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EPA Moving Full Steam Ahead with Process to OK CA Emissions Standards for Railroad Locomotives
A few months back we blogged about the California Air Resources Board’s (also known as CARB) adoption of a regulation that would, over...
Mar 6, 20242 min read
RACT II Equals RACT III for 58 Major Sources of Air Pollution in PA
We recently blogged about the much-delayed implementation of the second round of Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT II)...
Feb 29, 20242 min read
BREAKING: U.S. Steel Fined Nearly $2 Million for 362 Air Quality Violations at Clairton Coke Works
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) today fined U.S. Steel nearly $2 million for 362 pushing violations that occurred at its...
Feb 26, 20241 min read
WATCHDOG REPORT: PA Regulators’ Struggle to Implement Clean Air Act Requirements for Regional Power Plants Continues
Today, we want to take you back to 2008, when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revised the National Ambient Air Quality...
Feb 26, 20243 min read
New Designated Non-Attainment Area for SO2 in Western PA? That’s What EPA's Proposing - But is it Too Late to Make a Difference?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) earlier this month announced a proposal that - if approved - would mean four...
Feb 20, 20243 min read
GASP Joins Rep. Summer Lee, Fellow Advocates to Celebrate Investment in Electric School Buses, Raise Awareness of Funding Opportunity
GASP was honored to stand alongside U.S. Rep. Summer Lee and fellow clean air advocates today to announce a $40 million federal grant...
Feb 8, 20242 min read
GASP Lauds EPA’s New, More Stringent Air Quality Standard for Fine Particulate Matter
The sun is shining in winter in Pittsburgh and we have great news to share! No, you are not dreaming. The U.S. Environmental Protection...
Feb 7, 20241 min read
DEP Announces Start of Emergency Project to Plug Abandoned Gas Wells in Scott Township
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has begun an emergency project to plug two leaking abandoned natural gas wells...
Feb 5, 20242 min read
EPA Proposes New Regs Designed to Reduce Methane Emissions from Oil & Gas Industry
The EPA this month announced a proposed rule designed to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.
Jan 30, 20244 min read
GASP to ACHD: ATI Air Quality Permit Must Include Stronger Testing, Monitoring Requirements
GASP on Wednesday afternoon presented testimony at a public hearing in Natrona Heights held by Allegheny County Health Department to...
Jan 18, 20242 min read
DEP Receives $3 Million From EPA to Develop Climate Action Plan, Proposes Grant Program to Reduce Emissions in Heavy Industry
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has received $3 million from the EPA to develop a Priority Climate Action Plan...
Jan 18, 20242 min read
EPA Proposes Stronger Air Pollution Standards for Large Facilities that Burn Municipal Solid Waste
The EPA has announced a proposal to strengthen Clean Air Act standards for large facilities that burn municipal solid waste. If...
Jan 18, 20242 min read
DEP Issues Air Quality Plan Approval for Leachate Evaporation System at Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill
Did you hear? The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) authorized an air quality plan approval to allow an onsite...
Jan 16, 20242 min read
UPDATED: GASP to ACHD: Hold U.S. Steel Accountable & Protect Residents with Proper Compliance Schedule for Clairton Coke Works
Editor's Note: This blog has been updated to include a link to GASP's formal written comments. GASP joined residents and fellow...
Jan 11, 20242 min read
Join GASP at Clairton Coke Works Permit Hearing to Stand With Mon Valley Residents, Demand Accountability from U.S. Steel
If reading that headline gave you a “déjà vu all over again” sort of feeling, it’s probably because the issue of the Clairton Coke Works...
Jan 8, 20244 min read
UPDATED: U.S. Steel Appeals $2.2 Million Fine for Hydrogen Sulfide Exceedances
Editor's Note: U.S. Steel on Jan. 26 appealed this enforcement order. You can read the appeal document here. The Allegheny County Health...
Jan 5, 20242 min read
HELP WANTED: DEP Seeks Project Applications for $5 Million Beaver County Environmental Mitigation Community Fund
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) this week announced that the Beaver County Environmental Mitigation Community Fund...
Jan 4, 20242 min read
PA Sen. Casey Signs Letter Attacking Proposed EPA Rules to Reduce Emissions from Coke & Steelmaking
Earlier this year we blogged about EPA’s proposed revisions to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for...
Dec 8, 20231 min read
GASP, Black Appalachia Coalition Petitioning ACHD for Accountability & Transparency in Clairton
Everyone deserves clean air, but sadly, too many of our neighbors struggle to breathe all too often thanks to industrial emissions from...
Dec 5, 20232 min read
UPDATED: Residents’ Guide to Allegheny Co. Health Dept's '24 Network Monitoring Plan, How to Comment
The comment period is now over. Thanks to all who submitted a comment. You can read GASP's formal comments here. If you follow local air...
Nov 29, 20234 min read
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