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Allegheny County Health Department Takes Enforcement Action Related to Asbestos Abatement
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) periodically updates its website with recent Air Quality Program enforcement actions. That...
Dec 30, 20213 min read
ACTION ALERT: Tell EPA You Support Rule to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Oil & Gas Operations
Anyone who has lived in a community riddled with fracked wells knows Pennsylvania has struggled with properly regulating the oil and gas...
Dec 28, 20214 min read
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...
Dec 21, 20212 min read
Check it Out: Trailer for ‘Inversion: The Unfinished Business of Pittsburgh’s Air’ Now Showing
We’re excited to share with you today the trailer for our friend Mark Dixon’s documentary film, “Inversion: The Unfinished Business of...
Dec 16, 20211 min read
UPDATED: Unhealthy Air Quality Returns to Mon Valley as Allegheny County Experiences 51st H2S Exceed
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 1-:17 a.m. Dec. 17 to include information and updated chart to reflect an H2S exceedance that...
Dec 14, 20212 min read
EPA Awards Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association Nearly $1.4 million for Diesel Emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week announced a $1.4 million grant to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management...
Dec 13, 20212 min read
Public Input Sought: EPA Announces Listening Session About Clean School Bus Program
GASP has long advocated for clean school buses and is pleased to tell you about an upcoming listening session hosted by the U.S....
Dec 10, 20211 min read
Lower Emissions Limits Proposed for Cheswick Generating Station
And that’s just what’s happened in Pennsylvania regarding Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for large coal-fired power...
Dec 8, 20212 min read
What More Can We Say? Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU
You came through big for GASP this Giving Tuesday, and I wanted to personally tell you: Thank you. Thank you for your financial support,...
Dec 2, 20211 min read
GASP & City of Pittsburgh Team Up to Send the Message: Don’t Idle!
Did you know that for every 10 minutes you idle your car or truck, you’re contributing about a pound of carbon dioxide – a primary...
Dec 2, 20211 min read
It’s Giving Tuesday: Here’s 7 Reasons to Give to GASP Today
After all these years with you fighting the good air quality fight, the difficult truth remains: Environmental advocacy is largely a...
Nov 30, 20214 min read
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 29, 20211 min read
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
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