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03/08/2023

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02/28/2023

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The Ohio River Valley Institute is a think tank focused on lasting job growth, clean energy, and more inclusive civic structures for northern Appalachia.

02/21/2023

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Here's a quick look at what we discussed on Friday at our Petrochemicals Lunch & Learn virtual event hosted by Bishop Marcia Dinkins find the full video here 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 https://youtu.be/MPN6yVE4gAE

02/16/2023

The Black Appalachian Coalition invites you to an important virtual discussion about petrochemicals and how they impact the health of our communities, particularly Black communities. Your hosts for this webinar are Bishop Dinkins and Reverend Lennox Yearwood, Jr. on Friday, Feb. 17th at 12pm - 1:30pm.



There's still time to register today!

Date: Friday, February 17th

Time: 12:00-1:30pm

Register: bit.ly/petrochemicals-listening-session

02/10/2023

📢 On Friday, Feb. 17, join and of for a conversation on the impacts of petrochemical development on Black communities in Appalachia. bit.ly/petrochemicals-listening-session

02/06/2023

On Friday, Feb. 17 at noon ET, join the Black Appalachian Coalition for a lunchtime discussion of the impacts of petrochemical development on Black communities in Appalachia.

Petrochemicals—oil- and gas-based chemicals used to make plastics and pesticides—are harmful to human health and the environment. The process of making petrochemicals creates dangerous air and water pollution. People living near petrochemical production facilities have higher risk of many types of cancer, birth complications, asthma and respiratory illness, and kidney disease. Children are especially vulnerable to harm from petrochemical pollutants.

Petrochemical production facilities tend to be located in Black communities and poor communities because of decades of racial discrimination in housing and financial services. In majority-Black census tracts, the estimated risk of cancer from toxic air emissions is more than twice the risk found in majority-white tracts. In 2021, the United Nations officially declared petrochemical growth along “Cancer Alley” in the US Gulf Coast a form of environmental racism.

Now, petrochemical development has come to Appalachia. Shell’s enormous new petrochemical plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania threatens our health and our environment. In 2022, the facility went over its annual emissions allowance set by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The facility has also begun churning out plastic pellets, called “nurdles,” into the Ohio River.

Join the Black Appalachian Coalition to hear from experts and frontline residents about the risks of petrochemicals and their outsized threat to Black communities. Click here to register.

Registration information:

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tdumsqTgoHtSJHaS5AFLXMjHuCtrsUQVU
Shortened Bit.ly link: bit.ly/petrochemicals-listening-session