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GASP to Board of Health: More Needs to Be Done to Alert Residents During Industrial Emergencies
Last month’s deadly explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works left the community reeling, and while the Allegheny County Health...
Sep 18, 20252 min read
BREAKING: Allegheny Co. Controller Issues Annual Review of Title V Program
The federally required annual review of Title V Air Quality permitting by the Allegheny County Health Department showed repeat concerns...
Sep 11, 20252 min read
GASP Speaks Out Against EPA Plan to Delay Implementation of Coke Oven NESHAPs
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
Sep 4, 20252 min read
GASP to EPA: Enforce Original, More Protective Deadlines for Iron & Steel NESHAPs
GASP on Wednesday testified at a public hearing hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding an interim final rule...
Sep 3, 20252 min read
ACHD Seeking Public Input on 2026 Air Monitoring Network Plan Through Sept. 25
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) is requesting public comment on its 2026 Air Monitoring Network Plan, an annual report that...
Sep 2, 20251 min read
GASP Voices Vehement Opposition to Proposal to Gut EPA’s Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
GASP on Wednesday voiced our vehement opposition to the Trump regime’s proposal to dismantle what’s known as the 2009 Endangerment...
Aug 21, 20252 min read
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...
Aug 18, 20253 min read
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 5, 20253 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 - especially those living in the...
Aug 1, 20253 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 29, 20252 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 28, 20253 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 24, 20252 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 22, 20252 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 9, 20252 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 8, 20252 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 20, 20252 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 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
Jun 16, 20257 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 5, 20252 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 3, 20252 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 2, 20252 min read
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