The unfinished business of Pittsburgh's air. A documentary in production by Mark Dixon. Trailer: youtu.be/WZ6OdXQOZDo . 🦋 inversion-doc.bsky.social
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Two separate plume incidents at US Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, including dark grey material. US Steel wants to⬆️pollution from from ET via the new hot strip mill.🤮We have to require them to do better. (Thx to @BreatheProject and @cmucreatelab for BreatheCam footage)
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Economist and author, Chris Briem, examines the fraught relationship between the steel industry and the Mon Valley. "Remaining focused on the past will only defer change that will eventually come..." #Pittsburgh
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Three more plumes at Nippon/US Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant. And USS wants to *increase* pollution at the plant with new equipment powered by fossil fuels during a climate emergency. (Thx to @cmucreatelab and @BreatheProject for BreatheCam footage.) 🧵1/2
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Join the upcoming Town Hall to learn more about how US Steel seeks to increase the pollution it generates in Braddock: bluelens.zoom.us/meeting/reg… 🧵2/2
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🚨#Stinkburgh Alert! Conditions appear to be ripe for overnight/AM elevated pollution and stench. Stay alert, filter your air if you can, and submit smell complaints to the ACHD and SmellPGH app.
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Big things happening in June - check out what's coming up → breatheproject.org/events
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Notice a funny smell outside today? If you're anywhere near the Edgar Thomson Works, it's not your imagination — and the data backs you up. SmellPGH and Allegheny County's air quality monitors are both showing a spike right now.
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Major pollution and complaints this AM. Also a plume at US Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant feeding right into a low air mass ~8am. Spike in PM2.5 via PurpleAir monitor, elevated H2S, and many SmellPGH complaints. #AirQuality #Pittsburgh (Thx to @BreatheProject & @cmucreatelab)🧵
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And SmellPGH complaints match the pattern pretty well (visual also shows wind direction this AM): [complaint triangles show pattern emerging around Swissvale and spreading out NW from there]
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And look at what community members have to say about the smells via SmellPGH (thx @cmucreatelab for that app!) "eggy, industrial" and "burnt plastic" "rotten eggs" "sulfur" "coal smoke and dust" #AirQuality #Pittsburgh
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Yesterday at Nippon/US Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant. Plumes coming out of multiple stacks. #AirQuality #Pittsburgh (Thx to @BreatheProject and @cmucreatelab for BreatheCam footage.)
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Lots going on at US Steel's Edgar Thomson plant this evening. #Pittsburgh #AirQuality (Thx to @BreatheProject and @cmucreatelab for BreatheCam footage)
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🤮Goodness. I hope the workers in/around that building are wearing respiratory protection. #AirQuality #Pittsburgh (Thx to the @BreatheProject and @cmucreatelab for BreatheCam footage showing U.S. Steel's Edgar Thomson Mill facility emitting a cloud of something TODAY 5/30/26.)
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Tomorrow night! See you there? "A Community's Right to Know: A Conversation on the Clairton Plant Explosion". "Panel Q A with members from OSHA, the Chemical Safety Board, Valley Clean Air Now (VCAN) and the Allegheny County Health Department." luma.com/2lsbcivv
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What is this? Nearly an hour of emissions from US Steel Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock yesterday. #airquality #Pittsburgh (Thx to @BreatheProject & @cmucreatelab for BreatheCam footage)
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Strong inversion forecasted for tonight. Slow winds from the south. Likely stench in Pittsburgh overnight. Stay alert and submit smell complaints to SmellPGH app and ACHD website! #airquality #Pittsburgh
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