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Black Appalachian Coalition Urges Allegheny County Health Dept. To Hold US Steel Accountable, Protect Community Health, From Clairton Coke Works

PA Environment Daily

EPA, the company emits close to 4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year. and sulfur dioxide (SO2). Many of the Black residents are disproportionately affected by particle pollution and related illnesses, including asthma, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and heart disease.”

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Prescribed Burning: All You Need To Know | BreezoMeter

Breezometer

Wildfire smoke is a mixture of chemical compounds including gasses like carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds, particle pollution, and more. The specific composition of wildfire smoke is related to the type of vegetation burned, but it always contains PM 2.5 particulate matter smaller than 2.5?

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Do We Dare Continue to Flare?

Vermont Law

8) Conversely, under President Biden, the EPA has advanced the new Clean Air Act rule to significantly and environmentally reduce methane emissions and other health-harming air pollutants that put nearby communities at risk. (9) Greenhouse gases—such as carbon dioxide and methane—have a heat-trapping impact on climate. (12)