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In this newsletter: Allegheny County executive candidates differ on how to handle the region’s environmental decisions. Democratic nominee Sara Innamorato wants to promote the growth of clean manufacturing jobs while Republican nominee Joe Rockey downplayed the role of local industry in air quality issues.

Also, the City Planning Commission gave the University of Pittsburgh the OK to build a 68-foot-tall building totaling 185,000 square feet that will house a cell- and gene-therapy facility in an area known as Hazelwood Green.
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Allegheny County executive election puts environmental decisions up in the air

Whether to frack, what kind of hydrogen hub to pursue, how to handle big steel — Sara Innamorato and Joe Rockey disagree on that and more, including industry’s role in air quality.

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