Advisory Committee Votes to Table Episodic Weather Regs, Health Department Says It Might Take it to
Draft episodic weather regulations long-sought by residents and air quality advocates could be sent out for public comment as soon as...
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Blog Against Smog
- Jan 27, 2021
Allegheny County Health Department: Federal Air Quality Standards Attained at All Monitors for 1st T
Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) announced in a press release Tuesday that, for the first time in its history, all air quality...
- Jan 21, 2021
Allegheny County Health Department Announces Air Quality Monitor Network Update
Editor’s Note: The following is from a news release issued by the Allegheny County Health Department Thursday morning. The Allegheny...
- Jan 20, 2021
Residents to Allegheny County Health Department: Better Protect Us With Strong Coke Oven Regs
Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s coke oven regulations closed as of 4 p.m. Jan. 21. Residents talked about...
- Jan 19, 2021
New DEP Fee Schedule Expected to Put Air Quality Program on ‘Sound Financial Footing’
We’ve got some good news to report: The revised fee schedule for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Air Quality...
- Jan 19, 2021
Deadline to Speak Out on Proposed Coke Oven Regulations Quickly Approaching
Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s draft coke oven regulations closed as of 4 p.m. Jan. 21. Time is running...
- Jan 6, 2021
What You Need to Know About Allegheny County’s Proposed Coke Oven Regulation Revisions & How to
Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s draft coke oven regulations closed as of 4 p.m. Jan. 21. THANK YOU to all...
- Jan 4, 2021
This Invisible Danger in Your Home Could Hurt Your Health (And What to Do About It)
With everyone spending a whole lot more time inside, indoor air quality is more important than ever. Because the U.S. Environmental...
- Dec 28, 2020
Allegheny County Tallied Two More Air Quality Exceedances Last Week
Allegheny County experienced two more air quality exceedances last week when the midnight-to-midnight 24-hour average concentration of...
- Dec 21, 2020
GASP’s Christmas Wish? Clean Air for the Holiday (for the First Time in Three Years)
On Christmas Eve 2018 – a fire at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works disabled its air pollution controls designed to reduce sulfur content...
- Dec 21, 2020
UPDATED: Allegheny County Health Department’s Lawrenceville Air Quality Monitor Back Online
UPDATE: This blog was updated at 5:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23 to reflect new information from the Allegheny County Health Department....
- Dec 14, 2020
Mon Valley Residents Suffer Another Bout of Bad Air as Allegheny County Sees 3 More Air Quality Exce
Allegheny County experienced three more air quality exceedances this past weekend, with residents of the Mon Valley breathing in the...
- Dec 7, 2020
EPA Grant of $5.7 Million Will Support Purchase of Electric Buses in Allegheny County
Good news: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $5.67 million grant to the Allegheny County Health Department...
- Nov 23, 2020
UPDATED: Allegheny County Health Department Investigating Technical Issue at Liberty Air Quality Mon
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 1:57 p.m. Monday to reflect the re-issued alert from the Allegheny County Health Department. The...
- Nov 23, 2020
Mon Valley Residents Sound Off on Air Pollution, U.S. Steel During Virtual Rally
Longtime Clairton resident Cheryl Hurt on Friday asked people to imagine all the things they are worried about – the pandemic, the...
- Nov 18, 2020
About That Rotten Egg Odor Plaguing Your Neighborhood, What Causes It & How U.S. Steel Can Help
Editor’s Note: This blog was updated at 6:47 p.m. Nov. 19 to clarify the health impacts related to hydrogen sulfide. For many in the Mon...
- Nov 11, 2020
Watchdog Report: Tuesday Marked Seventh Day in a Row for Hydrogen Sulfide Exceedances in Allegheny C
For the seventh straight day, Allegheny County on Tuesday tallied another air quality exceedance – the 24-hour concentration of hydrogen...
- Nov 10, 2020
Allegheny County Health Department Responds to Extended Bout of Bad Air Quality, Again Blames the We
Here at GASP, we’re all about giving credit where credit is due. To that end, we thank the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) for...
- Nov 10, 2020
Steps You Can Take to Minimize Impacts of Poor Air Quality as We Wait for ACHD, Industry Action
In air quality warnings issued by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD)...
- Nov 9, 2020
Health Department Warns Stagnant Conditions to Continue Through Tuesday Morning, Increased Air Pollu
Awful air quality is expected to persist through Tuesday morning in Allegheny County, with health department officials warning of...
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