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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
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
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