Dear 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, ...

By 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 ...

By 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 ...

By Matt Mehalik, Executive Director of the Breathe Project, April 2, 2018Consider the words Abraham Lincoln offered in his concluding remarks in his Annual Message to Congress on December 1, 1862:"We can succeed only by concert. It is not 'can any of us imagine better?' but, 'can we all do better?'… No personal significance, or insignificance, can ...