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Re-Evaluated RACT II Limits for PA Coal Burners Means Emissions will ‘Finally Be Regulated Properly'

From time to time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revises the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (also known as...

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Clean Air Fairs are flexible educational opportunities to help school-age students better understand local air quality. Clean Air Fairs...

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...

DEP Awards $2.1 Million in Grants for Cleaner Fuel Vehicle Projects to Help Improve Air Quality, Add

Editor’s Note: The following was taken from a press release issued today by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). More...

GASP Awarded Grant to Help Educate Middle School Students About Air Quality & Climate Change

The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) was recently awarded a $17,497 grant through the state Department of Environmental Protection...

Attorney General: Grand Jury Finds PA Failed To Protect Citizens During Fracking Boom

Editor’s Note: The following is from a press release issued by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro. Links to associated media...

(UPDATED) PRESS RELEASE: DEP Issues Four Notice of Violation Letters to Erie Coke Corp.

Editor’s Note: The state Department of Environmental Protection issued another Notice of Violation to Erie Coke Works on June 25 for...

HECA, GASP Teaming Up for April 16 Community Meeting Regarding Ongoing Erie Coke Violations

Photo courtesy of the HECA website. Editor’s Note: The following is from a press release issued April 4 by our friends at Hold Erie Coke...

Erie Council Unanimously Passes Resolution Demanding Erie Coke Corp. Compliance

Erie Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a resolution taking a formal position on what it called “toxic pollution emerging from the...

DEP Issues Administrative Order Against Erie Coke Following Wastewater Release

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on April 1 issued an administrative order to Erie Coke Works following a spill at its...