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EPA & CA Air Resources Board Team Up to Reduce Locomotive Emissions - Here's What You Need to Know
Railroad locomotives, which typically burn massive amounts of diesel fuel, are a significant mobile source of air pollution, especially...
Nov 27, 20233 min read
It's Giving Season - Here's What a Year-End Donation to GASP Means...
Dear Fellow Breathers, At GASP, we know that action is eloquence. So we won’t try to impress you with fancy prose because our work speaks...
Nov 16, 20232 min read
Commonwealth Court Enters Final Order Barring PA from Participation in RGGI
Remember RGGI? We have blogged repeatedly about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and the tortured way it wound through the...
Nov 1, 20231 min read
GASP to Board of Health: Task ACHD with Creating Crisis Comms Plan, Convene Dormant Subcommittees
GASP Executive Director Patrick Campbell on Wednesday implored members of the Allegheny County Board of Health to use their authority to...
Nov 1, 20233 min read
SPOTLIGHT: Thanks to All Who Attended GASP's Safe at Home: Understanding Common Enviro Hazards Event
Today, GASP is extending a hearty THANK YOU to all who attended our recent Safe at Home: Understanding Common Environmental Hazards...
Oct 31, 20231 min read
Watchdog Alert: Former Eastman Chemical Plant in Jefferson Hills to Reduce Pollution
In our annual updates about the Title V Operating Permit programs at the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) and Pennsylvania...
Oct 26, 20231 min read
GASP to DEP on New Environmental Justice Policy: Ensure Residents Have Real Seat at the Table
GASP Executive Director Patrick Campbell was among those who presented comments Wednesday to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental...
Oct 26, 20232 min read
EPA Reports Reveal Food Waste Impact on Landfill Methane Emissions & Provide Updated Recommendations
More than one-third of the food produced in the United States is never eaten, wasting the resources used to produce, transport, process,...
Oct 23, 20232 min read
Environmental Justice Matters - Weigh in on the DEP’s Newly Unveiled Policy NOW
Editor's Note: Good news! The DEP has extended the public comment period. This blog has been updated to reflect the new submission...
Oct 12, 20232 min read
What You Need to Know About DEP's New Environmental Justice Policy & How to Weigh In
Editor's Note: Good news! The DEP has extended the public comment period. This blog has been updated to reflect that new deadline of Nov....
Oct 10, 20234 min read
Clean Air Victory! GASP, Enviros Win EPA’s Objection to Clairton Coke Works Air Pollution Permit
Editor's Note: GASP, Clean Air Council, Environmental Integrity Project, and PennFuture on Thursday jointly issued the following press...
Oct 5, 20234 min read
EPA Wants to Tighten Air Pollution Regs for Steel-Making Facilities - Show Your Support Today
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this summer proposed policy revisions that will impact coke-making operations including...
Sep 29, 20232 min read
GASP to ACHD: Time To Create Crisis Communications Plan in Wake of Metalico Fire, Pollution Concerns
PHOTO CREDIT: BREATHE PROJECT GASP on Tuesday joined our friends and fellow advocates at Allegheny County Clean Air Now (ACCAN) and...
Sep 27, 20233 min read
GASP Presents Public Comments at Hearing About Allegheny County SO2 Attainment Redesignation Request
GASP on Thursday presented testimony at a public hearing regarding Allegheny County Health Department’s request for the U.S....
Sep 15, 20232 min read
$2.3M from Clean Air Fund Headed to Mon Valley: Electric Trucks and More Trees. Hooray?
Allegheny County announced in a press release Wednesday that $2.3 million has been awarded to fund five projects in Mon Valley...
Sep 13, 20232 min read
EPA Wants to Revise Coke Oven Emissions Standards, But Not Enough to Address Unacceptable Risks
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this summer proposed policy revisions that will impact coke-making operations, including...
Aug 29, 20234 min read
FYI: EPA Proposes Revisions to National Emissions Standards for Facilities Like Edgar Thomson Works
New limits on hazardous air pollution are on the way for one of the largest industrial polluters in our region - the Environmental...
Aug 16, 20233 min read
GASP Joins Officials in Call for Strong Clean Car Standards; More EVs to Get to Zero Emissions
The Route Zero Relay on Monday continued its nationwide journey, marking its stop in Pittsburgh, where GASP was honored to stand...
Jun 12, 20234 min read
PA Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Regional Greenhouse Initiative
Remember the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants in the...
May 24, 20231 min read
EPA Proposes 2nd Prong of Clean Truck Rule, Will Force Electrification of Medium/Light-Duty Vehicles
The first of three prongs of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Trucks Rule, which will impose significantly stricter...
May 15, 20232 min read
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