Group Against Smog & Pollution

Congratulations are in order for GASP board member Maren Cooke, who was recently named as one of PennFuture’s Celebrating Women in Conservation Award honorees for 2020. Each year, PennFuture honors the accomplishments of exceptional women conservationists in Pennsylvania. The 2020 Celebrating Women in Conservation Awards are designed to encourage continuing excellence in conservation and to forge a stronger network of exceptional women working to protect Pennsylvania’s enviro

The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) and other local environmental groups this week called on Allegheny County Council to do what it can to better fund the health department’s Air Quality Program. “Our fear is that critical services the Air Quality Program provide – particularly those regarding expertise and enforcement on a local and community level – are not being funded adequately,” GASP staff attorney Ned Mulcahy said in public comments before Council Wednesday. Th

Editor’s Note: We wanted to make sure everyone saw this new campaign from our friends at PennFuture. The below blog was taken from a press release the group put out earlier this week. PennFuture this week launched its Toxic Neighbor campaign to engage citizens in telling U.S. Steel three ways to improve Clairton Coke Works: Retire Clairton Coke Works’ oldest, dirtiest and most problematic coke batteries, which are Batteries 1, 2 and 3 Modernize Clairton Coke Works by investin

On Jan. 28, our friends at PennFuture issued a 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue to U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, the largest coke works in the nation. The lawsuit addresses thousands of violations of combustion stack opacity limits and other regulations that the coke works is subject to, recorded from 1/1/2012 onward. The facility is about 11 miles from downtown Pittsburgh. It produces around 4.7 million tons of coke per year, as well as byproducts such as coke oven gas, cr

Editor’s Note: The below is a guest post by PennFuture. This post is one in a month-long series speaking to 15 of PennFuture’s significant victories. It was 15 years ago this September that we began our work to protect the environment and champion a clean energy economy. Mercury is a proven neurotoxin. It can damage the developing brains and nervous systems of babies (including those in utero), children, and adults. Some may foolishly deny the reality of climate change, but n

Hosted on May 24 at the beautiful Phipps Conservatory, the Clean Energy Matters Conference, organized by PennFuture, showcased innovative alternative energy solutions and emphasized the importance of integrating these energy solutions into our cities. Keynote speaker Andrea Luecke, Executive Director at The Solar Foundation, gave an engaging presentation on the feasibility and attractiveness of solar power, asserting that “Solar power is the most abundant and most available e