners. If you are an EV or Hybrid owner, we inviIf anyone has more information on these horrific smells in Beaver please comment. We are investigating if it could be VOCs from a nearby industrial facility.
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Picture Pittsburgh 50 years from now with these transportation changes: a terminal in a central location to handle a hyperloop system, vehicles for vertical...Are we surprised? We wrap our babies bums in plastic! ow.ly/MuYf50GflU9
Baby Poop Is Loaded With Microplastics
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An alarming new study finds that infant feces contain 10 times more polyethylene terephthalate (aka polyester) than an adult’s.A substantial new body of evidence has accumulated since 2005 further demonstrating the degree to which air pollution affects all parts of the body from the brain to a growing baby in a mother's womb at EVEN LOWER CONCENTRATIONS than previously observed. As a result, WHO halved the recommended limits for average annual PM2.5 levels from 10 micrograms per cubic meter to 5. It also lowered the recommended limit for PM10 from 20 micrograms to 15. ow.ly/2pbK50GeGdi
New WHO air-quality guidelines aim to cut deaths linked to fossil fuels
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) tightened its air quality guidelines on Wednesday for the first time since 2005, hoping to spur countries toward clean energy and prevent deaths and illness caused ...Join Mike Stout, the author of Homestead Steel: The Final Ten Years, with labor historian and union leader Charlie McCollestor and leaders of other union victories from across the Rustbelt region and learn what can we learn from our own Rustbelt history of labor-community struggles, failures, and victories. Sign up today!
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Homestead Steel to Green New Deal: learning from labor struggles and victories to forge our future
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Register here to receive a Zoom link for these online discussions: Saturday, August 28, 3-5pm Saturday, September 11, 3-5pm Saturday, September 25, 3-5pm Saturday, October 9, 3-5pm Saturday, October 2...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.