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Breathe Project retweeted
Join No False Solutions in Harrisburg to tell Governor Shapiro and the legislature that we say NO to data center development in Pennsylvania!
📍 Harrisburg, The Main Rotunda
📅 October 6
🕑️ 12:30 PM
#ProtectPA #NoMoreDataCenters
Kids in Braddock shouldn't have to breathe 40% more of the tiny particles that harm their growing bodies (PM2.5). That's what a proposed hot strip mill at Nippon / U.S. Steel's Edgar Thomson Works would bring. Protect the children. Clean the air.
Thank you PSRPA! Eureka is one of PA's many oil and gas waste treatment plants that the PADEP permits to handle ‘residual waste,’ containing heavy metals, salt brine, oil, undisclosed chemicals and radioactive components. pennlive.com/opinion/2026/09…
Breathe Project retweeted
Peabody's coal export project may be a positive blip, but it comes as the U.S. coal industry continues its long-term decline. IEEFA's Seth Feaster predicts “a continued decline despite the administration’s efforts" to rescue coal.
via @kennedymaize
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Breathe Project retweeted
The US fracked-gas-to-plastics boom has given way to thousands of layoffs over the last two years as the industry struggles with mechanization, competition from China, and an "overbuild of facilities." news.oilandgaswatch.org/post…
"Pope Francis: technology tied to business interests' proves incapable of seeing the mysterious network of relations between things...solves one problem only to create others." - Sr. Kari Pohl, Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden
Data center growth could mean blackouts in coming years, Pa. utility regulators say alleghenyfront.org/pennsylva…
Congratulations to Dr. Iulia Vann on receiving the 2026 Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize for Creative Local Public Health from American Public Health Association.
This award recognizes her work in bringing healthier air, water and more to the residents of Allegheny County.
"I believe that we have the highest rate of asthma in Allegheny County, highest rate of cancer, so the effects are there," said Minister Teri Gilmore, Braddock resident.
SWITCH TOGETHER: Homeowners Reduce Energy Costs by Going Solar americans-dream.com/2026/09/…
Breathe Project retweeted
Braddock already carries some of the highest cancer and asthma rates in the region - and residents worry U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel's proposed hot strip mill at the Edgar Thomson Plant will make it worse. @BreatheProject youtube.com/shorts/fP1oM5Zv2…
10 new natural gas plants. SWPA is looking at a potential buildout of fossil fuel power - and with it, a familiar story of pollution for our region.
Full-story: tinyurl.com/PPGdouble?id=oN7…
Breathe Project retweeted
☢️ Potential radiation exposure along the Montour Trail’s Westland Branch in Cecil Township alarms independent investigators, leaving them to question the DEP’s judgment.
Read the full article here buff.ly/0UaZEUY
SmellPGH is turning 10! Learn how air quality affects your health, help shape SmellPGH's future, and celebrate over refreshments! RSVP here: forms.gle/deAzQce3zFtqgUiG6?…
"My doctor called me a canary in a coalmine."
A resident shares her story: chronic, debilitating conditions that started out of nowhere - right when Shell's Monaca polyethylene unit came online. Her toxicologist's only treatment recommendation? Leave the area.
Breathe Project retweeted
@GovernorShapiro said a moratorium is something you use when you still need to figure things out. As for data center development, "Well, we figured it out."
Not even close.
Join us on 10/6 at the PA Capitol to say NO to data center development in PA. bit.ly/NoDataCentersPA
Breathe Project retweeted
Braddock already carries some of the highest cancer and asthma rates in the region - and residents worry U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel's proposed hot strip mill at the Edgar Thomson Plant will make it worse. @BreatheProject youtube.com/shorts/eVSyKugDk…
Breathe Project retweeted
.@Columbia’s Prof Frederica Perera & @CCCEHColumbia tracked 1,100+ children in N. Manhattan & the S. Bronx for 20+years.
As NYC air improved-fine particles & NO₂ halved (1998–2016),taxi pollutants fell up to 80%-toddlers’ cognitive scores rose.tinyurl.com/2tjztztk #AirQuality
Breathe Project retweeted
Clean energy infrastructure like Barcelona's Photovoltaic Pergola represents the future.
Solar panels aren't just good for the environment, they are symbols of independence.
