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GASP & Partners to Host Expert Panel on Air Quality and Public Health in Allegheny County
The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) along with Cancer and Environment Network of SWPA (CENSWPA) and Cancer Bridges today...
Jul 312 min read
Trump EPA Moves to Repeal Greenhouse Gas Rules & Undermine Public Health
Trump’s EPA on Tuesday announced yet another proposal to undermine environmental regulations designed to protect our environment and...
Jul 292 min read
EPA: Liberty-Clairton Area Has Met Federal Air Quality Standards, Maintenance Plan Approved to Ensure Progress Continues
Here’s something completely different…Some positive news from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding air quality in our...
Jul 283 min read
Our Health for Corporate Convenience – We Must Resist Rollback of Iron & Steel Emissions Standards (Here’s How)
Last year, many of us signed with relief when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled critical revisions to the National...
Jul 242 min read
EPA Wants to Delay Compliance Deadlines for Coal Ash Industry
Another day, another environmental regulatory rollback announced by Trump’s EPA: The agency last week announced it will extend the...
Jul 222 min read
GASP & Climate Action Campaign Lambast EPA Rollbacks, Demand Accountability
GASP and our friends at the Climate Action Campaign hosted a press conference at Sol Patch Garden in Braddock to sound the alarm over...
Jul 183 min read
EPA Delays Implementation of Revised Coke Oven Emissions Standards
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its plan to delay full implementation of the revised National...
Jul 92 min read
EPA Delays Compliance Deadlines for Revised Limits for Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Iron & Steel Making Facilities Like Edgar Thomson Works
Last year, we  blogged  about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) revisions to the National Emission Standards for...
Jul 82 min read
Back to 2015: EPA Proposes to Eliminate Limits on Power Plants’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Last week, we  blogged  about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed revocation of limits on coal-fired electric...
Jul 84 min read
Bridging Academia & Advocacy: GASP Partners with Pitt Students, Open to Fall 2025 Projects
While our core work involves advocacy, watchdog efforts, and public education, did you know a vital component of our success lies in our...
Jul 22 min read
GASP Unveils Storytelling Project Featuring Rick Sebak & Others
Can we get a drumroll, please? Because we’re thrilled to unveil our Fresh Voices - Oral History Project , which engaged high school...
Jun 252 min read
EPA Proposes to Repeal Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal-Fired Electric Generating Units
Earlier this year we blogged about how the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided exemptions from several National Emission...
Jun 202 min read
Here's What We Know About the U.S. Steel-Nippon Deal
The high-profile, multi-billion-dollar takeover of U.S. Steel by Japanese-based Nippon has been finalized, the companies announced...
Jun 182 min read
Title V Operating Permit Backlogs Exist, Underscores Need for Revisions to Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Fee Schedule
At GASP we don’t just monitor air quality issues and push back against industrial polluters’ illegal emissions – we also try to hold air...
Jun 167 min read
ACHD Takes Enforcement Action on Asbestos Abatement, Open Burning Violations
Editor’s Note: The Allegheny County Health Department periodically updates its website to include documents related to air quality...
Jun 102 min read
Allegheny Co. Health Department Fines Two Neville Island Companies for Air Quality Violations
Editor’s Note: The Allegheny County Health Department periodically updates its website to include documents related to air quality...
Jun 92 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Issues $918K Penalty to U.S. Steel for Uncontrolled Pushes at Clairton Coke Works
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has issued $918,000 in new penalties against U.S. Steel for air quality violations at its...
Jun 92 min read
County Council Still Mum on Air Quality Permit Fee Schedule, GASP Blasts Lack of Action & Asks Residents to Contact These 3 Reps
Allegheny County Council met again this week, and AGAIN, the air quality permit fee schedule changes long sought by the health department...
Jun 52 min read
5 Things to Know About this Week’s Clairton Coke Works Breakdown
Friends, it’s been a week. Regionally, we’ve dealt with Canadian wildfire smoke impacts, and the Mon Valley has suffered through five...
Jun 52 min read
Allegheny Co. Health Department Issues More Penalties to U.S. Steel for Air Quality Violations at Clairton Coke Works
Editor’s Note: The Allegheny County Health Department periodically updates its website to include documents related to air quality...
Jun 42 min read
BREAKING: Allegheny County Health Department Investigating Breakdown at U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works
The Allegheny County Health Department is investigating a breakdown at U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works facility last night, as well as...
Jun 32 min read
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