Allegheny County Ohio River Communities
Allegheny County Clean Air Now (ACCAN) 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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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, ...
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ACCAN Releases Explosive Video of Metalico in the Spirit of July 4th
July 2, 2019[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://breatheproject.org/app/uploads/2019/07/ACCAN_METALICO_EXPLOSIONS_V7.mp4"][/video]
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 ...
UPCOMING EVENTS
Homestead Steel to Green New Deal: learning from labor struggles and victories to forge our future
UPDATE — the September 25th event will now take place October 2nd! You’re invited to participate in “Homestead Steel to Green New Deal,” with Mike Stout, the author of *Homestead Steel: The Final Ten Years,* with labor historian Charlie McCollestor, and with the leaders of other union victories from across the Rustbelt region. What can we learn from our Rustbelt history of labor-community struggles, failures, and victories? How can what we learn help to inform and fuel our fight for a Green New Deal for justice, family sustaining jobs, and just plain survival? Register here to receive the Zoom link,…
Fracking Waste Barging is SPOOKY!
Join us for a spooky-themed #HotBargeThursday
BREAKING NEWS
New WHO air-quality guidelines aim to cut deaths linked to fossil fuels
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