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TOMORROW: Give to GASP this Giving Tuesday to Keep Up Momentum in Fight for Clean Air for ALL Allegh
Serious questions: When’s the last time you woke up in the wee hours of the morning choked by an industrial odor seeping in through your...
Nov 29, 20213 min read
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...
Nov 22, 20213 min read
Weekend Sees Yet Another H2S Exceedance for Mon Valley
This marks the 46th day of 2021 when H2S exceeded that standard at the Liberty monitor.
Nov 22, 20212 min read
Abysmal Air Quality Returns to Mon Valley as Three More H2S Exceedances Noted
There have been 45 such exceedances at the Liberty monitor and 17 more at North Braddock.
Nov 18, 20212 min read
EPA Seeks Comment on New Rules to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Oil & Gas Industry
The EPA Monday officially proposed new rules intended to significantly reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from the oil and gas industry.
Nov 16, 20212 min read
Pressure Mounting Against Allegheny Chief Executive to Nominate GASP Staffer to Key Advisory Board a
More people are calling on Allegheny County Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald to fill a key vacancy on the Air Pollution Control Advisory...
Nov 11, 20212 min read
Allegheny County PM2.5 Levels Below Federal Standard but the Future is Still Hazy
The EPA in September announced that the agency intends to make a Clean Data Determination regarding levels of PM2.5 in the county.
Nov 10, 20215 min read
<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 PA's 24-hour average was guaranteed.
Nov 8, 20211 min read
GASP Congratulates Levin Furniture on Solar Installation, ‘Flip the Switch’ Ceremony
The new 1 MW array is the fifth rooftop solar project completed by Levin’s.
Nov 8, 20211 min read
Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Issues Mon Valley Air Pollution Warning as PM2.5 Concentrations Spike
Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) Sunday morning issued a Mon Valley Air Pollution Warning.
Nov 7, 20212 min read
UPDATED: DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulate Matter Liberty-Clairto
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 4:12 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5 to include information about tomorrow’s Mon Valley Air Pollution Watch....
Nov 5, 20212 min read
Mon Valley Sees 55th H2S Exceedance, Liberty-Clairton Air Quality Again Worst in Nation Friday
For a time this morning, AirNow.gov showed the Liberty-Clairton area as having the worst NowCast Air Quality Index (AQI) in the nation...
Nov 5, 20212 min read
Despite Expired Deadline for Action, PA House Committee Slated to Meet, Vote to Kill RGGI
By now, you’ve probably heard about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions...
Nov 4, 20213 min read
GASP to Health Officials: You Have a Responsibility to Residents to Do More About Mon Valley Stench
GASP attended the Allegheny County Board of Health meeting Wednesday to once again request that officials provide an update to the public...
Nov 3, 20213 min read
UPDATE: Neville Chemical Appeals ACHD Enforcement Action, $62K Civil Penalty
A Neville Island resin manufacturer last week appealed an enforcement order issued Oct. 5 by the Allegheny County Health Department...
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Liberty Air Quality Monitor Experiences Malfunction; GASP, ACHD Provide Answers
At GASP we review air quality data the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) publishes on a regular basis. Today we noticed...
Oct 27, 20212 min read
County Council Reappoints Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee Members, GASP Again Implores Offi
Allegheny County Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to reappoint several members of the Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee whose...
Oct 27, 20213 min read
HEADS UP: Electric School Bus Rebate Program Deadline Approaching, GASP Encourages Regional Eligible
We just wanted to put out a gentle reminder: American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) funds are now available from the U.S. Environmental...
Oct 26, 20211 min read
UPDATED: Mon Valley Experiences Another Air Quality Exceedance, GASP Asks Allegheny Co. Health Dept.
By 9 a.m. Monday, concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) were so high at Allegheny County Health Department’s air quality monitor in...
Oct 25, 20212 min read
Allegheny Co. Health Dept to Hearing Officer: Deny U.S. Steel Request to Kill New Coke Oven Regs
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...
Oct 21, 20213 min read
UPDATED: Rotten Egg Stench Persists in Mon Valley as Liberty Experiences More Air Quality Exceedance
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 11:05 a.m. on 10/20 to include information on today’s H2S exceedances and again at 11:35 a.m....
Oct 20, 20211 min read
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