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Take Charge of Your Health Today. Be Informed. Be Involved…Environmental Justice

CARLOS T. CARTER   This month, the Community Health Series Partnership (CHSP) is focusing on environmental justice, including commentary from Carlos T. Carter, President and CEO...

Advocates listen and learn, celebrate and plan at first Environmental Justice Summit

(LEFT TO RIGHT) TINA NDOH, SALLY WENZEL, TIFFANY GARY-WEBB, JEANINE BUCHANICH, AND DARA MENDEZ, FACULTY FROM PITT’S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH May 9-11 was Pittsburgh’s...

Stay Black, stay green!

Adobe Stock Photo Pittsburgh’s Black Environmental Collective is a cross-sectoral network of Black leaders, rooted in a commitment to environmental equity and social justice. The organization...

Feed the Hood expands culinary workforce and creates a healthy food environment and community

In 2016, Feed the Hood started as “Hotdogs for the Hood.” However, when a Westinghouse teacher stated that, for some of the students, this...

Wildfire smoke is back – fires burning across Canada are already triggering US air quality alerts in the Midwest and Plains

Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen wore a face mask to protect against smoke in the air during a Pirates-Padres game on June 29,...

E-bike incentives are a costly way to cut carbon emissions, but they also promote health, equity and cleaner air

Adobe Stock Photo by Christopher R. Cherry, University of Tennessee; John MacArthur, Portland State University, and Luke Jones, Valdosta State University E-bikes have captured widespread attention...

Allegheny County executive election puts environmental decisions up in the air

The Clairton Coke Works in January 2023. (Photo by Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource)   Whether to frack, what kind of hydrogen hub to pursue, how to handle big...

North America’s summer of wildfire smoke: 2023 was only the beginning

Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen wore a face mask to protect against smoke in the air during a Pirates-Padres game on June 29,...

Study finds the warmer it gets, the more world economy hurts

WASHINGTON (AP) _ With each upward degree, global warming will singe the economies of three-quarters of the world's nations and widen the north-south gap...

Obama orders pollution cuts _ but timing uncertain

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking aim at global warming, President Barack Obama introduced a politically charged plan Monday to order big and lasting cuts in...

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