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Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Freedom Harvest Celebration - From Slavery to Freedom Garden
2024-09-07 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Frick Environmental Center, 2005 Beechwood Blvd, Pittsubrgh, PA, 15217
Join us for the first-ever Freedom Harvest Celebration in the From Slavery to Freedom Garden, outside of the Frick Environmental Center on Saturday, September 7! Come down with the entire family for a free community event from 1:00-4:00 P.M. honoring the bounty of the garden and celebrating the emancipation of enslaved peoples in America. The garden is a rich educational resource, filled with essential crops that were used on the route to freedom.
Enjoy a vibrant day of soulful live musical performances, family-friendly activities and story hikes, nature-inspired crafts, scrumptious garden bites from local chefs, community organizations, and more.
🌱 🌿 🌾The Freedom Harvest is free and open to all, but select events require registration, so check out https://pittsburghparks.org/harvestcelebration/ for more details!
Enjoy bites from Millie’s Truck Pittsburgh, PGH Dumplingz, Eleventh Hour Brewing, Press House Coffee and more, and musical performances from COL Youth Jazz Ensemble, Byron Nash & Jacquea Mae, and Yusef Shelton, and DJ Shade Cobain.
Some of our other wonderful community partners include Outdoor Inclusion Coalition , Carnegie Science Center, Buzzword PGH, Pittsburgh Park Rangers, Pittsburgh Festival Opera and more!
The Freedom Harvest Celebration is proudly presented by the Jack Buncher Foundation with additional support from Allegheny Regional Asset District, Giant Eagle, and ZeroFossil.

YCC Book Club
2024-04-06 11:00 - 13:00 | PA

Rostraver Twp Commissioners Meeting
2024-04-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Rostraver Twp Commissioners Meeting, 201 Municipal Drive, Belle Vernon, PA, 15012, United States
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Allegheny County Council Meeting
2024-04-02 17:00 - 19:00 | Allegheny County Office, 436 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, United States

DEP Public Hearing Announcement on Rustic Ridge NPDES Permit Renewal
2024-08-28 18:00 - 20:00 | St, Raymond of the Mountains, 164 School House Ln, Donegal, PA
DEP Public Hearing Annoucement! 📣
📍August 28, 6:00 pm at St Raymond of the Mountains in Donegal
👥 Members of the PA DEP California District Mining Office will hear comments from residents and property owners about the renewal for LCT Energy’s Rustic Ridge I Deep Mine NPDES (discharge) Permit. Everyone MUST register to share comments at the meeting.
📩 To register: contact Lauren Camarda by email at lcamarda@pa.gov or call 412-442-4203 at least 24 hours before the hearing. (For organizations: DEP requests that organizations designate one spokesperson to present testimony on their behalf.) If you provide verbal testimony, please submit a written copy by e-mail to Lori Jenkins, lorjenkins@pa.gov, after the hearing.
(Written comments will be accepted until close of business on September 2, 2024.)

ACHD Public Comment Meeting Notice
2024-08-22 13:30 - 15:00 | PA
ACHD Deadline to submit Comment in support of fully funding the ACHD’s Air Quality Program
Deadline to Submit Comments on the Allegheny County Air Quality Program
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Allegheny County Council
2024-04-16 17:00 - 19:00 | Allegheny County Office, 436 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, United States
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Fayette County Commissioners meeting
2024-04-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Fayette, 2 W Main St, Uniontown, PA, 15089, United States

ACHD Air Permit Fees Public Hearing
2024-08-19 17:30 - 19:00 | West Mifflin Bourough Bldg, 1020 Lebanon Road, West Mifflin, PA, 15211, United States
As you may have recently seen, Allegheny County is currently accepting comments on a proposal to increase funding for the Allegheny County Health Department’s Air Program by significantly increasing the permitting fees for local industrial air polluters.
This is a critical step toward cleaner air, by closing the permitting backlog, setting more health-protective emissions limits, and holding lawbreakers accountable. We know U.S. Steel and their allies have already organized in opposition, so it’s important that as many of us as possible speak up in support of cleaner air.
First, you can add your comments to the Penn Environment Research and Policy Center First, you can add your comments to the Penn Environment Research and Policy Center. Click here to sign the form and post your comments.
Second, you can sign the petition to force our worst polluters to pay their fair share. Allegheny County’s largest air polluters dumped more than 1.4 millions of pounds of dangerous toxins into local communities in 2021 and regularly violate their air pollution permits. The good news is that local health officials are proposing to increase fees on polluters and use this money to pay for greater enforcement against illegal polluters and to implement stronger health protections from air pollution in the Pittsburgh region.
The deadline for submitting comments in support of this proposal is Monday, August 19, so add your name in support of this important proposal today! Click here to sign the petition and let your voice be heard.

