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Fearless conviction: Environmental health advocate Gillian Graber empowers communities to stand up to fossil fuel industries (SO6EP08)
Heinz Endowments President and “We Can Be” host Chris DeCardy welcomes Gillian Graber, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Protect PT. The grassroots community-based nonprofit works to protect southwestern Pennsylvania residents from the harmful health and environmental impacts of fossil fuel activity.
Gillian and her family settled in Penn-Trafford, an idyllic borough located along the border of Westmoreland and Allegheny counties near Pittsburgh, in part because of its promise of clean air and water.
Shortly after moving into their home, the oil and gas industry encroached on their…
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