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.
Outdoor Air Pollution: Understanding Forecasting for Extreme Heat and Health Join us and dozens of environmental advocates and send a message to our federal, state and local leaders that we must stand strong for people’s health and the environment. We […] 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 […]
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2025 Pittsburgh’s Environment Action Day – Join Us!
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A Wind-Win: Appalachia’s Potential in the wind turbine supply chain
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