Memo to Trump: Hillary won Pittsburgh.
you could findpictures of a Pittsburgh with a nearly black atmospherebut none were taken in recent years.
Why are they doing that?
My mom and dad both laughed.
Theyre cleaning off the soot!
Steel is our history, not our future.
Steel is our history, not our future.
President Trump is half a century too late; steel manufacturing isnt coming back.
One house on my street had to have its basement rebuilt.
Another time, a sinkhole opened up just a few blocks from home.
Pittsburghers have plenty of experience with the attitude that goes screw the environment, lets do whatever makes money.
Its what weve been working for decades to clean up.
Pittsburgh is a poster city for how to recover after coal and steel and manufacturing have fucked everything up.
Look at us now.
Who are the biggest employers in Pittsburgh?
Not mills, not factories.
Ourbiggest employersare a hospital and a university.
In fact, seven of the top 10 are in the health care industry.
But thats its corporate headquarters.
Browse their listings for hourly jobs, and theres only one at the moment: arailway car repair person.
Pittsburgh is a poster city for how to recover after coal and steel and manufacturing have fucked everything up.
The city itself is all aboutservices, health care, technology, and the like.
Heck, wealready have self-driving cars.
Our state produces a lot of greenhouse gases, and exports a lot of the countrys electricity.
Were on track to reduce emissions by a third by 2030, but need to go much farther.
And so does the rest of the country.
We have a lot in common with the rest of the US on that count.
Check out this data from YalesClimate Communication projecton how people feel about reducing CO2 as a pollutant.
A majority of us,in every single state, think this is something we need to do.
And check out Pittsburghs color on the map: were not yellow or peach or orange.
Pittsburgh pops out in cherry red.
We know whats up.
