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Jun 8, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
⚠️ Wildfire smoke from Canada is impacting our region. As a result, parts of our region are seeing Red (Unhealthy) Purple (Very Unhealthy) & Maroon (Hazardous) Air Quality Index Alerts. Stay updated on air quality in your area at airnow.gov or the free @AIRNow app.
✅ Try to stay indoors & limit strenuous outdoor activity. Especially, those with heart or lung disease, older adults, children & teens.
✅ Choose a mask that will help protect you from smoke. N95 respirator masks provide the best protection from wildfire smoke.
Jun 6, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Eco-friendly boating + revitalizing a #Brownfield site = major win! 🚤 🌎
We joined @PureWC for the opening of their new electric pontoon boat production facility at the Beech Bottom Industrial Park in West Virginia.
This new manufacturing facility will bring 100 jobs to the Northern Panhandle region. Funding from @EPA helped remediate the former abandoned site & bring the new facility to life.