Climate Action Plan Justice Coalition

This Saturday, July 12th, groups across SWPA are taking action in Pittsburgh to call on federal and state governments, communities and individuals to come together to address the environmental crises that threaten our health, livelihoods and planet. Join us! pittsburghenvironmentday.eventbrite.com

This Saturday, July 12th, groups across SWPA are taking action in Pittsburgh to call on federal and state governments, communities and individuals to come together to address the environmental crises that threaten our health, livelihoods and planet. Join us! pittsburghenvironmentday.eventbrite.com

With the federal levels of government descending into chaos, we will need to work together to grow a Green New Deal from below! Join us on March 9th from 2-4pm to share in that work. Sign up here: bit.ly/4h1YEA1 or use the QR code in the image below.

A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

This is genuinely an important article. The two main lessons from Hungary appear to be:

DO NOT WAIT

DO NOT UNDERREACT

Authoritarians like Orban and Trump rely on opposition being unwilling to believe that what is happening is actually happening. That’s their window.
www.vox.com/politics/398...

How mulch and community can counter our national cynicism - PublicSource An invitation to a community garden brought me new relationships, heightened confidence — not to mention veggies and eggs. Could a little shared agriculture grow into something profoundly healing for…

An invitation to a community garden brought me new relationships, heightened confidence — not to mention veggies and eggs. Could a little shared agriculture grow into something profoundly healing for a divided nation?

Developmental disability diagnoses can be hard but help individuals In a series on people with special needs in Pittsburgh's workforce, this story looks at the anxiety and importance of disability evaluations.

A quarter of U.S. adults, and 1 in 6 kids, are characterized as having disability. They may need support or accommodations to work - but they have energy and ability that our society can’t do without. Here’s the first in a new @publicsource.org series, Job One: www.publicsource.org/developmenta...

Your Pittsburgh-area story idea or tip for PublicSource This is for anyone in the Pittsburgh region or with information relevant to our area to share ideas, tips, stories that you think our newsroom may be interested in knowing. This would also be a great ...

If you’re inspired, send us a pitch via this quick and easy form docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... (No AI-generated pitches, please, and if it’s not Pittsburgh-adjacent we won’t respond.)

Pittsburghers love to celebrate, critique, explore and reveal the Southwestern PA region. If you have something to say about this community and your experiences in it, @publicsource.org would like to consider publishing it. Check out the first-person essays here www.publicsource.org/category/fir...

THIS STARTER PACK IS FINALLY FULL! I’ve been very selective with the last 20-30 or so inclusions in my very first starter pack, on Urbanism & City-Building. Check out the new additions, and I recommend following everyone here.

So now I guess I’ll start gradually building PART 2! #UrbanistShoutOut

U.S. Steel sale block shows Pittsburgh’s complicated steel past The president's rejection of Nippon Steel's offer to buy U.S. Steel ignites another debate about the steel industry's role in Pittsburgh's self-image.

"The painful truth is that the communities that have retained the most steel production have deferred the beginning of any postindustrial transformation and are today among the poorest communities in the nation." @chrisbriem.bsky.social on the no-sale of US Steel www.publicsource.org/us-steel-sal...

Pittsburgh housing shortages top of mind for readers in 2025 PublicSource asked its readers to vote for the storylines they favored in 2024. Housing and the Allegheny County government triumphed.

PublicSource invited readers to review last year’s news, vote on storylines and suggest new areas of coverage. Here are the results. ⬇️

Top Pittsburgh news stories from 2024 | PublicSource This year, PublicSource covered Pittsburgh and Allegheny County from a variety of angles from environment to education, housing to the election.

Public Source has assembled a ballot to vote on "must-follow news topics, including "Environmental Efforts Extended" with two articles on the Allegheny County Climate Action Plan.
Please vote to help bring public attention to this critical work in the New Year. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-a...

Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s potential big year of changes hinges on state funding increase - Pittsburgh Union Progress Pittsburgh Regional Transit knows 2025 could be a monumental year for transit service in Allegheny County. It just isn’t sure whether the changes will be positive or negative for the system. On the po...

Thursday's strike "paper" leads with Ed Blazina's look ahead to Pittsburgh Regional Transit's new year: www.unionprogress.com/2025/01/02/p...

Black Sewickley residents preserve their history through film Past and present Sewickley residents are raising money and collecting memories of Black history to turn a book called “Their Story” into a film.

To Pittsburghers who think that Sewickley is just another “rich, white” suburb, this group says, “look again.” www.publicsource.org/sewickley-bl...

Top Pittsburgh news stories from 2024 | PublicSource This year, PublicSource covered Pittsburgh and Allegheny County from a variety of angles from environment to education, housing to the election.

