Collaborative White Paper Issues Policy Changes to Curb Single-Use Plastics in Southwest PA
Ever heard of the Plastics Collaborative? Because the group recently published a robust white paper containing a series of policy...
Blog Against Smog
- Mar 9
GASP Lauds EPA Proposal for Stronger Heavy-Duty Vehicle Standards to Promote Clean Air, Protect Comm
With all of the news surrounding an air quality-related enforcement order against U.S. Steel this week, GASP wanted to make sure a...
- Dec 13, 2021
EPA Awards Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association Nearly $1.4 million for Diesel Emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week announced a $1.4 million grant to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management...
- Oct 27, 2021
County Council Reappoints Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee Members, GASP Again Implores Offi
Allegheny County Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to reappoint several members of the Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee whose...
- Oct 26, 2021
HEADS UP: Electric School Bus Rebate Program Deadline Approaching, GASP Encourages Regional Eligible
We just wanted to put out a gentle reminder: American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) funds are now available from the U.S. Environmental...
- Sep 29, 2021
May We Introduce Our New Executive Director? GASPers, Meet Patrick Campbell
After earning a bachelor of science degree in marriage and family studies from Mercyhurst College, the Butler High School graduate...
- Sep 14, 2021
Famously Litigious U.S. Steel Asks Hearing Officer to Kill Proposed Coke Oven Regulations Designed t
In a move that should not surprise anybody who’s been paying any attention to U.S. Steel’s history of dragging regulators through the...
- Sep 14, 2021
Environmental Resources & Energy Committee Meeting Sept. 14 to Determine Fate of RGGI in PA
RGGI is a cap-and-trade program for gas emissions from large electric generating units. Eleven states in the northeastern United States...
- Sep 13, 2021
UPDATED: Allegheny County Council Votes Unanimously to Approve Mon Valley Air Pollution Episodic Reg
Note: This story was updated at 6:16 p.m. Sept. 14 to reflect information from Allegheny County Council’s meeting and again on Sept. 23...
- Jul 14, 2021
Board of Health Green Lights Episodic Weather Regulations for Mon Valley, Next Stop Allegheny County
Preceding the BOH vote was a special meeting of the Allegheny County Air Advisory Committee earlier this week, where minor language...
- Jul 13, 2021
Environmental Quality Board Adopts Final CO2 Budget Trading Program Rulemaking
Pennsylvania's Environmental Quality Board recently voted to adopt the final rulemaking for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The...
- Jul 6, 2021
County Council Votes YES on Air Quality Permit Fee Schedule Changes Expected to Help Enforcement
Here’s a little bit of good news: Allegheny County Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve air quality fee schedule changes...
- Jul 2, 2021
County Council Committee Votes to Approve Air Quality Permit Fee Schedule Changes, Final Vote Expect
Allegheny County Council’s Health and Human Services Committee on Thursday afternoon voted to recommend for final approval proposed air...
- Jun 9, 2021
GASP Joins Residents, Advocates to Tell ACHD: Episodic Weather Regs Need to Be Clearer, Stronger
The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) on Wednesday presented verbal testimony at a public hearing regarding Allegheny County’s...
- May 4, 2021
Study Confirms What Many Long Suspected: Clairton Coke Works Fire Sickened Mon Valley Residents
A new study co-authored by one of GASP’s board of directors confirms what many in the Mon Valley have long suspected: That a 2018 fire...
- Apr 13, 2021
Air Advisory Committee: Episodic Weather Regulation Ready to Go to Public Comment
GASP Executive Director Rachel Filippini, who is a member of the committee, lauded the affirmative vote. “This was a long time coming,”...
- Mar 24, 2021
Tell Your Congressional Reps: Support Clean School Bus Act to Support Healthy Kids
Every day, more than 25 million children (and thousands of bus drivers) breathe polluted air during their commute to school, which has a...
- Mar 24, 2021
ACTION ALERT | Tell Allegheny County Council: Air Quality Permit Fee Changes Desperately Needed
The petition is now closed. Thank you to everyone who signed! Imagine if you will, a world where local air quality program staffers must...
- Mar 3, 2021
Updated Air Quality Permit Fees Approved by Allegheny Co. Board of Health
The Allegheny County Board of Health on Wednesday greenlighted increases for air quality permit fees and set the price tag for 14 new...
- Mar 3, 2021
EPA Announces Availability of Up to $6 Million in Annual Environmental Justice Grants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week the availability of up to $6 million in grant funding under The...