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CURRENT CHESWICK CAMPAIGNS
Taking On Industrial Pollution and Greenhouse Gases
Title V of the Clean Air Act requires “major sources” of air pollution to obtain operating permits from the EPA or a state or local agency authorized to issue these permits. In Allegheny County, the Allegheny County Health Department decides these permits. Join GASP, PennEnvironment, Clean Air Council, Clean Water Action, Environmental Integrity Project, SWPA Grassroots Air Quality Town Hall activists and the Breathe Project in the effort to reduce pollution greenhouse gases.
GASP's “No Idling” Diesel Campaign
Diesel exhaust poses a serious risk to Allegheny County residents, causing asthma attacks and asthma onset, coughing, chronic bronchitis, health attacks and even premature death. Work with GASP to reduce toxic diesel pollution from vehicles including school and transit buses, garbage trucks and more. Post No Idling signs at your school.
CAC's Southwest Pennsylvania Neighbors for Clean Air
The goal of the Southwest PA Neighbors for Clean Air initiative is to create 100 neighborhood groups of 10 members throughout the region so that residents can learn about and take action on the most pressing environmental issues in Southwest Pennsylvania. In the nine months since the first leader training session, CAC has trained over 80 group leaders, and 20 groups now meet regularly. Contact Jay Walker ([email protected]) to join a group or find out more information.
COMMUNITY VOICES
Open Letter to SWPA Elected Governmental, Business and Civic Leaders on the Future of the Mon Valley
May 26, 2021Dear Honorable Members of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s Governmental, Business and Civic Leadership Delegation:As members of the Breathe Collaborative, we wish to share what we see as a better future in the Mon Valley following U.S. Steel’s disclosure it was cancelling its promised investments there. We are calling for:A vision centering on improving the health of communities, ...
Pittsburgh's Air Quality: Celebrating Progress and Looking at Remaining Challenges to Providing Healthy Air for All Residents
May 5, 2021By Rachel Filippini, Executive Director, Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) and Matthew Mehalik, Ph.D., Executive Director, Breathe Project.GASP and the Breathe Project are organizations working to improve air quality in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This guest blog represents the views of the authors.Last month, the American Lung Association’s annual “
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VIDEOS
Open Letter to SWPA Elected Governmental, Business and Civic Leaders on the Future of the Mon Valley
May 26, 2021Dear Honorable Members of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s Governmental, Business and Civic Leadership Delegation:As members of the Breathe Collaborative, we wish to share what we see as a better future in the Mon Valley following U.S. Steel’s disclosure it was cancelling its promised investments there. We are calling for:A vision centering on improving the health of communities, ...
Pittsburgh's Air Quality: Celebrating Progress and Looking at Remaining Challenges to Providing Healthy Air for All Residents
May 5, 2021By Rachel Filippini, Executive Director, Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) and Matthew Mehalik, Ph.D., Executive Director, Breathe Project.GASP and the Breathe Project are organizations working to improve air quality in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This guest blog represents the views of the authors.Last month, the American Lung Association’s annual “
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BREAKING NEWS
Pittsburgh’s Air Was Unhealthy to Breathe for 57 Days
Environmental Health News
By Kristina Marusic
