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Top 10 toxic polluters in Pittsburgh. Meet the new #1

On a positive note, the list shows that progress is possible. The McConway & Torley Foundry in Lawrenceville has reduced emissions of chromium compounds by 90% and nickel compounds by 97%, and dropped out of the Toxic Ten this year.

15 Jun 2021

How bad is PA’s microplastics problem? It’s like eating a credit card every week

What this means for humans is that we consume about a credit card's worth of plastic each week through the air we breathe and food we eat.

04 Mar 2021

The advanced recycling bill just passed by the PA House would harm the environment, says new report. Here’s why

“Calling a hot dog sushi doesn’t make it sushi, and calling burning plastics 'recycling' doesn’t make it anything other than what it is: just another way to burn fossil fuels."

12 Aug 2020

Environmental advocates push state to think bigger with $188 million from VW settlement

Some advocates worry that state leaders are failing to seize the moment.

18 Sep 2019

Blunt air quality report from PennEnvironment says Allegheny County Health Department must do better

"Time and again, ACHD has acted slowly in response to air pollution complaints."

15 Aug 2019

Environmental groups brace for latest Trump administration rollbacks

The proposed change to emission standards could lead to more than 1,400 premature deaths each year nationwide.

27 Aug 2018

See the list of the top 10 polluters in the Pittsburgh region. Then take action.

“We came up with this as a way to quantify how toxic different facilities were and then communicate to people what that meant in terms of what they were breathing.”

12 Mar 2018

How can average citizens fight polluters? A former EPA whistleblower explains

Can private citizens affected by pollution use the law to their advantage? It's an option, but not an easy one.

21 Feb 2017

Mapping Pittsburgh’s air quality to get to the source

The results of a two-year air quality study illuminate which parts of the county experience the greatest concentrations of pollutants, and what that could mean for the health of our population.

12 Feb 2015

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