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GASP’s Earth Week of Actions: Take Action to Stave Off Food Waste
A 113-page Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report published in November dissected one of America’s most egregious contributions to...
Apr 18, 20224 min read
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 18, 20221 min read
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...
Apr 12, 20223 min read
UPDATE: Court Blocks Publication of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Regs
GASP has been following the soap opera that has become Pennsylvania’s efforts to enter into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative...
Apr 11, 20222 min read
Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Air Quality Monitors on the Move, but Costs & Benefits Remain Unclear
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) Tuesday announced its intention to relocate the Air Quality Program’s primary air pollution...
Apr 7, 20223 min read
How to Be the Change: Some Simple Actions You Can Take to Make a Difference in Air Quality
We get it: With all the gloom and doom related to climate change and air quality, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and anxious. But rest...
Apr 6, 20221 min read
Investigation Shed Light on Link Between Air Pollution/Mental Health & Now EHN Calling for Action
Last year, two local news organizations teamed up to publish an explosive series that explored the mental health impacts of air and water...
Apr 5, 20222 min read
Allegheny County Health Dept. Announces Approval of Re-Submitted Mon Valley Air Pollution Episiode P
The Allegheny County Health Department has reviewed and approved six amended air emissions mitigation plans for those sources which were...
Apr 1, 20222 min read
The Kitchen Study is Coming to Pittsburgh & Participants Are Needed
Many of us use natural gas in our day-to-day lives, including cooking on gas stoves. PSE’s team of researchers will be collecting and...
Apr 1, 20221 min read
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 29, 20224 min read
BREAKING: U.S. Steel Fined $4.6 Million for 831 Uncontrolled Push Violations at Clairton Coke Works,
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Thursday announced in a press release that it has imposed more than $4.5 million in...
Mar 24, 20224 min read
VIDEO: Photo Exhibit Memorialized How County’s Sole Remaining & Soon-to-Shutter Coal-Fired Powe
In mere days the sole remaining coal-fired electric generating plant in Allegheny County is scheduled to cease operations, ending a...
Mar 24, 20221 min read
GASP Encourages Residents to Take Advantage of Upcoming Glass Collection Events in Allegheny County
Mark your calendars because Allegheny County just announced that it’s partnering with the Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) for a...
Mar 22, 20222 min read
Scholarship Deadline Approaching for Chatham’s Sustainable Leadership Academy – Apply Today
Hey high school students: Want to help build a happier, healthier, and more equitable future? Interested in a career in sustainability...
Mar 21, 20222 min read
Public Comments Sought for PA’s New Environmental Justice Policy
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is releasing a draft Environmental Justice Public Participation Policy that...
Mar 21, 20222 min read
Good News! Environmental Quality Board Approves Regs to Reduce Emissions from Oil & Gas Industr
We have some *good* news to report for once! Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board has approved new regulations aimed at controlling...
Mar 17, 20221 min read
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 17, 20221 min read
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 15, 20222 min read
<UPDATED> Allegheny Co. Health Department Issues Mon Valley Air Pollution Warning for Tuesday
The Liberty-Clairton area woke up to unhealthy air quality again Tuesday, with EPA’s NowCast AQI soaring to 183 and hourly monitor data...
Mar 15, 20222 min read
New Turbines to Significantly Reduce Potential Emissions from Greene County Compressor Station
We blogged earlier this month about the installation of new equipment at the J.B Tonkin Compressor Station in Murrysville, Westmoreland...
Mar 14, 20221 min read
How Are U.S. Steel’s Air Quality Fines Spent? The Lion’s Share Goes to a Community Benefit Trust
The nearly $1 million in stipulated penalties the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) issued recently to U.S. Steel for air quality...
Mar 11, 20225 min read
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