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Breathe Project
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A coalition of residents, environmental advocates, public health professionals and academics using the best available science and technology to improve air quality, eliminate climate pollution and make our region a healthy, prosperous place to live.
Thank you Allegheny Council for voting YES to raise permit fees on large industrial plants!! @AlleghenyHealth will be fully funded!
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Horrible stench in the South Hills today. looks like residence and Squirrel Hill are smelling it too. If you smell it report it!
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Join the next SWPA Town Hall #17 this Thursday, 7 p.m. on Zoom. Please Register tinyurl.com/3ktf352r
October 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Thank you Pittsburgh!!
October 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Join a state-wide Climate Reality Project chapter webinar to jumpstart the climate campaign in Pennsylvania! Our first meeting is a watch party featuring a documentary that focuses on the Shell Plastic Plant in Beaver County. RSVP - us06web.zoom.us/meet...
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This will be a busy week for data center community hearings. Join us to push for renewable energy alternatives at the AI Summit in Southpointe this coming Thursday morning, docs.google.com/form...
October 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Our leaders what to build out 1,800 new frack sites to power data centers going into our region. We must demand a transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Join the fight! docs.google.com/form...
October 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
From wildfire smoke this summer and concerns about local industry, you might be wondering what you can do to reduce your exposure to outdoor pollution when you're inside your home.
Consider the fall cohort of the Low Cost Monitoring Project from ROCIS. It's free and informative!
August 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We thank our partners for responding so quickly to the needs of residents in the Mon Valley. You too can help!
August 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
AIR QUALITY ALERT! Explosion and fire at Clairton Coke Works this morning 10:46 am. Pictures and Breathe Cam footage looks like smoke and fire. Police scanners reporting 2 injured.
share.createlab.org/... @KDKA @WPXI @WTAE @wtae4.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Deadline today! Please take the time to submit a comment. www.regulations.gov/...
July 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Nippon - use the 'golden share' to protect people! Give us a real modernization plan, not efficiency upgrades" said Qiyam Ansari in a powerful address to the leaders of @nipponsteel to protect the health and well being of residents.
June 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This partnership between Nippon and US Steel needs to pivot away from fossil fuel-based steelmaking in order to align with world steel market demand trends and necessities to protect people, communities and our planet, said Matt Mehalik of the Breathe Project. .
June 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A Code Red Heat Advisory will be in effect from today until Friday, June 27. Code Red is issued when extreme heat poses a serious risk to your health - especially for older adults, children, and people with medical conditions.

www.alleghenycounty....
June 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Pittsburgh Environmental Action Day 2025 is coming Saturday, July 12 from 9 a.m. to noon! Hope to see you there for a rally, march and concert!!! www.eventbrite.com/e/pittsburgh...
June 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Last call for the SWPATHS Town Hall Tonight calling on our elected leaders to improve air quality in Allegheny County. We hope you will register! bluelens.zoom.us/mee...
May 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Happy Air Quality Awareness Week! Take the time to learn more about our air quality!
May 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What is the health cost of pollution to Allegheny County residents from a local economist's perspective? Join us for this insightful webinar and hear from CMU economist Nicholas Muller. Register TODAY tinyurl.com/5y38xu4h
April 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
And again, we remind you about particulates in the air smaller than the eye can see. The science confirms they can seriously harm your health and Allegheny County needs to clean it up!
April 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Beaver County residents are seeing flaring and emissions coming from the Shell Plastic Plant as of early this morning. Please report what you see everyone! #EyesOnPollution @bcmac_ Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community - BCMAC @KDKA @WTAE @WPXI
April 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“Single-Use Planet” - Host a Watch Party!
Saturday, April 26 at 7 pm
GLOBAL AIRDATE!

Find the PBS “World” channel through your local TV service & tune in on 4/26 at 7pm: www.wqed.org/where-t...

Stream Single Use Planet for free on-demand here anytime for the next year.
April 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
On 4 separate occasions, the toxic particles were re-released. Yet health officials said all was well, he says.
April 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
When Toxicologist George Thompson heard about the East Palestine train derailment, he feared for Pittsburgh to the southeast 14 miles away. #Homestead @foodandwater.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Breathe Project has issued its statement on the American Lung Association in Pennsylvania @LungAssociation 2025 State of the Air report and the findings, sadly, land SWPA back in the top 25 worst air quality in the U.S. tinyurl.com/vzkcvudu
April 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Hope you can join us in Homestead to learn more about the toxic contamination of East Palestine. tinyurl.com/kbswszff
April 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM