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Southwest AQP Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Southwest Pennsylvania Air Quality Partnership will be held on Friday, December 5, 2008 at the DEP Conference Center, Washington's Landing, from 8:15 am to 12:00 pm. Mayor Luke Ravenstahl will discuss Pittsburgh's new sustainable efforts including energy efficiency up-grades to city buildings. The city's new sustainable coordinator, Lindsay Baxter, will be highlighting the city's efforts to improve air quality. And much more...
December 2008 Newsletter

Susquehanna Valley Partnership Meetings
Go to the SVP website to get information on their upcoming meetings.

News

7/29/08
Air Quality Action Day Forecast For Wednesday for Four Pennsylvania Regions
The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast an air quality action day for Wednesday, July 30, in the Berks/Lehigh Valley, Liberty/Clairton, Susquehanna Valley and Philadelphia regions...

7/28/08
Air Quality Action Day Forecast For Tuesday for Five Pennsylvania Regions
The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast an air quality action day for Tuesday, July 29, in the Berks/Lehigh Valley, Liberty/Clairton, Susquehanna Valley, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia regions...

7/25/08
Air Quality Action Day Forecast Saturday for Four Pennsylvania Regions
The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast an air quality action day for Saturday, July 26, in the Berks/Lehigh Valley, Liberty/Clairton, Susquehanna Valley and Philadelphia regions...

7/18/08
Air Quality Action Days Forecast for the Weekend
The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast air quality action days for Saturday, July 19, in the Berks/Lehigh, Liberty/Clairton, Susquehanna Valley, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh regions, and for Sunday, July 20, in the Pittsburgh and Liberty/Clairton regions...

7/18/08
Lehigh Valley Residents Helping to Protect Air Quality; DEP Ecourages Continued Mass Transit Use as Free Ride Program Ends
The Department of Environmental Protection said today that residents in the Lehigh Valley are helping to reduce smog-forming pollution on ozone action days. The agency encouraged the public to continue taking advantage of mass transit and alternative means of transportation to protect the region's air quality...

7/17/08
Air Quality Action Day Forecast Friday for All Regions
The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast an air quality action day for Friday, July 18, in the Berks/Lehigh, Liberty/Clairton, Susquehanna Valley, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh regions...

7/16/08
Air Quality Action Day Forecast Thursday in All Regions
The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast an air quality action day for Thursday, July 17, in the Lehigh/Berks, Liberty/Clairton, Susquehanna Valley, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh regions...

7/15/08
Air Quality Action Day Forecast Wednesday in Southeast, Southwest Regions
The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast an air quality action day for Wednesday, July 16, in the Liberty/Clairton, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh regions...

7/11/08
Air Quality Action Day Forecast Saturday in Four Pennsylvania Regions
The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships announced today that an air quality action day is forecast for Saturday, July 12, in the Berks/Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Susquehanna Valley regions...

6/27/08
Air Quality Action Day Forecast Saturday For Susquehanna Valley, Philadelphia Regions
The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships announced today that an air quality action day is forecast for Saturday in the Susquehanna Valley and Philadelphia regions...

6/12/08
Air Quality Action Day Forecast in Four Pennsylvania Regions
The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships announced today that an air quality action day is forecast for Friday in the Berks/Lehigh Valley, Susquehanna Valley, and the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia regions...

6/9/08
Air Quality Action Day Forcast for Susquehanna Valley, Philadelphia Regions
The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships announced today that an air quality action day is forecast for Tuesday in the Philadelphia and Susquehanna Valley regions...

6/6/08
Air Quality Action Days Forecast for Berk/Lehigh, Susquehanna Valley, Philadephia Regions
The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships announced today that air quality action days are forecast for Saturday in the Philadelphia region and Monday in the Berks/Lehigh Valley and Susquehanna Valley regions...

5/29/08
DEP Emphasizes Public Transit Use as Lehigh Valley/Berks County Air Quality Partnership Kickoff Ozone Season
With Pennsylvania implementing new federal air quality guidelines that are more protective of public health, the Department of Environmental Protection is urging residents to help avoid air quality action days by using mass transit during the summer ozone season...

5/23/08
Air Quality Action Day Forecast for Pittsburgh, Susquehanna Valley
The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships today announced an air quality action day is forecast for Monday, May 26, in the Pittsburgh area and southcentral Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Valley region...

Events

Great American Woodstove Changeout (9/29/05)
As part of a national effort to replace older woodstoves, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today awarded $100,000 to the Southwest Air Quality Partnership to conduct a woodstove changeout campaign for low-income families.
DEP article on the event.
Changeout deadline extended to 11/3/05! (PDF)

	Allison Heinrichs (Pittsburgh Tribune Review) interviews Greg Green and Gil Wood (EPA) about the upcoming rollout of the Southwest Pennsylvania Woodstove Changeout Campaign.
	EPA presents a $100,000 check to the Southwest PA Partnership during the Great American Woodstove Changeout kickoff. Pictured at the event, from left, are Partnership members Tom Lattner, Harry Klodowski, Rob Hickox, Harilal Patel, Jayme Graham, Deb Payerchin, Larry Myers, and from EPA, Greg Green, and Donald S. Welsh.

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