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
A Fracking-Driven Industrial Boom Renews Pollution Concerns in Pittsburgh
Yale E360
By Nick Cunningham
The Toxic Consequences of America's Plastics Boom
The Nation
By Zoe Carpenter
Air pollution kills 8.8 million people per year globally, study says
UPI
By Tauren Dyson
UPCOMING EVENTS
Spring Into Clean Air Rally!
Mar 20, 2019Allegheny County has some of the worst air in the country, because of dirty industrial polluters. It’s time to crack down on the worst polluters…
Water Talks: Double Stacks, Double Stouts
Mar 21, 2019Join us for our quarterly Water Talks series to discuss the environmental concerns of running double stacked trains through our region. Hear from Matt Mehalik, Executive…
Stream Monitoring Workshop for the Shell Falcon Pipeline
Mar 23, 2019The Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring, Mountain Watershed Association and the Breathe Project are excited to announce an upcoming stream and pipeline monitoring workshop that…
Cultivating a Greener Ohio River Valley: Climate and Environmental Advocacy Workshop
Mar 30, 2019What does a clean, green, future look like in the Ohio River Valley? What actions can you, as a member of the community, take part…
BREATHE BLOG
Forest Hills Votes to Support ACHD Recommendations for Better Air Quality
By Patricia DeMarco, Forest Hills Council Member
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Maxwell King of the @Pittsburghfdn and Grant Oliphant of the @HeinzEndow release a lengthy joint statement on the acquittal of Michael Rosfeld:
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@BreatheProject Everyone deserves clean, safe air - something that’s long overdue in Clairton and the Mon Valley. #CleanAirNow
It’s time for #cleanairnow! https://t.co/1yhHTbOFJH
[email protected] got a D on #Climate and has spent $49M on lobbying against the #ParisClimateAccord @ClimateCorpsPgh @ClimateReality #greenwash #toxicneighbor https://t.co/kjaiPMiAOf
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Join Braddock community members for a sign making event on Monday night to prepare for the big public meeting on Wednesday. Details below!
Sign Making Event in Braddock! - Breathe Project
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Please Join Us Monday, March 25th for an evening of organizing in preparation for the DEP’s PUBLIC MEETING in Braddock We’ll spend from 5:30-7pm determining messaging and… MOREDon't miss this free screening of Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- this Monday night at 7 p.m.!
Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Free Film Screening - Breathe Project
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A MUST-SEE TO UNDERSTAND THE PLASTIC CRISIS Join us for a free screening of Angela Sun’s award-winning documentary that tracks her journey to the Great Pacific Garbage… MOREThe rise of #fracking in our region signals a failure of capitalism. Few will gain while residents of #SWPA will suffer from poor health. Companies have a #moralmandate to do the right thing. @vstpgh @NoPetroPA @ACE_Fitzgerald @AlleghenyConf @Shell_PAChem
A Fracking-Driven Industrial Boom Renews Pollution Concerns in Pittsburgh
e360.yale.edu
Once known as the Steel City, Pittsburgh is shedding its polluted past and embracing a rebirth built on health care, education, and technology. But the region’s surging fracking industry is attracti...Talk about a David vs Goliath story. @Shell runs a global communications staff of 800 people and has a reported advertising spend of over $200M AND spends $55M+ on #climate branding. #greenwash @ClimateReality @InfluenceMap bit.ly/2HFUpML
InfluenceMap’s research confirms that Big Oil’s glossy sustainability reports and shiny climate statements are all rhetoric and no action. It's corporate doublespeak - by boasting about their climate credentials while quietly using their lobbying firepower to sabotage the implementation of sensible climate policy and pouring millions into groups that engage in dirty lobbying on their behalf.
influencemap.org Big Oil’s Real Agenda on Climate Change
influencemap.org
We are a neutral and independent UK-based non-profit whose remit is to map, analyze and score the extent to which corporations are influencing climate policy and legislation worldwide.Will this decision force the Trump administration to account for the full climate impact of its energy-dominance agenda?
Federal judge demands Trump administration reveal how its drilling plans will fuel climate change
washingtonpost.com
A federal judge has ruled that the Interior Department failed to take into account the climate impact of its oil and gas leasing and declared that a huge swath of leasing in the West is illegal.REPORT YOUR AIR
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to report your air and track how pollutants travel.
Residents of Allegheny County can report air problems
to the Allegheny County Health Department.
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