Public Source has assembled a ballot to vote on "must-follow news topics, including "Environmental Efforts Extended" with two articles on the Allegheny County Climate Action Plan.
Please vote to help bring public attention to this critical work in the New Year. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-a...

Top Pittsburgh news stories from 2024 | PublicSource This year, PublicSource covered Pittsburgh and Allegheny County from a variety of angles from environment to education, housing to the election.

If you appreciated this or other @publicsource.org storylines in 2024, stroll through our recap, vote for favorites, make a suggestion. We'll tally the ballots Thursday and publish results Friday www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-a...

Scrutiny of EQT fracking likely to shift in 2025 EQT has complaints against it in West Virginia. It has been sued in Pennsylvania. Now, the natural gas giant is meeting a fracking-friendly Washington.

Pittsburgh-based fracking giant EQT approaches 2025 with a sunny political forecast. Will an ongoing EPA investigation drift away? Will a class-action lawsuit cloud the skies? @quinnglabicki.bsky.social scans the horizon www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-n...

Global mean surface temperature anomalies for each year from 1891 to 2024. There is interannual variability and a long-term warming trend. 5-year running means and a long-term linear trend line are also shown (0.77°C per century).

🚨 The first preliminary analysis from the Japan Meteorological Agency highlights 2024 as the warmest year on record globally (since at least 1891 in this data).

Additional climate rankings will be released on 1/10/2025 for other datasets.

Graph and methods by ds.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/prod... 🧪⚒️🌊

You're invited to our next general meeting on January 5 from 4-5:30pm. We'll be discussing opportunities for action with the Climate Action Plan Justice Coalition and a proposal for a monthly book club to read *The Green New Deal From Below.* Register here for the Zoom link: bit.ly/Jan2025PGNDm...

Top Pittsburgh news stories from 2024 | PublicSource This year, PublicSource covered Pittsburgh and Allegheny County from a variety of angles from environment to education, housing to the election.

It's NOT TOO LATE to vote for your favorite Pittsburgh news subject of 2024, and to tell @publicsource.org what you'd like to learn more about in 2025 www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-a...

Innamorato still working on transparency pledges Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato signed on to transparency measures as a candidate. Most of the ideas have yet to be put into practice.

In 2023, @chwolfson.bsky.social of @publicsource.org asked the 7 candidates for Allegheny County executive what they'd do for gov't transparency. Sara Innamorato embraced a slew of improvements — but in a year has left most of them untouched www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...

Top Pittsburgh news stories from 2024 | PublicSource This year, PublicSource covered Pittsburgh and Allegheny County from a variety of angles from environment to education, housing to the election.

Which Pittsburgh-area news topic would you like to have a beer with? Sara Innamorato's 1st year? Campus unionization? North Side buzz? EQT's big year? Vote today in @publicsource.org's year-in-review poll www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-a...

Please join us for our first strategy session of 2025 on 1/25 from 1-3pm to plan how we should take action for just and accountable Climate Action Plans in our region. To register for the strategy session and receive the Zoom link, please fill out this Google form and survey: bit.ly/CAPJCJan2025

Please join us for our first strategy session of 2025 on 1/25 from 1-3pm to plan how we should take action for just and accountable Climate Action Plans in our region. To register for the strategy session and receive the Zoom link, please fill out this Google form and survey: bit.ly/CAPJCJan2025

Climate change is pushing up food prices — and worrying central banks Shifting weather patterns are reducing crop yields and squeezing supplies, creating what could become a permanent source of inflation

“There’s a material impact from climate change on global food prices” says Frederic Neumann, chief Asia economist at HSBC. “It’s easy to shrug off individual events as being isolated, but we’ve just seen such a sequence of abnormal events & disruptions that... add up to climate change impact"

🍕New Issue!🍕

Featuring environmental racism in one Pittsburgh suburb, the most unique pizza in town, the rise of local flag football leagues, this week's top events, and more!

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Transit agencies cannot police their way out of homelessness on their systems. Instead, they can prioritize the well-being and dignity of people experiencing homelessness while also maintaining safe and accessible transit for all riders. Read the report here! transitcenter.org/wp-content/u...

TAKE ACTION! Call Allegheny County Council Members - Futules, Catena, Palmieri, Filiaggi and Walton – and educate them that YES on air permit increases saves the lives of workers and residents! Here's more info from the @breathe-project.bsky.social on how to do so: breatheproject.org/wp-content/u...

‘Unfettered’ Gas Exports Would Harm U.S. Economy, Energy Secretary Warns Jennifer Granholm said a new analysis showed that the continued pace of exports was “neither sustainable nor advisable.”

Department of Energy study on LNG exports shows customer electricity costs will go up and pollution will go up.

*an LNG export terminal is proposed in Southeastern PA.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/c...