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GASP to EPA: Enforce Original, More Protective Deadlines for Iron & Steel NESHAPs
GASP on Wednesday testified at a public hearing hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding an interim final rule...
6 days ago2 min read
ACHD Seeking Public Input on 2026 Air Monitoring Network Plan Through Sept. 25
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) is requesting public comment on its 2026 Air Monitoring Network Plan, an annual report that...
Sep 21 min read
GASP Voices Vehement Opposition to Proposal to Gut EPA’s Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
GASP on Wednesday voiced our vehement opposition to the Trump regime’s proposal to dismantle what’s known as the 2009 Endangerment...
Aug 212 min read
Trump Regime Opens Up Second Front on Its War Against Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Vehicles
It was a big deal: On Aug. 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposal to revoke its own 2009 Endangerment...
Aug 183 min read
Clairton Coke Works Explosion: What Comes Next with Air Quality (And Why We Need YOU)
Yes, public officials, the Allegheny County Health Department, regulatory and citizen monitors all confirmed that before, during, and...
Aug 143 min read
Public Records Request Provides New Details on Air Quality Impact of Clairton Coke Works Breakdown in June
In early June, Mon Valley residents were dealt three straight days of persistent rotten egg odor caused by elevated hydrogen sulfide...
Aug 75 min read
EPA Delays Implementation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Oil & Natural Gas Facilities
Over the last few weeks, we have blogged about myriad (bad) decisions by Trump’s EPA leaders to delay the implementation of Clean Air Act...
Aug 53 min read
Your Health Can’t Wait: Act Now to Protect Our Communities from Coke Oven Pollution
Here at GASP, we are on the front lines of the fight for clean air. We know first hand how communities -Â especially those living in the...
Aug 13 min read
Trump EPA Moves to Repeal Greenhouse Gas Rules & Undermine Public Health
Trump’s EPA on Tuesday announced yet another proposal to undermine environmental regulations designed to protect our environment and...
Jul 292 min read
EPA: Liberty-Clairton Area Has Met Federal Air Quality Standards, Maintenance Plan Approved to Ensure Progress Continues
Here’s something completely different…Some positive news from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding air quality in our...
Jul 283 min read
Our Health for Corporate Convenience – We Must Resist Rollback of Iron & Steel Emissions Standards (Here’s How)
Last year, many of us signed with relief when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled critical revisions to the National...
Jul 242 min read
EPA Wants to Delay Compliance Deadlines for Coal Ash Industry
Another day, another environmental regulatory rollback announced by Trump’s EPA: The agency last week announced it will extend the...
Jul 222 min read
GASP & Climate Action Campaign Lambast EPA Rollbacks, Demand Accountability
GASP and our friends at the Climate Action Campaign hosted a press conference at Sol Patch Garden in Braddock to sound the alarm over...
Jul 183 min read
EPA Delays Implementation of Revised Coke Oven Emissions Standards
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its plan to delay full implementation of the revised National...
Jul 92 min read
EPA Delays Compliance Deadlines for Revised Limits for Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Iron & Steel Making Facilities Like Edgar Thomson Works
Last year, we  blogged  about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) revisions to the National Emission Standards for...
Jul 82 min read
EPA Proposes to Repeal Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal-Fired Electric Generating Units
Earlier this year we blogged about how the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided exemptions from several National Emission...
Jun 202 min read
Here's What We Know About the U.S. Steel-Nippon Deal
The high-profile, multi-billion-dollar takeover of U.S. Steel by Japanese-based Nippon has been finalized, the companies announced...
Jun 182 min read
Title V Operating Permit Backlogs Exist, Underscores Need for Revisions to Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Fee Schedule
At GASP we don’t just monitor air quality issues and push back against industrial polluters’ illegal emissions – we also try to hold air...
Jun 167 min read
ACHD Takes Enforcement Action on Asbestos Abatement, Open Burning Violations
Editor’s Note: The Allegheny County Health Department periodically updates its website to include documents related to air quality...
Jun 102 min read
Allegheny Co. Health Department Fines Two Neville Island Companies for Air Quality Violations
Editor’s Note: The Allegheny County Health Department periodically updates its website to include documents related to air quality...
Jun 92 min read
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