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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...
6 days ago2 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
EPA Proposes to Grant ACHD Request for Redesignation of Allegheny Co. to Attainment for National Standards for Fine Particulate Matter…in Part
Just about a year ago we  blogged  about the Allegheny County Health Department’s (ACHD) withdrawal of a request to the U.S....
Apr 162 min read
Allegheny Co. Council Continues to Play Political Games with Public Health, Proposed Permit Fee Schedule Changes Still Unaddressed
Bad news, friends: Allegheny County Council continues to demonstrate a shocking disregard for the health and well-being of our community...
Apr 162 min read
EPA Offers Exemptions from Clean Air Act Standards...Can It Do That?
The Clean Air Act generated some rare headlines at the very end of March, after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Â ...
Apr 143 min read
GASP, Residents Blast Allegheny County Council for Lack of Action on Air Quality Permit Fees
GASP on Tuesday blasted Allegheny County Council for its inaction on a health department proposal that would increase certain permit fees...
Apr 82 min read
(UPDATED) GASP to County Council: Do Your Job & Approve Proposal to Fully Fund Air Quality Program
This story was updated on 9:45 a.m. March 26 to include more details about the meeting. GASP on Tuesday joined residents and fellow...
Mar 253 min read
BOH Approves $490K Clean Air Fund Transfer to Help Fill AQ Program Budget Hole; Shortfall Exemplifies Why Co. Council Must Approve Updated Permit Fee Schedule
The Allegheny County Board of Health on Wednesday approved a transfer of $490,605 from the Clean Air Fund  to go toward the Air Quality...
Mar 202 min read
EPA Announces Scores of Environmental Regs it Plans to Gut - New PM 2.5 Standard Among Them
The EPA press releases were issued like thunderclaps Wednesday afternoon - boom, boom, boom: EPA Announces Action to Implement POTUS’s...
Mar 133 min read
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