Heinz Endowments Launch New Effort to Fight Region’s Bad Air Quality
In a press briefing on March 9, the Heinz Endowments released a report detailing how the region’s air pollution ranks among the most severe in the nation. The study, “Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone Air Quality in Western Pennsylvania in the 2000s,” was conducted by Dr. John Graham, a senior scientist with the Boston-based Clean Air Task Force. While the report confirms what we already know, one of its key findings debunks the myth that the pollution in our area is all blow