Stand With Dimock Day
2024-08-16 13:00 - 18:00 | Dimock Environmental Resource Center, 11081 State Route 3023, Montrose, PA
Join us August 16 for a day of action with frontline activists in Dimock, PADimock frontline activists are inviting Pennsylvanians across the state to visit their community— an environmental justice epicenter—and join them in strategizing on ways to hold state leaders accountable for their inaction. A BUS will be taking us there!
Since 2008, Dimock residents have suffered from the harmful effects of fracking operations in their community. They say their pleas to leaders—especially Pa. Sen. Gene Yaw and Gov. Josh Shapiro—for clean water and justice have gone unanswered for years.
As attorney general, Shapiro charged Cabot Oil & Gas with polluting Dimock’s water supply. Last year, a plea bargain was negotiated with the company’s successor, Coterra Energy, which agreed to pay Pennsylvania-American Water Company $16.3 million to extend underground pipes to provide clean water to residents. However, a new public water system has yet to be installed.
“This will be a celebratory time for environmentalists and scientists across the state to come together and call out elected leaders who have ignored the plight of the longsuffering residents of Dimock,” said Ray Kemble, a local resident and clean water activist who is credited with helping to mobilize bans on fracking in New York and Maryland. “There are 100 million gallons of brine water being stored above my property headed for the Susquehanna River. It’s a fracking fountain.”
The event on Friday, August 16, will include a Toxic Tour of the Dimock community and industry sites, a tour of a soon-to-open environmental center, and a rally featuring speakers who will address the ongoing systemic violation of residents’ environmental rights. Elected officials and members of the media have also been invited to attend.
A Bus Will be Taking Us There! Sign Up Below
AGENDA
1:00 PM – Welcome
1:30 PM – Solidarity Tour: Dimock fracking sites and meet impacted community members
2:30 PM – Impacted residents tell their stories and answer questions
4:00 PM – Tour Environmental Research Center
4:30 PM – Break
5:00 PM – Strategy Session: What’s next for the Commonwealth?
Join us Friday, August 16, 2024, at 1 p.m. to #StandWithDimock! To attend this important event, please RSVP at the link below. Don’t miss this opportunity to stand in solidarity and strategize for a healthier, more just future for all Pennsylvanians. We look forward to seeing you there! RSVP: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScnKbR6YJl…/viewform…

Perryopolis Council Meeting
2024-04-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Perryopolis Muni Building, 312 Independence St, Perryopolis, PA, 15089, United States

West Newton Council Voting Meeting
2024-04-08 18:30 - 21:30 | West Newton Building, 112 S Water Street, West Newton, PA, 15089, United States

Three Rivers Waterkeeper Kayak Float
2024-08-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Elizabeth Boat Ramp, elizabeth, Elizabeth, PA, 15037, United States
Join Three Rivers Waterkeeper for an in-person training session while kayaking* or on our Waterkeeper boat where we go over what pollution to look for and how to report pollution while you’re out by or on the water! For our training sessions, all equipment such as kayaks and life jackets will be provided.
3 Rivers Watch is a network of volunteers who are active river users or river watchers, from individuals to groups, who have a vested interest in clean water. You can monitor the water while you are boating, kayaking, swimming, or even walking along the river. Our 3 Rivers Watch training sessions include information about the types of pollution found in our waterways and how to report it along with an on-the-water experience in our watershed. The kayak version will last roughly an hour on single kayaks and is good for anyone with a base knowledge of kayaking. If you are passionate about creating drinkable, fishable, and swimmable waters, then you might be a great fit for our 3 Rivers Watch program.
Upcoming 2024 Sessions:
Saturday, August 10th (kayaking) | 10 AM – 12 PM, Elizabeth Boat Ramp, Monongahela River
Saturday, September 14th (kayaking) | 10 AM – 12 PM, Deer Creek Boat Ramp, Allegheny River
*You must be 13 or older to be in a single kayak from Kayak Pittsburgh, please reach out to us if there are any concerns.

Protect PT holding Pitcairn Community Meeting
2024-07-25 18:00 - 20:00 | pitcairn fire hall, 100 South Center Ave,, PItcairn, PA, 15140, United States
🚨HEY PITCAIRN RESIDENTS🚨
Protect PT is holding a community meeting on JULY 25 @ 6 PM ⏰ to update residents on air monitoring and sampling initiatives, as well as go over other important information.
In partnership with the Fire Department 🚒, we are working to identify where the pungent odors are originating from — but we need your help!
Come to the meeting to learn more about what Protect PT is doing to support and how reporting smells can help.
📍We hope to see you at Pitcairn Hose Co. 1
100 South Center Ave,
Pitcairn, PA 15140
🔴 To sign up, visit: protectpt.info/Pitcairn
❗Above all, if you ever smell something suspicious in Pitcairn, ☎️ CALL 911 and ask for the Fire Department to be deployed❗

North Huntingdon Twp Subsurface Fracking Lease Commissioners Meeting
2024-07-17 19:00 - 21:00 | North Huntingdon Twp, 11279 Center Highway, North Huntingdon, PA, 15642, United States
Apex Energy is pressing N Huntingdon Twp to approve a subsurface fracking lease across from Indian Lake Park. Final public hearing and vote is July 17. Please come speak!

MAD Facts - Meeting with Center for Coalfield Justice
2024-07-17 18:30 - 20:30 | North Strabane Twp Park, 1929 PA 519, Cannonsburg, PA, 15317, United States
MAD-FACTS July Meeting – Center for Coalfield Justice
Studies show that living near Marcellus shale operations can affect your child’s health. Join your neighbors and MAD-FACTS to connect with other community
centerforcoalfieldjustice.org

Westmoreland County Commissioners
2024-06-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Westmoreland, Wilcox Way, Greensburg, PA, 15601
