Breathe Project

This tool is one way that we can help educate communities who are most impacted by PM 2.5 exposures, on a daily basis." - Germaine Patterson, 20-year Clairton resident. Find out what the air is doing to your community at breatheproject.org/air-pollution-…

4th air quality permit request since 2015. A $10M fine on record. No real-time emissions alerts. When the meeting ended, Shell walked out the door - no press, no community, no comments. Beaver County deserves better. April 7 public hearing - be there. Thank you to @RichPierceWPXI for coming to listen to these residents' concerns. wpxi.com/news/local/bea…

Join us at the DEP for a Q+A on the malfunctioning Shell Plastic Plan, 6 PM. pa.gov/agencies/dep/n…

We're about halfway through March! Here's another look at a few more upcoming events.

Enough is enough! Time to take action! – Breathe Newsletter for March 17 🍀🍀 mailchi.mp/9415ad56d7bf/e…

Gas-powered data centers are a losing bet - and our communities will pay the price. Join our Rally for Residents to show leadership that we want renewables, not gas that will frack our communities for generations to come. @ProtectPT

Ramping up fracking operations won’t help Americans struggling to pay their utility bills, according to a new blog post from Senior Researcher Nick Messenger. ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/why-drill-baby…

Another happy reason to plant and guard our trees happyeconews.com/tree-bark-micr…

"My son is sleeping in the hallway because he can't sleep in his room," - a Beaver County mom on chemical smells near Sherwin-Williams plant. cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/new…

Thank you @EnviroIntegrity @envirointegrity.bsky.social for obtaining this disappearing emission data—2024 greenhouse gas emissions— from EPA to ensure the public has access to information about industrial climate pollution! environmentalintegrity.org/2024-greenhous…

In 1985, regulators at the West Virginia DEP's Office of Oil and Gas (OOG) logged 20,000 oil & gas well inspections. In 2023, regulators completed just 6,000 inspections. Today, OOG employs one inspector for every 8,700 wells in the state: ow.ly/PpVm50YrY7j

Productivity gains in the oil & gas industry, driven by the introduction of fracking technology in the late aughts, has led to employment declines of nearly 45% in WV. Plugging abandoned wells could create thousands of new jobs, our research shows: ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/west-virginias…

Make your voice heard! The DEP is hosting a public Q+A regarding Shell's upcoming Permit Approval - and we need you there. Help make a difference in the air we share. 📍 Penn State Beaver Auditorium 🗓 March 19th | 6:00PM Register here, or just show up! tinyurl.com/ShellQA?id=qLL…

Coming up

Now Available! Environmental Integrity Project’s 2025 Annual Report Mission Critical: Defending Public Health, the Environment, and Rule of Law environmentalintegrity.org/reports/2025-a…

@gaspworld @CDP @Googleorg Great news!

.@CDP & @Googleorg launch #AI platform to help cities, states & regions analyze climate risk & unlock funding. CDP: subnational climate finance needs hit $105bn. 6-month Google.org Fellowship to build open-source tool. #ClimateAI tinyurl.com/mr3wu65t

Check out the new Air Pollution Health Impacts Tool here: breatheproject.org/air-pollution-…

Increasing fracking and drilling operations could help energy companies, foreign consumers, tech companies, and shareholders—but not struggling Americans. ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/why-drill-baby…

This is what resident-led community plans looks like! Thank you local leaders! post-gazette.com/business/devel…

As data centers keep popping up, some say they're being "blindsided" by land sales likely to bring even more. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/…