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
Pittsburgh's Air Quality Among Worst in Nation, Study Says
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By David Templeton
Pittsburgh scores all F’s on the American Lung Association’s air quality report card
Environmental Health News
By Kristina Marusic
Will Pittsburgh flourish as a hub of eds and meds or gas and petrochemicals? Can we have it both ways?
PublicSource
By Teake Zuidema
UPCOMING EVENTS
North Braddock Residents for Our Future – Write Our Legislators Meeting
Apr 19, 2018North Braddock Residents for Our Future is a grassroots group of residents organized to promote community health and clean air, and fight unconventional gas drilling…
Southwest Environmental Health Project Lunch and Learn
Apr 19, 2018The Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project (EHP) invites you to our Lunch and Learn Workshop to explore the Environmental Health Channel, an interactive web-based platform for…
DEP Public Hearing on Cheswick Generating Station Draft Water Discharge Permit
Apr 25, 2018The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will hold a public hearing to receive testimony from citizens on the DEP’s tentative decision to issue National…
ACCAN Community Meeting – Air Quality Now and Then
May 10, 2018Join us and hear the results of the retrospective studies completed by the Allegheny County Health Dept. (ACHD) by Dr. Deborah Gentile and LuAnn Brink,…
BREATHE BLOG
Asthma in Children
By Dr. Deborah Gentile and Team
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Pittsburgh gets straight F's on #airquality. Our local leaders need to step up! @nextpittsburgh https://t.co/EB8PC8FVBb
This is very bad news for Pittsburghers - especially those who like to #breathe. https://t.co/wgSE3IcMQU via @PittsburghPG
Breathe Project
Breathe Project shared GASP's post.
19 yrs of Fs for air quality, and the air in recent yrs has been getting worse. "These Fs represent a failure on the part of local leaders and regulators to prioritize air quality and treat it as the...
Join us in #MtLebanon for #EarthDay and learn about how we can clean up our air and push for renewable energy Climate Reality: Pittsburgh & SWPA
Would would happen to you if you got straight F's? NEXTpittsburgh
Once again, Pittsburgh air ranks among the worst. Here's what you can do about it.
nextpittsburgh.com
Our frequency of high particle pollution "spikes" was above any county east of Utah, and we're among the regions seeing higher particle levels year-round.
Tech or plastic? Do we even have a choice?
Could Pittsburgh's Dirty Air Hurt Amazon HQ2 Bid?
patch.com
Several other finalist cities have much cleaner air, according to the American Lung Association.
What would happen to you if you took straight Fs home to your parents? Ask our leaders to clean up our air!
Pittsburgh scores all F’s on the American Lung Association’s air quality report card
dailyclimate.org
Why is the air getting worse instead of better?
Breathe Project shared GASP's post.
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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.
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