Allegheny County Ohio River Communities
Allegheny County Clean Air Now was one of the first community organizations to take on air quality throught the campaign to close down the Shenango Coke Works. The communities include: Avalon, Bellevue, Ben Avon, Ben Avon Heights, Brighton Heights, Emsworth, Kilbuck Township, McKees Rocks, Neville Township, Ohio Township, Ross Township and Stowe Township.
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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.
PennFuture's Toxic Neighbor Campaign
Emissions from a developing, massive Shell petrochemical plant in Beaver County would contain a toxic mix of pollutants – particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and volatile organic compounds, such as acrolein, benzene, toluene and naphthalene – that exacerbate symptoms of asthma and cause cancer.Pennsylvania taxpayers will contribute $1.65 billion in taxpayer dollars toward the construction of the plant which will bring in 600 permanent full-time jobs. This equates to a subsidy of $2,670,000 per job.The plant will emit three times the pollution level of Clairton Coke Works.
Coke Projection in Pennsylvania
Air pollution from the coke oven industry impacts the health of residents of Southwestern Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh, Allegheny County and beyond. This Clean Air Council PA Coke Ovens website provides information regarding these air pollution impacts from the coke oven industry in general, as well as specific facilities in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Cleaning Up the Air in the North Boroughs
ACCAN’s campaign to turn a now-shuttered industrial coke plant on Neville Island has shifted into high gear. The campaign includes reducing emissions from the many industrial plants on Bruno and Neville Island, stopping the spread of Fracsilica from the fracking industry into neighborhoods and turning the former Shenango site into a sprawling Solar Farm.
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 Dave Smith ([email protected]) to join a group or find out more information.
COMMUNITY VOICES
Report Reveals The Dirty Truth About Recreational Wood Smoke
July 2, 2018A new report is out on "The Harmful Effects of Wood Smoke and the Growth of Recreational Wood Burning," a scientifically-based resource for those working on campaigns that encourage a greater awareness of the dangers of recreational woodburning.Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI), an organization of physicians and public health professionals based in ...
Shell Appalachia: What A Complete Lack of Transparency Looks Like
April 27, 2018By Thaddeus PopovichShell Pipeline Company rolled into Raccoon Township Fire Hall this month, their usual company entourage and multimedia show in tow.More than a dozen employees – clad in slate-colored golf shirts with the orange company logo – milled about the room setting up large topographical maps of the Shell Falcon Pipeline route on tri-pods. The meeting started and followed a ...
"Polite People Get Poisoned" -- Lois Gibbs' Keynote Address at SW PA Air Quality EventJumping straight to the point with, "polite people get poisoned," Lois Gibbs delivered a powerful keynote speech last night with essential messages for those working to resist the massive and devastating petrochemical expansion led by the Shell Ethane Cracker Plant in SW Pennsylvania. This keynote address took place at the Clean AIr Council's major event, "Building a Future Full of Hope and Promise: Improving Air Quality in Southwestern Pennsylvania" . See all of the moving speeches at the event via recordings posted here: https://inversiondoc.com/2018/04/13/videos-of-building-a-future-full-of-hope-and-promise-swpa-air-quality-event/ .
Posted by Inversion Documentary on Friday, April 13, 2018
Inversion Documentary / Mark Dixon
"Polite People Get Poisoned" -- Lois Gibbs' Keynote Address at Clean Air Council SWPA Air Quality Event
April 14, 2018Jumping straight to the point with, "polite people get poisoned," Lois Gibbs delivered a powerful keynote speech in April with messages for those working to resist the massive and devastating petrochemical expansion led by the Shell Ethane Cracker Plant in SW Pennsylvania as part of Clean Air Council's major event, "Building a Future Full of Hope and Promise: Improving Air Quality in ...
UPCOMING EVENTS
Stream Monitoring Workshop for the Shell Falcon Pipeline
The Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring, Mountain Watershed Association and the Breathe Project are excited to announce an upcoming stream and pipeline monitoring workshop that will focus on pipeline development in Pennsylvania a focus on the Shell Falcon Pipeline. It will be particularly helpful for anyone who lives near development for the pipeline. The workshop will help residents to keep a watchful eye on the pipeline’s construction. We will be discussing how to assess and report violations during development, which includes erosion & sedimentation control issues and drilling fluid spills. Volunteers will learn how to monitor surface water quality to…
BREAKING NEWS
The Mother Who Wants to Put Air Pollution on Her Daughter’s Death Certificate
The New York Times
OpEd By Beth Gardiner
