A few hours into U.S. Steel’s open house event inside Carnegie One Library in Braddock, the Allegheny County Health Department issued a hazardous air quality
July 29, 2026
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We are a group of Allegheny County residents who have coalesced a racially, economically and geographically diverse constituency of more than 1,000 people. Together we seek to transform the Pittsburgh region from one of the worst places to live in the U.S. for exposure to deadly air pollution into one that offers a healthier future for all.
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Please sign the petition if you have not already done so. On September 2024, the Allegheny County Board of Health (ACHD) recommended to Allegheny County
March 6, 2025
REGISTER TODAY Last November, Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor announced an audit of the Allegheny County Health Department’s (ACHD) Clean Air Fund (CAF). The Controller will be joining
February 21, 2024
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SWPA Town Hall Videos
Our Air Pollution is Killing Us
We Made A Difference - Time to Double Down
Why the EPA Needs to Meet With Those Whose Lives Have Been Most Affected by the Toxic Air We Breathe
The Race to the Bottom: Shell Plastic Plant
Another Fossil Fuel Threat to Greater Pittsburgh
October 24, 2022
Another Fossil Fuel Threat to Greater Pittsburgh
October 24, 2022
"Under the Toxic Umbrella of Shell and U.S. Steel"
July 27, 2022
July 27, 2022
"Steelworker Voices"
April 5, 2022
April 5, 2022
"ACHD Fails to Leverage Community Science"
Jan. 26, 2022
Jan. 26, 2022
"AHN and UPMC - Prevention is Preferable to Cure,"
Oct. 26, 2021
Oct. 26, 2021
"Tale of Two Cities,"
July 28, 2021
July 28, 2021
"Where is the Vision for the Future?"
June 9, 2021
June 9, 2021
"Our Right to Clean Air"
April 6, 2021
April 6, 2021
Testimonial Videos
Amanda Jones Speaks at Air Quality Town Hall on July 28, 2021 by Blue Lens
Johnie Perryman Speaks at Air Quality Town Hall on July 28, 2021 by Blue Lens
"SWPA Grassroots Air Quality Town Hall Testimonials"
by Blue Lens
by Blue Lens
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Communities on Fire in SW Pennsylvania
by Blue Lens
by Blue Lens
"Air Quality Town Hall: ACHD Fails to Leverage Community Science Jan 26 2022
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