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The Edgar Thomson PROPOSED Consent Decree Explained – And How Community Input Can Make it Stronger
By now, the news has been widely reported: County and federal air quality regulators have entered into a proposed consent decree with...
Jun 8, 202214 min read
GASP INVESTIGATES: Progress Reducing Air Quality Permit Backlog Made, But Too Many Major Sources Ope
One of the cornerstones of GASP’s clean air advocacy is watchdog work. We keep a close eye on more than just air quality data and...
May 26, 20226 min read
Care About Air Quality? We’ve Got 5 Reasons to Sign A Petition Demanding Action on Climate Crisis
Climate change is more and more evident around the world, from storms and floods to droughts and wildfires. Pennsylvania is particularly...
May 23, 20225 min read
U.S. Steel to Pay $1.5M Penalty, Make Improvements to Settle Air Pollution Violations at Edgar Thoms
BIG NEWS: U.S. Steel will pay a $1.5 million penalty and make extensive improvements at its Edgar Thomson facility in Braddock Borough as...
May 17, 20223 min read
GASP to ACHD: Revised Coke Oven Regs Must Better Protect Community from H2S, Other Air Pollutants
GASP joined residents and fellow clean air advocates at a public hearing in Clairton Wednesday night to tell the Allegheny County Health...
May 12, 20222 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Seeks Comment on Annual Air Monitoring Network Plan, GASP Reviewi
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Tuesday announced that it is seeking written public comment on its draft 2023 Air...
May 10, 20221 min read
EPA Proposes Rule to Require More Comprehensive Reporting on Asbestos, Continuing Work to Protect Pu
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week announced a proposed rule that would require comprehensive reporting on asbestos...
May 10, 20223 min read
Allegheny County Board of Health Greenlights $30K Clean Air Fund Request for Air Pollution Health Im
The Allegheny County Board of Health on Wednesday unanimously voted to approve a $30,000 Clean Air Fund request to finance the...
May 6, 20222 min read
<UPDATED> GASP to Board of Health: Use Your Authority to Demand More Transparency, Improved Pu
Editor’s Note: This blog was updated at 9:37 a.m. to include a link to the Allegheny County Board of Health meeting. ACHD posted the...
May 4, 20224 min read
Rejoice! Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Regs Have Been Finalized – PA to Formally Join Pro
Pennsylvania’s road to entering the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was a rocky one. We kept you posted on the drama, most...
Apr 25, 20222 min read
No Surprise: U.S. Steel Appeals Allegheny County Health Department $1.8M Enforcement Order Over H2S
As expected, the infamously-litigious U.S. Steel Corp. has appealed a March 7 Allegheny County Health Department enforcement order for...
Apr 18, 20221 min read
Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Clean Air Fund ‘Planning Framework,’ U.S. Steel’s Request, and an H2S Stu
Allegheny County Health Department leaders on Monday night proposed a long-term “spending framework” for its Clean Air Fund, saying that...
Apr 12, 20223 min read
UPDATE: Court Blocks Publication of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Regs
GASP has been following the soap opera that has become Pennsylvania’s efforts to enter into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative...
Apr 11, 20222 min read
Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Air Quality Monitors on the Move, but Costs & Benefits Remain Unclear
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) Tuesday announced its intention to relocate the Air Quality Program’s primary air pollution...
Apr 7, 20223 min read
Allegheny County Health Dept. Announces Approval of Re-Submitted Mon Valley Air Pollution Episiode P
The Allegheny County Health Department has reviewed and approved six amended air emissions mitigation plans for those sources which were...
Apr 1, 20222 min read
ACHD Issues Fine for Open Burning, Orders Renovations at Brewery to Cease & Issues Warning to S
The $4.6 million fine Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) issued against U.S. Steel for more than 800 air quality violations last...
Mar 29, 20224 min read
BREAKING: U.S. Steel Fined $4.6 Million for 831 Uncontrolled Push Violations at Clairton Coke Works,
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Thursday announced in a press release that it has imposed more than $4.5 million in...
Mar 24, 20224 min read
Public Comments Sought for PA’s New Environmental Justice Policy
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is releasing a draft Environmental Justice Public Participation Policy that...
Mar 21, 20222 min read
Good News! Environmental Quality Board Approves Regs to Reduce Emissions from Oil & Gas Industr
We have some *good* news to report for once! Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board has approved new regulations aimed at controlling...
Mar 17, 20221 min read
EPA Finalizes Its “Clean Data” Determination for 2012 Annual PM2.5 Standard for Allegheny County
In Wednesday’s Federal Register, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its finalized determination that Allegheny...
Mar 17, 20221 min read
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