Breathe Project

Opening a hot strip mill in Braddock means more pollution - in a community that already breathes air worse than 86% of the U.S.
Tune into SteelWatch's press conference this evening at 7pm: https://tinyurl.com/SteelWatchPresser

Breathe Project - The Air We Share A clearinghouse for information on air quality in Pittsburgh, southwestern Pennsylvania, and beyond. Using the best available science and technology to better understand the quality of the air we breathe and provide opportunities for citizens to engage and take action.

"Nippon Steel wants to be the world’s best steelmaker, but the path it is following in Japan and now in the United States is locking in the worst way of making it: with coal."

Coal first puts people last Nippon Steel wants to be the world’s best steelmaker, but the path it is following in Japan and now in the United States is locking in the worst way of making it: with coal.

660 times the EPA limit. That's the radium-226 level found in waste at a Cecil Township pipe yard - and to a kid, it just looks like somewhere to explore.
No fence keeping kids out. No warning signs. Just radioactive waste sitting in the open.
Read the full story from Rolling Stone and DeSmog here: https://tinyurl.com/DeSmogNews

Breathe Project - The Air We Share A clearinghouse for information on air quality in Pittsburgh, southwestern Pennsylvania, and beyond. Using the best available science and technology to better understand the quality of the air we breathe and provide opportunities for citizens to engage and take action.

U.S. Steel’s new owner gets poor marks in climate rating for steel industry Nippon Steel fared poorly in a new scorecard from SteelWatch, a European-based environmental group that looked at how well companies are transitioning away from coal.

From Harrisburg to Monessen to Burgettstown - a lot is happening this week. More details are at breatheproject.org/upcoming-events Food & Water Watch Protect PT 412 Justice

"People are probably going to leave or get sick." says North Braddock resident Edith Abeyta on what a new hot strip mill at Edgar Thomson means for her community. Read the full story from WESA here: https://tinyurl.com/WESA2

Breathe Project - The Air We Share A clearinghouse for information on air quality in Pittsburgh, southwestern Pennsylvania, and beyond. Using the best available science and technology to better understand the quality of the air we breathe and provide opportunities for citizens to engage and take action.

Happy Juneteenth! We honor the history of resilience of this day and thank all environmental advocates near and far for their commitment and resolve to black families and communities.

"The region's steel industry is not getting the upgrades it needs." - Matthew Mehalik, Breathe Project
Read the full story on Nippon's acquisition of U.S. Steel: https://tinyurl.com/BizJournalsPgh

Breathe Project - The Air We Share A clearinghouse for information on air quality in Pittsburgh, southwestern Pennsylvania, and beyond. Using the best available science and technology to better understand the quality of the air we breathe and provide opportunities for citizens to engage and take action.

North Braddock has already carried more than its share of industrial pollution. Tomorrow night's council meeting is a chance to show up before decisions get made - not after. Come to learn about the hot strip mill's preliminary steps and what comes next.
📅 Tuesday, June 16 at 6:30 PM
📍 600 Anderson St., North Braddock, PA 15104

“We have a lot more industry emissions in this region than elsewhere across the state of Pennsylvania and even across the country.” - Brittany Prischak, Allegheny County’s Department of Sustainability director. Read the full story from Pittsburgh's Public Source here:
https://www.publicsource.org/allegheny-county-climate-action-plan-public-input/