U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works is the largest coke-making facility and the United States and the largest polluter in Allegheny County. The community is organizing through the grassroots group VCAN to ensure this plant meets health-based air emissions limits.
Residents of SWPA are fighting a David vs. Goliath battle against the petrochemical industry in Allegheny, Beaver and Washington counties and beyond to Ohio and West Virginia. The Appalachian Basin is facing massive growth of this highly polluting fossil fuel industry from the Shell Plastic Plant in Beaver, Pa., to pipelines, compressor stations, drilling operations, well pads, a storage hub and truck traffic. This industry will push our planet over the edge on climate change, making it absolutely impossible to meet Paris Accord Climate Goals. Residents in Beaver County have stepped up with the formation of a citizen watchdog team, Eyes on Shell, that records and reports smells, spills and air emissions from the Shell Plastic Plant.
EHP is excited to launch our new Compounds of Concern tool—on Wednesday, July 16, at 7 p.m. (EDT)! This launch event will cover details about the new tool, which provides users […] The waterways which once shipped coal around the world now give Appalachia a key advantage in the production and shipping of very large wind turbines, which cannot be transported on […] Project SPOTlight (previously known as the Upper Ohio River Valley Air Quality Monitoring Project) is a community effort to provide people living in and near Beaver County with air quality […]
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Introducing the Compounds of Concern Tool Webinar
Zoom
A Wind-Win: Appalachia’s Potential in the wind turbine supply chain
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Project SPOTlight: Community Meeting
His Place Fellowship Hall
908 Market Street, Bridgewater, PA, United States
Energy Innovation Center – Suite 140
1435 Bedford Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
