Group Against Smog & Pollution

We need to start with a little science lesson so we can drive home an air quality issue that probably isn’t on your radar. The subject? Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are a family of chemicals used mostly in refrigerators and air conditioners.   For such uses, they have replaced chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which were phased out worldwide by the so-called Montreal Protocol, an international agreement struck in 1989. CFCs damage the stratospheric ozone layer, which protects u

Now for something completely different - some GOOD news out of the EPA:   The agency signaled in an Oct. 3 notice its intent to kill an...

Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week published a proposed rule  to eliminate greenhouse gas reporting requirements for...

Last month’s deadly explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works left the community reeling, and while the Allegheny County Health...

The federally required annual review of Title V Air Quality permitting by the Allegheny County Health Department showed repeat concerns...

The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) on Thursday testified at a public hearing hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - speaking out against a plan to delay full implementation of the revised National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) for Integrated Iron and Steel making facilities.   Here's what you need to know about the EPA proposal, which would (among other things) allow U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Works to emit greater amounts of

GASP on Wednesday testified at a public hearing hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding an interim final rule...

The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) is requesting public comment on its 2026 Air Monitoring Network Plan, an annual report that...

GASP on Wednesday voiced our vehement opposition to the Trump regime’s proposal to dismantle what’s known as the 2009 Endangerment...

It was a big deal: On Aug. 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposal to revoke its own 2009 Endangerment...

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...

Here at GASP, we are on the front lines of the fight for clean air. We know first hand how communities -  especially those living in the...

Trump’s EPA on Tuesday announced yet another proposal to undermine environmental regulations designed to protect our environment and...

Here’s something completely different…Some positive news from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding air quality in our...

Last year, many of us signed with relief when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled critical revisions to the National...

Another day, another environmental regulatory rollback announced by Trump’s EPA: The agency last week announced it will extend the...

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its plan to delay full implementation of the revised National...

Last year, we   blogged  about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) revisions to the National Emission Standards for...

Earlier this year we blogged about how the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided exemptions from several National Emission...

At GASP we don’t just monitor air quality issues and push back against industrial polluters’ illegal emissions – we also try to hold air quality regulators accountable for doing their jobs and fulfilling the duties that air pollution laws impose on them.   This includes tracking how efficiently Pennsylvania regulators – specifically, the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) and state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) – process permit applications for sources o