Archive: Environmental Justice
Guest Blog written by Sevanna Adams, founder of Goodtable Consulting The Protest Today I attended the AI Horizons Pittsburgh Summit in Bakery Square, hosted by the @AI Strike Team, sponsored by the likes of Microsoft, Anthropic, Google, and Waymo, but unlike most posts you’ll see of the event, I want to show you what was […]
This is the 11th blog in our Examining Climate series, where CCJ staff members and others will be sharing their favorite (or least favorite) climate solution, looking at the benefits and the costs in the hope of sparking an honest conversation about how we address the climate crisis and keep our focus on environmental justice. […]
The Clean Air Act is the law that defines the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) responsibilities for protecting and improving the nation’s air quality and the stratospheric ozone layer. The Act calls for states and the EPA to solve multiple air pollution problems through programs based on the latest science and technology information. However, in late […]
Living in coal country, most of us know someone who has – or, more unfortunately, had – black lung, silicosis, and other respiratory diseases associated with coal mining. Sure, on paper the companies may show compliance with state regulations, but the fact is, more and more miners receive diagnoses of irreversible and progressive lung […]
Residents and supporters rally, call for action to support the community concerned about contaminated water wells Canonsburg, PA – Time and time again, EQT shows that they don’t care about the communities they operate in. Since the corporation’s pollution incident last year, an entire community’s water supply has been at risk of being unusable due […]
In July 2022, Pennsylvania officially became a participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). RGGI is a cap-and-trade market for carbon dioxide emissions. It requires the operators of fossil fuel power plants (including coal) to purchase one credit for every ton of carbon dioxide they emit into the atmosphere. Every year, the amount of […]