Comments on: “Your Toxic Neighbor” Includes Ethane Cracker & Coal Coking Plant(s) https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2017/10/07/your-toxic-neighbor-include-ethane-cracker-coal-coking-plants/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: G.A.S.P. https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2017/10/07/your-toxic-neighbor-include-ethane-cracker-coal-coking-plants/#comment-210031 G.A.S.P. Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:19:05 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=21278#comment-210031 <strong>Speak Out for Clean Air in Western Pennsylvania and the Tri-State Area</strong> From Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP), Pittsburgh, PA, October 26, 2017 Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture) recently launched the "Toxic Neighbor" citizen engagement campaign, to bring more attention to both the Clairton Coke Works and the under-construction Shell "cracker" plant in Beaver County. In response to letters sent via this campaign, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald refused to take responsibility for the shortcomings of the Health Department. “By suggesting that the Allegheny Health Department is not under his jurisdiction, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald is demonstrating a lack of leadership on air quality, and that is having a devastating effect on public health, particularly among vulnerable children and the elderly,” said PennFuture President and CEO Larry J. Schweiger. “Who will take responsibility and have the courage to hold Clairton Coke Works accountable for continuing to sicken 37,000 people in the immediate area, while negatively impacting the air quality throughout the entire county? Fitzgerald is charged with leading the county health services and he must act.” Please join PennFuture during your lunch break on Wednesday, November 1st at the next Allegheny County Board of Health meeting in downtown Pittsburgh as they outline the reasons why action must be taken to stop U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works air pollution violations. GASP will attend and speak to the hundreds of hydrogen sulfide violations recorded in recent years at the air pollution monitor in Liberty, just across from the coke works. Wednesday, November 1st, 12:30 p.m. Main Conference Room, ACHD Administrative Offices 542 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Please RSVP by emailing PennFuture's Stephanie Rex at rex@pennfuture.org. To give public comments, you also must sign up to be included on the meeting agenda by emailing boardofhealth@alleghenycounty.us at least 24 hours before the meeting. Rides for Clairton residents will be provided on a first come, first served basis. Please contact Penn Future's Annie Regan at regan@pennfuture.org for more information. Speak Out for Clean Air in Western Pennsylvania and the Tri-State Area

From Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP), Pittsburgh, PA, October 26, 2017

Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) recently launched the “Toxic Neighbor” citizen engagement campaign, to bring more attention to both the Clairton Coke Works and the under-construction Shell “cracker” plant in Beaver County.

In response to letters sent via this campaign, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald refused to take responsibility for the shortcomings of the Health Department.

“By suggesting that the Allegheny Health Department is not under his jurisdiction, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald is demonstrating a lack of leadership on air quality, and that is having a devastating effect on public health, particularly among vulnerable children and the elderly,” said PennFuture President and CEO Larry J. Schweiger. “Who will take responsibility and have the courage to hold Clairton Coke Works accountable for continuing to sicken 37,000 people in the immediate area, while negatively impacting the air quality throughout the entire county? Fitzgerald is charged with leading the county health services and he must act.”

Please join PennFuture during your lunch break on Wednesday, November 1st at the next Allegheny County Board of Health meeting in downtown Pittsburgh as they outline the reasons why action must be taken to stop U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works air pollution violations. GASP will attend and speak to the hundreds of hydrogen sulfide violations recorded in recent years at the air pollution monitor in Liberty, just across from the coke works.

Wednesday, November 1st, 12:30 p.m.
Main Conference Room, ACHD Administrative Offices
542 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Please RSVP by emailing PennFuture’s Stephanie Rex at rex@pennfuture.org. To give public comments, you also must sign up to be included on the meeting agenda by emailing boardofhealth@alleghenycounty.us at least 24 hours before the meeting.

Rides for Clairton residents will be provided on a first come, first served basis. Please contact Penn Future’s Annie Regan at regan@pennfuture.org for more information.

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