Allegheny county elected officials call for crackdown on industrial pollution

More than 60 elected officials from Allegheny County signed an open letter calling for clean air in our region.

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Investigation: Cracker plant will bring jobs, pollution

MONACA, PA —The massive ethane cracker plant in Beaver County is bringing thousands of jobs to Western Pennsylvania.
But Action News Investigates has learned it may also bring thousands of tons of air pollutants to a region that already has some of the nation's dirtiest air.

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Pittsburgh’s air quality continues to decline, new report finds

PITTSBURGH—For the second year in a row, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, was the only U.S. county outside of California to receive all F's in the American Lung Association's national air quality report card.

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Scientists, activists equate air pollution to the opioid epidemic in plea to city council

Pollution is causing more deaths per year in Allegheny County than homicides and traffic crashes combined and is costing billions, according to Neil Donahue, a Carnegie Mellon University atmospheric chemistry expert, who spoke at Tuesday's special meeting.

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Air quality monitor measuring SO2 emissions installed in West Mifflin

A new air quality monitor has been installed in West Mifflin, the Allegheny County Health Department announced Monday.

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ER visits for asthma dropped 38% the year after one of Pittsburgh's biggest polluters shut down

PITTSBURGH—Dawn Winters never had trouble breathing before she moved to Pittsburgh's Bellevue neighborhood in 2014, but within a year her doctor diagnosed her with asthma and prescribed a daily medication to keep her airways open.

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Pittsburgh scores all F’s on the American Lung Association’s air quality report card

Pittsburgh's air quality is not only among the worst in the nation, but has actually declined in recent years, according to a new report from the American Lung Association.

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Allegheny county elected officials call for crackdown on industrial pollution

Investigation: Cracker plant will bring jobs, pollution

Pittsburgh’s air quality continues to decline, new report finds

Scientists, activists equate air pollution to the opioid epidemic in plea to city council

Air quality monitor measuring SO2 emissions installed in West Mifflin

ER visits for asthma dropped 38% the year after one of Pittsburgh's biggest polluters shut down

Pittsburgh scores all F’s on the American Lung Association’s air quality report card

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350 individuals and 50 groups in Southwestern PA's fracking country are urging the governor to hear from impacted communities

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