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
Climate Change Is Making the Air More Hazardous Here at Home
NPR
New Job Board Promotes Sustainable Opportunities
Pittsburgh Business Times
By Paul J. Gough
'A New Deal that works for all of us' is the Appalachian call for an alternative future
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Anya Litvak
UPCOMING EVENTS
Air Monitoring & Emergency Systems: Health & Safety in Beaver County
Sep 16, 2020Join the kick-off event of the Health & Safety in Beaver County Virtual Event Series! The Air Monitoring and Emergency Systems event will explore how…
Unconventional Natural Gas Development and Childhood Cancers
Sep 15, 2020Join us on September 15 at 7 PM for part two of our three-part webinar series about shale gas development and cancer. For part two…
Toxic Ten Week of Action!
Sep 14, 2020Join PennEnvironment for our “Toxic Ten” Week of Action in Allegheny County! Our local leaders need to take meaningful and decisive action to clean up…
Protecting Ourselves from the Plastics Invasion
Sep 29, 2020The Battle of Homestead Foundation proudly presents an evening of conversation on how to protect our health from the harmful effects of plastics, with commentaries…
BREATHE BLOG
Sara Innamorato: Socialized Risk, Privatized Profits
By Rep. Sara Innamorato
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Pa. officials hosted Exxon chemical execs at a Steelers game and a tour of two shuttered industrial sites in Greene and Washington counties last fall, hoping to land a second massive ethane cracker for SW Pa.
https://t.co/2QQrvt4dyy
After a spring and summer of curtailments by some Appalachian #naturalgas producers, at least one — the largest producer of natural #gas in the United States — has resumed cutting off some flow of gas. https://t.co/TYFrFWIv3m
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Black and Brown people have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19—and this is not explained by biological determinism, because such theories are racist and false. Centuries of economic, social, and environmental injustice have left communities of color more susceptible to illness and disease.b
Health research and its problem with the “R” word
www.ehn.org
If the public health community is going to address injustice it must first fully acknowledge racism. As a proud Xicana entering the field, I invite my peers to be a part of the change.People with the heart disorder, atrial fibrillation (AFib), who are exposed to greater levels of air pollution have a 1.2-fold higher risk of stroke than their peers who live with less pollution.
Study: Air pollution Increases Risk of Stoke in People with AFib
www.alleghenyfront.org
The higher the level of fine particulate matter air pollution, the higher the risk of stroke in patients with a common heart rhythm disorder.RGGI moves forward, a plan to reduce #greenhouse gases in our region!
State moves forward with climate initiative despite opposition
www.timesonline.com
The proposal would allow Pennsylvania to enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative — a move by Gov. Tom Wolf to reduce carbon emissions.gasp-pgh.org
Cleaning the air with a WordPress siteREPORT 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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