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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

This week, leaders from extractive industries are gathering in Pittsburgh to discuss how to perpetuate our reliance on fossil fuels. 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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Why UCS Supporters Are Pressing EPA to Let California Enforce Its Truck Pollution Rules

Union of Concerned Scientists

California’s leadership on reducing truck pollution has been on full display the past few years, passing critical regulations requiring 90 percent reduction in smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NO X ) emissions from diesel trucks and requiring manufacturers sell an increasing share of electric trucks to move away from fossil fuels altogether.