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Residents to Allegheny County Health Department: Better Protect Us With Strong Coke Oven Regs
Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s coke oven regulations closed as of 4 p.m. Jan. 21. Residents talked about...
Jan 20, 20214 min read
New DEP Fee Schedule Expected to Put Air Quality Program on ‘Sound Financial Footing’
We’ve got some good news to report: The revised fee schedule for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Air Quality...
Jan 19, 20211 min read
Deadline to Speak Out on Proposed Coke Oven Regulations Quickly Approaching
Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s draft coke oven regulations closed as of 4 p.m. Jan. 21. Time is running...
Jan 19, 20216 min read
Deadline to Submit Public Comment on Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Quickly Approaching
The state Environmental Quality Board (EQB) will accept written comments on Pennsylvania’s possible entry into the Regional Greenhouse...
Jan 8, 20211 min read
What You Need to Know About Allegheny County’s Proposed Coke Oven Regulation Revisions & How to
Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s draft coke oven regulations closed as of 4 p.m. Jan. 21. THANK YOU to all...
Jan 6, 20217 min read
Allegheny County Tallied Two More Air Quality Exceedances Last Week
Allegheny County experienced two more air quality exceedances last week when the midnight-to-midnight 24-hour average concentration of...
Dec 28, 20201 min read
GASP’s Christmas Wish? Clean Air for the Holiday (for the First Time in Three Years)
On Christmas Eve 2018 – a fire at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works disabled its air pollution controls designed to reduce sulfur content...
Dec 21, 20202 min read
UPDATED: Allegheny County Health Department’s Lawrenceville Air Quality Monitor Back Online
UPDATE: This blog was updated at 5:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23 to reflect new information from the Allegheny County Health Department....
Dec 21, 20201 min read
DEP Issues Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulate Matter in Liberty-Clairton
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) this afternoon issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine...
Dec 18, 20201 min read
Mon Valley Residents Suffer Another Bout of Bad Air as Allegheny County Sees 3 More Air Quality Exce
Allegheny County experienced three more air quality exceedances this past weekend, with residents of the Mon Valley breathing in the...
Dec 14, 20202 min read
Virtual Public Hearings Regarding PA’s Entry into Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Next Week; Writ
The state Environmental Quality Board (EQB) will kick off the series of hearings on Dec. 8 and will accept written comments on the matter...
Dec 3, 20204 min read
Q&A: GASP Staff Attorney Shares Advice to Budding Environmental Lawyers as Part of Consortium f
Today, we want to put the spotlight on our staff attorney Ned Mulcahy, who was interviewed recently by the Consortium for Public...
Nov 24, 20201 min read
UPDATED: Allegheny County Health Department Investigating Technical Issue at Liberty Air Quality Mon
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 1:57 p.m. Monday to reflect the re-issued alert from the Allegheny County Health Department. The...
Nov 23, 20201 min read
Mon Valley Residents Sound Off on Air Pollution, U.S. Steel During Virtual Rally
Longtime Clairton resident Cheryl Hurt on Friday asked people to imagine all the things they are worried about – the pandemic, the...
Nov 23, 20202 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Coke Oven Regs
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Friday is now seeking public comment on its proposed coke oven regulations, according to...
Nov 20, 20202 min read
About That Rotten Egg Odor Plaguing Your Neighborhood, What Causes It & How U.S. Steel Can Help
Editor’s Note: This blog was updated at 6:47 p.m. Nov. 19 to clarify the health impacts related to hydrogen sulfide. 2024 Update: Learn...
Nov 18, 20205 min read
Watchdog Report: Tuesday Marked Seventh Day in a Row for Hydrogen Sulfide Exceedances in Allegheny C
For the seventh straight day, Allegheny County on Tuesday tallied another air quality exceedance – the 24-hour concentration of hydrogen...
Nov 11, 20201 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Responds to Extended Bout of Bad Air Quality, Again Blames the We
Here at GASP, we’re all about giving credit where credit is due. To that end, we thank the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) for...
Nov 10, 20202 min read
PA Proposes New Rules Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Enabling Participation in Regional Gr
The Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board (EQB) recently published a proposed rulemaking that would establish a cap-and-trade...
Nov 10, 20201 min read
Steps You Can Take to Minimize Impacts of Poor Air Quality as We Wait for ACHD, Industry Action
In air quality warnings issued by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD)...
Nov 10, 20203 min read
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