indiana township / fox chapel area
Fox Chapel Area Fracking Awareness is a forum for citizens who live and work near a new hydraulic fracking site above Emmerling Park and near Fox Chapel Area schools.
EMAILCURRENT 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 in Allegheny County decides these permits. Join GASP, PennEnvironment, Clean Air Council, Clean Water Action, Environmental Integrity Project and the Breathe Project in the effort to clean the region’s air and reduce greenhouse gases.
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
Sara Innamorato: Socialized Risk, Privatized Profits
February 19, 2020By Rep. Sara InnamoratoI want my lights to turn on when I flip the switch. I want family-sustaining, union jobs across Pennsylvania. I want vibrant Main Streets in our communities. These priorities depend on robust and sustainable energy and economic development strategies, and a long-term vision for the future of our commonwealth — not myopic policies that ...
What happens in the Mon Valley doesn’t stay in the Mon Valley
August 6, 2019By Albert Presto Assistant Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon UniversityWhat we put into the air doesn’t stay in one place. This may seem obvious to anyone who has stood downwind of a smoky campfire or watched the wind push around dust and leaves. But this fact often seems ...
UPCOMING EVENTS
Earth Day Pittsburgh! 50th Anniversary
Help us flood downtown Pittsburgh and call for a Climate Emergency in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day in Pittsburgh! Details to come on the march and rally at Point State Park supported by more than 75 organizations.
BREAKING NEWS
Have Yourself A Smoggy Christmas
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Don Hopey
