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Trump Regime Opens Up Second Front on Its War Against Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Vehicles
It was a big deal: On Aug. 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposal to revoke its own 2009 Endangerment...
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EPA Delays Implementation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Oil & Natural Gas Facilities
Over the last few weeks, we have blogged about myriad (bad) decisions by Trump’s EPA leaders to delay the implementation of Clean Air Act...
Aug 53 min read
Your Health Can’t Wait: Act Now to Protect Our Communities from Coke Oven Pollution
Here at GASP, we are on the front lines of the fight for clean air. We know first hand how communities -Â especially those living in the...
Aug 13 min read
Trump EPA Moves to Repeal Greenhouse Gas Rules & Undermine Public Health
Trump’s EPA on Tuesday announced yet another proposal to undermine environmental regulations designed to protect our environment and...
Jul 292 min read
EPA: Liberty-Clairton Area Has Met Federal Air Quality Standards, Maintenance Plan Approved to Ensure Progress Continues
Here’s something completely different…Some positive news from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding air quality in our...
Jul 283 min read
Our Health for Corporate Convenience – We Must Resist Rollback of Iron & Steel Emissions Standards (Here’s How)
Last year, many of us signed with relief when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled critical revisions to the National...
Jul 242 min read
EPA Wants to Delay Compliance Deadlines for Coal Ash Industry
Another day, another environmental regulatory rollback announced by Trump’s EPA: The agency last week announced it will extend the...
Jul 222 min read
EPA Delays Implementation of Revised Coke Oven Emissions Standards
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its plan to delay full implementation of the revised National...
Jul 92 min read
EPA Delays Compliance Deadlines for Revised Limits for Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Iron & Steel Making Facilities Like Edgar Thomson Works
Last year, we  blogged  about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) revisions to the National Emission Standards for...
Jul 82 min read
EPA Proposes to Repeal Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal-Fired Electric Generating Units
Earlier this year we blogged about how the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided exemptions from several National Emission...
Jun 202 min read
Title V Operating Permit Backlogs Exist, Underscores Need for Revisions to Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Fee Schedule
At GASP we don’t just monitor air quality issues and push back against industrial polluters’ illegal emissions – we also try to hold air...
Jun 167 min read
County Council Still Mum on Air Quality Permit Fee Schedule, GASP Blasts Lack of Action & Asks Residents to Contact These 3 Reps
Allegheny County Council met again this week, and AGAIN, the air quality permit fee schedule changes long sought by the health department...
Jun 52 min read
BREAKING: Allegheny County Health Department Investigating Breakdown at U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works
The Allegheny County Health Department is investigating a breakdown at U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works facility last night, as well as...
Jun 32 min read
Congress Belatedly Disapproves EPA Waivers for California’s Vehicle Emissions Standards? Maybe
As the Biden administration was in its waning days this past January, we blogged about how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Jun 22 min read
Tell County Council: Do Your Job & Pass Air Quality Permit Fee IncreasesÂ
Allegheny County, your voice matters. For months, you've turned out, you've spoken up, and you've made your concerns clear: We need...
May 292 min read
GASP to County Council: You Must Take Action to Protect Public Health
Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) again joined residents and fellow advocates to tell Allegheny County Council: You must get the...
May 222 min read
GASP Lauds Health Department Expansion of Asthma Support Across Allegheny County
This May - in observance of Asthma Awareness Month - the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) announced it is “deepening its...
May 61 min read
Exemptions from the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: What’s the Verdict on Sources in Our Region
We  blogged  last month about an invitation that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made to sources of hazardous air...
May 57 min read
It’s Official: EPA Determines Allegheny County Has Met National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Sulfur Dioxide
Big news, folks: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday published notice of its approval of a request to designate...
Apr 291 min read
GASP, Residents to Allegheny Co. Council: Your Failure to Pass AQ Permit Fees Harming Public Health
Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) on Tuesday again joined residents and fellow environmental advocates to tell Allegheny County...
Apr 232 min read
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