GASP to ACHD: Revised Coke Oven Regs Must Better Protect Community from H2S, Other Air Pollutants
GASP joined residents and fellow clean air advocates at a public hearing in Clairton Wednesday night to tell the Allegheny County Health...
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Blog Against Smog
- Apr 18, 2022
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...
- 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 15, 2022
Air Quality Exceedances Abound This Week at Allegheny County Health Department’s Liberty Monitor
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) Tuesday morning issued a Mon Valley Air Pollution Warning for Tuesday and all of Wednesday....
- Mar 7, 2022
UPDATED: Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Issues $1.8 Million Fine Against U.S. Steel for H2S Emissions
Editor’s Note: The Allegheny County Health Department issued the following news release Monday morning. The release followed GASP’s...
- 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 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 22, 2022
<UPDATED> More H2S Exceedances at Liberty, Mon Valley Residents Report Stench
Editor’s Note: This blog was updated at 10:35 a.m. Feb. 23 to include an updated H2S chart. Users of CMU CreateLab’s crowd-sourcing app...
- Feb 17, 2022
Unhealthy Air, Stench Return as Mon Valley Sees 5th H2S Exceedance of Year, GASP Calls for Answers
Wednesday marked the fifth time so far this year that levels of hydrogen sulfide (AKA H2S, an air pollutant distinguished by its...
- Jan 24, 2022
2022's 4th Exceedance of PA’s H2S Air Quality Standard Noted in Mon Valley; Still No Word from ACHD
Sadly, if you live in the Mon Valley, this likely isn’t news: Air quality was terrible early Saturday, with AirNow.gov showing...
- 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,...
- Jan 13, 2022
Mon Valley Sees 2nd Exceedance of PA Hydrogen Sulfide Air Quality Standard of the Year Wednesday
It was the second such exceedance of the year at that air quality monitor, according to preliminary data. As a reminder, H2S...
- Jan 10, 2022
Hearing Officer Issues Split Decision on Coke Oven Dispute Between the Allegheny County Health Depar
Remember back in September when famously litigious U.S. Steel asked an Allegheny County Health Department hearing officer to put the...
- Jan 5, 2022
Tuesday Marked First Hydrogen Sulfide Exceedance of the Year for Allegheny County
Well, that didn’t take long: The first exceedance of Pennsylvania’s 24-hour average hydrogen sulfide (H2S) standard is already in the...
- 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 29, 2021
2 More H2S Exceedances for Mon Valley, Still No Word from ACHD on What’s Being Done to Stem Issue
That makes 48 days so far this year that H2S levels exceeded the air quality standard at the Liberty monitor. There have been 17 other...
- Nov 22, 2021
Weekend Sees Yet Another H2S Exceedance for Mon Valley
Concentrations of the air pollutant known by its rotten-egg odor were high enough to exceed Pennsylvania’s 24-hour average of 0.005 ppm,...
- Nov 18, 2021
Abysmal Air Quality Returns to Mon Valley as Three More H2S Exceedances Noted
The likely culprit? Another day with sky-high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (called H2S for short, an air pollutant known by its...
- Nov 8, 2021
<UPDATED> Abysmal Air Quality Continues in the Mon Valley
For the third day in a row, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) levels were so high Tuesday that an exceedance of Pennsylvania’s 24-hour average was...
- Nov 7, 2021
Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Issues Mon Valley Air Pollution Warning as PM2.5 Concentrations Spike
Photo by GASP Board Member Roger Day Editor’s Note: This blog was updated at 4:20 p.m. Nov. 7 to include additional information from the...
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