No Surprise: U.S. Steel Appeals Allegheny County Health Department $1.8M Enforcement Order Over H2S
As expected, the infamously-litigious U.S. Steel Corp. has appealed a March 7 Allegheny County Health Department enforcement order for...
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Blog Against Smog
- Apr 12, 2022
Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Clean Air Fund ‘Planning Framework,’ U.S. Steel’s Request, and an H2S Stu
Allegheny County Health Department leaders on Monday night proposed a long-term “spending framework” for its Clean Air Fund, saying that...
- Mar 29, 2022
ACHD Issues Fine for Open Burning, Orders Renovations at Brewery to Cease & Issues Warning to S
The $4.6 million fine Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) issued against U.S. Steel for more than 800 air quality violations last...
- Mar 17, 2022
EPA Finalizes Its “Clean Data” Determination for 2012 Annual PM2.5 Standard for Allegheny County
In Wednesday’s Federal Register, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its finalized determination that Allegheny...
- Mar 7, 2022
<UPDATED> No More Excuses for U.S. Steel: ACHD Finds Clairton Coke Works “Entirely” Responsibl
Editor’s Note: The Allegheny County Health Department today in a press release announced that it has fined U.S. Steel more than $1.8...
- Mar 3, 2022
Time Running Out to Speak Out About U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works’ Draft Air Quality Permit
The deadline to weigh in on the draft air quality permit for U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works is quickly approaching, and it’s so...
- Mar 2, 2022
GASP to Allegheny County Board of Health: Leverage Your Authority & Demand More From ACHD
The Allegheny County Board of Health meeting’s public comment period Wednesday was dominated by residents who expressed their concern...
- Feb 8, 2022
Mon Valley Air Pollution Mitigation Plans Now Available on Allegheny Co. Health Department Website
GASP just last week called on ACHD to make the documents public so that residents could see for themselves how the polluters in their...
- Jan 13, 2022
Allegheny County Health Department Releases 2020 Air Quality Report
Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) in December 2021 provided its yearly analysis and summary of air quality monitoring data,...
- Dec 21, 2021
UPDATED: Today Will Mark 54th H2S Exceedance of 2021 at Liberty Monitor; Abysmal Air Quality Returns
Editor’s Note: This blog was updated at 10:35 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, to include information on an exceedance that occurred at...
- Nov 22, 2021
GASP Joins Partners in Response to Bombshell Media Reports About U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Maintenance
Breathe Project in responding to bombshell media reports published in Allegheny Front and Public Source Friday analyzing court documents...
- Oct 21, 2021
Allegheny County Health Department to Hearing Officer: Deny U.S. Steel Request to Kill New Coke Oven
UPDATE: U.S. Steel filed a reply brief on Oct. 22. You can read it on the Allegheny County Health Department legal docket. The Allegheny...
- Sep 29, 2021
Pitt World History Center, GASP Team Up for 3-Part Podcast About U.S. Steel Extraction History Here
Vintage photographs like these capture the way intense smog blotted out the sun on all-too-many Pittsburgh mornings. Members of GASP (and...
- Aug 31, 2021
Episodic Weather Regulations One Step Closer to Approval Following Allegheny County Council Meeting
Good news: Changes to local air pollution regulations aimed at reducing particulate matter in the Mon Valley during periods of stagnant...
- Jul 27, 2021
The Mon Valley Stinks (Literally): Sky-High H2S Concentrations Cause Air Quality Exceedances
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 9:25 a.m. on Thursday, July 29 to include additional information about an air quality exceedance...
- Jul 14, 2021
Board of Health Green Lights Episodic Weather Regulations for Mon Valley, Next Stop Allegheny County
Preceding the BOH vote was a special meeting of the Allegheny County Air Advisory Committee earlier this week, where minor language...
- Jun 7, 2021
More Unhealthy Air Quality, Exceedances Pervade Mon Valley – Update on H2S Problem Needed
The colorless gas is most commonly recognized by its “rotten egg” odor and concentrations exceeded the Pennsylvania 24-hour average...
- May 17, 2021
Mon Valley Experiences Multi-Day Bad-Air Episode, Two More Air Quality Exceedances
It was a rough weekend of air quality for the Mon Valley, which experienced another days-long bad-air episode and two more air quality...
- May 4, 2021
Study Confirms What Many Long Suspected: Clairton Coke Works Fire Sickened Mon Valley Residents
A new study co-authored by one of GASP’s board of directors confirms what many in the Mon Valley have long suspected: That a 2018 fire...
- Apr 24, 2021
Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Issues Mon Valley Air Pollution Warning; Yet Another H2 Exceedance Noted
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 12:53 p.m. Saturday to include information about an H2S exceedance. Allegheny County Health...
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