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Join the Sustainability Department for a Climate Action Plan (CAP) feedback event on Thursday, June 4, 2026 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the Human Services Building downtown. This […]
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Residents reported noise, fire, and an explosion coming from this scrap metal operation.
U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2019, flames and an explosion was captured at the Clairton plant.
Multiple workers were injured and two employees were killed.
Johnie Perryman passed away in Clairton March 14, 2025 at the age of 81. This post is a tribute to his ongoing fight for clean air in the Mon Valley.
“I moved here to Clairton from Seattle when houses were cheap,” Johnie said during this lifetime. “People were so friendly. Then I found my health starting to decline. Some days I would get weak. I found out later that I would get weak on bad air days. In March 2019 my doctor told me to pack up and move but it is too hard for me to move now. We need to do something about the quality of life we have in Clairton.”
Clairton has faced longstanding air-quality burdens linked to emissions from U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works. His voice mattered in the legal fight for accountability. Local reporting on the Clean Air Act case notes that Johnie was deposed by U.S. Steel’s lawyers in a citizens’ lawsuit over air pollution from the Clairton Coke Works, and he spoke openly about the toll that process took on him.
To support the work Johnie helped lead, contact Valley Clean Air Now at [email protected].
"Finally, a science-based way to reveal the human loss that the powers that be prefer to ignore." - Howard Rieger, Squirrel Hill resident.
Behind every data point is a life, a family, a community.
In Squirrel Hill, air pollution contributes to an estimated 27 deaths each year.
See what the data reveals about your neighborhood at the link in our bio.
While March is almost over, we have all of these events to look forward to in April! Take a look and head to the link in our bio for more information.
"Hearing backlash from residents, cities and counties across the country in recent weeks have blocked planned data centers amid concerns over rising electricity prices and environmental harms."
Big things happening in June - check out what's coming up → http://breatheproject.org/events
On May 22 and 23, prevailing winds and an inversion pushed pollution from the Mon Valley directly into the South Hills. Many Mt. Lebanon and Dormont residents smelled a horrific tire, rubber burning stench for 2-3 days. Thank you #CREATELab and #SmellPGH
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