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Jan 7, 20222 min read
Regional Greenhouse Gas Regulations Delayed By Possibly Illegal Vote by PA House of Reps
Today we bring you the latest chapter in the saga of Pennsylvania’s journey to bring the Keystone State into the Regional Greenhouse Gas...


Jan 6, 20222 min read
U.S. Steel Issued Civil Penalty for Air Quality Violation Stemming from Clairton Coke Works Equipmen
Editor’s Note: This story was updated on Jan. 6 to correct an error regarding the volume of air pollutants emitted during the five-hour...

Jan 6, 20225 min read
GASP, Fellow Activists & Residents Tell Board of Health: You’re Not Taking This Seriously
Longtime Clairton resident Art Thomas didn’t mince words Wednesday when he spoke before the Allegheny County Board of Health, telling...

Jan 5, 20221 min read
Tuesday Marked First Hydrogen Sulfide Exceedance of the Year for Allegheny County
Well, that didn’t take long: The first exceedance of Pennsylvania’s 24-hour average hydrogen sulfide (H2S) standard is already in the...

Dec 30, 20213 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Takes Enforcement Action Related to Asbestos Abatement
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) periodically updates its website with recent Air Quality Program enforcement actions. That...

Dec 28, 20214 min read
ACTION ALERT: Tell EPA You Support Rule to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Oil & Gas Operations
Anyone who has lived in a community riddled with fracked wells knows Pennsylvania has struggled with properly regulating the oil and gas...

Dec 21, 20212 min read
UPDATED: Today Will Mark 54th H2S Exceedance of 2021 at Liberty Monitor; Abysmal Air Quality Returns
Editor’s Note: This blog was updated at 10:35 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, to include information on an exceedance that occurred at...

Dec 14, 20212 min read
UPDATED: Unhealthy Air Quality Returns to Mon Valley as Allegheny County Experiences 51st H2S Exceed
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 1-:17 a.m. Dec. 17 to include information and updated chart to reflect an H2S exceedance that...


Dec 8, 20212 min read
Lower Emissions Limits Proposed for Cheswick Generating Station
And that’s just what’s happened in Pennsylvania regarding Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for large coal-fired power...

Nov 22, 20213 min read
GASP Joins Partners in Response to Bombshell Media Reports About U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Maintenance
Breathe Project in responding to bombshell media reports published in Allegheny Front and Public Source Friday analyzing court documents...

Nov 22, 20212 min read
Weekend Sees Yet Another H2S Exceedance for Mon Valley
This marks the 46th day of 2021 when H2S exceeded that standard at the Liberty monitor.

Nov 18, 20212 min read
Abysmal Air Quality Returns to Mon Valley as Three More H2S Exceedances Noted
There have been 45 such exceedances at the Liberty monitor and 17 more at North Braddock.


Nov 16, 20212 min read
EPA Seeks Comment on New Rules to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Oil & Gas Industry
The EPA Monday officially proposed new rules intended to significantly reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from the oil and gas industry.

Nov 11, 20212 min read
Pressure Mounting Against Allegheny Chief Executive to Nominate GASP Staffer to Key Advisory Board a
More people are calling on Allegheny County Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald to fill a key vacancy on the Air Pollution Control Advisory...

Nov 10, 20215 min read
Allegheny County PM2.5 Levels Below Federal Standard but the Future is Still Hazy
The EPA in September announced that the agency intends to make a Clean Data Determination regarding levels of PM2.5 in the county.

Nov 8, 20211 min read
<UPDATED> Abysmal Air Quality Continues in the Mon Valley
For the third day in a row, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) levels were so high Tuesday that an exceedance of PA's 24-hour average was guaranteed.

Nov 7, 20212 min read
Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Issues Mon Valley Air Pollution Warning as PM2.5 Concentrations Spike
Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) Sunday morning issued a Mon Valley Air Pollution Warning.

Nov 5, 20212 min read
UPDATED: DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulate Matter Liberty-Clairto
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 4:12 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5 to include information about tomorrow’s Mon Valley Air Pollution Watch....

Nov 5, 20212 min read
Mon Valley Sees 55th H2S Exceedance, Liberty-Clairton Air Quality Again Worst in Nation Friday
For a time this morning, AirNow.gov showed the Liberty-Clairton area as having the worst NowCast Air Quality Index (AQI) in the nation...

Nov 4, 20213 min read
Despite Expired Deadline for Action, PA House Committee Slated to Meet, Vote to Kill RGGI
By now, you’ve probably heard about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions...
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