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This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Katie Myers. This story was originally published by Grist and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.

Shutting down carbon-spewing facilities can benefit human health as much as planetary health.

Research shows that cutting carbon emissions offers more than an abstract, long-term, far-ranging result. It can actually save lives, almost immediately.

The findings suggest that shutting down carbon-spewing facilities can benefit human health as much as planetary health.

The EPA has ordered a metal recycler near Pittsburgh to limit its hours of operations and its emissions, after years of complaints about the Neville Island site.

Air quality advocates have been working for several years to get regulators to take action to stop a scrap metal recycler on Neville Island from sending air pollution into the community. Earlier this month, the US Environmental Protection Agency did just that.

The Allegheny County Health Department issued an enforcement order Tuesday to the Neville Chemical Company for a violation involving a strong odor. Multiple residents reported a stinky smell in early September. The investigation found Neville Chemical exceeded air pollution limits and failed to report a broken valve in a timely manner. The Health Department fined the company more than 62-thousand dollars and ordered it to submit a plan to avoid similar situations in the future.

During the 100 days that a pollution control system at Clairton Coke Works was offline following a 2018 fire, people living near the facility experienced worsened asthma symptoms, a study shows. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh will publish their findings in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Allergy

AP The Heinz Endowments and Carnegie Mellon University announced a $30 million initiative Wednesday to study solutions for socio-economic inequities in the greater Pittsburgh region. The initiative will fund the launch of the Center for Shared Prosperity and establish an endowment to support the center’s work. CMU will collaborate with working groups made up of community partners on research in areas like housing, education, transportation, health care, technology fluency, and access to capit...