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GASP Event | Making the Connection: The Lessons Learned 74 Years After the Donora Smog Disaster

Wed, Dec 14

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GASP Event | Making the Connection: The Lessons Learned 74 Years After the Donora Smog Disaster
GASP Event | Making the Connection: The Lessons Learned 74 Years After the Donora Smog Disaster

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Dec 14, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

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About the event

We hope you’ll join us at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 14 for our online event, Making the Connection: The Lessons Learned (and Unlearned) from the Donora Smog Disaster. The event will feature a panel of local experts including:

  • Mark Pawelec and Brian Charlton, historians from the Donora Smog Museum.
  • Scott Beveridge, a retired, award-winning investigative journalist from the Observer-Reporter newspaper in Washington County whose work uncovered new details about the disaster and its fallout.
  • Myranda Fullerton, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service.

During the 90-minute program, attendees will have the opportunity to view rare historical videos, learn from experts how U.S. Steel used a combination of public relations and victim blaming to deny its role in the killer smog event, and hear heartwrenching stories of personal loss and environmental damage gleaned from the pages of long-sealed court documents.

The event is free but registration is required and can be accomplished here. We hope to see you there!

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