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Air Advisory Committee Approve $578K Clean Air Fund Request, Still No Word on GASP Appointee
Members of Allegheny County’s Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved making more than $578,000 from the...
Oct 20, 20212 min read
Re-Evaluated RACT II Limits for PA Coal Burners Means Emissions will ‘Finally Be Regulated Properly'
From time to time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revises the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (also known as...
Oct 20, 20214 min read
More Rotten Egg Stench in Mon Valley as Braddock Monitor Experiences 13th Hydrogen Sulfide Exceedanc
In fact, concentrations of H2S were so high Tuesday that by 8 a.m. it was mathematically impossible for them *not* to exceed...
Oct 19, 20211 min read
INTERVIEW: Dirty Gertie Talks Pollution, Says She Has No Plans to Migrate Despite Air Pollution
Get to know GASP’s longtime mascot Dirty Gertie the Poor Polluted Birdie and her friend and puppeteer Dave English in this recent...
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Mon Valley Experiences More Malodors, Liberty Monitor Again Exceeds PA Air Quality Standard
So, did you smell it yesterday – that all-too-familiar stench of rotten eggs? Because Wednesday marked the 37th day in 2021 that hydrogen...
Oct 14, 20211 min read
GASP Urging County Exec to Make Important Air Advisory Committee Nomination & We Need Your Help
GASP on Tuesday submitted public comments to Allegheny County Council to make sure members were aware of our recent request to Allegheny...
Oct 12, 20213 min read
GASP Encouraging Local Districts to Take Advantage of EPA Grant Program to Replace Dirty Diesel Scho
The two rebate opportunities total approximately $17 million in combined funding for schools and bus fleet owners to replace older,...
Oct 7, 20212 min read
Allegheny County Air Quality Fund Audit Shows Health Department Still Grappling with Air Quality Permit Backlog
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) ended 2020 without having taken action on required air quality operating permits for six of...
Oct 6, 20211 min read
UPDATED: GASP Lauds Enforcement Order, $62K Civil Penalty Against Neville Chemical But Calls on ACHD
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Tuesday issued an enforcement order to Neville Chemical Company for violating numerous...
Oct 5, 20213 min read
Seward Generating Station Applies to DEP for *Decreased* Sulfur Dioxide Emission Limits
Photo courtesy of Google Earth. The Seward Generating station in Indiana County is purportedly the world’s largest waste-coal burning...
Oct 4, 20212 min read
Mon Valley Stench Returns, GASP Again Calls on ACHD for Public Update
CreateLab’s SmellPGH app received a smattering of odor reports Saturday from local residents, one of whom said the outside air smelled...
Oct 4, 20212 min read
May We Introduce Our New Executive Director? GASPers, Meet Patrick Campbell
After earning a bachelor of science degree in marriage and family studies from Mercyhurst College, the Butler High School graduate...
Sep 29, 20212 min read
Press Release | GASP Announces Hiring of New Executive Director
Media Contact: Amanda Gillooly GASP Communications Manager amanda@gasp-pgh.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GASP Announces Hiring of New...
Sep 29, 20212 min read
Pitt World History Center, GASP Team Up for 3-Part Podcast About U.S. Steel Extraction History Here
Vintage photographs like these capture the way intense smog blotted out the sun on all-too-many Pittsburgh mornings. Members of GASP (and...
Sep 29, 20212 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Issues $25K Civil Penalty to Bristol Metals for Air Quality Viola
GASP earlier this month reported on the most high-profile item to appear on the enforcement docket this quarter – an enforcement order...
Sep 29, 20214 min read
Outgoing GASP Leader Honored for 20 Years of Service at Allegheny County Council Meeting
Councilperson Anita Prizio sponsored a proclamation celebrating Rachel’s commitment to GASP & the improvement of local air quality.
Sep 28, 20212 min read
CONGRATS to GASP Board Member Maren Cooke – a 2021 Allegheny County Medical Society Foundation
We’re screaming CONGRATS to longtime GASP board member Maren Cooke, who was named an Allegheny County Medical Society Foundation awardee.
Sep 23, 20213 min read
Famously Litigious U.S. Steel Asks Hearing Officer to Kill Proposed Coke Oven Regulations Designed t
In a move that should not surprise anybody who’s been paying any attention to U.S. Steel’s history of dragging regulators through the...
Sep 14, 20213 min read
Environmental Resources & Energy Committee Meeting Sept. 14 to Determine Fate of RGGI in PA
The Senate Committee will consider the concurrent resolution on Tuesday, September 14.
Sep 14, 20212 min read
UPDATED: Allegheny County Council Votes Unanimously to Approve Mon Valley Air Pollution Episodic Reg
Allegheny County Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a long-sought Mon Valley Air Pollution Episode rules.
Sep 13, 20212 min read
Health Department Issues U.S. Steel New Fines Regarding 4.2-Ton Release of Toxic Anhydrous Ammonia f
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has slapped U.S. Steel with more civil penalties – this time over the inadvertent release...
Sep 13, 20212 min read
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