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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


GASP Speaks Out About H2S Violations, Lack of Transparency Over U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant
GASP on Wednesday implored the Board of Health to do what they could to increase transparency over the Edgar Thomson enforcement.
Sep 1, 20212 min read


Episodic Weather Regulations One Step Closer to Approval Following Allegheny County Council Meeting
Good news: Changes to local air pollution regulations aimed at reducing particulate matter in the Mon Valley during periods of stagnant...
Aug 31, 20212 min read


Smoke & Flames at Edgar Thomson Plant, More H2S Exceedances Punctuate Need for Public Update
GASP’s resident smoke reader and longtime project manager Sue Seppi snapped into action, reviewing Breathe Cam footage of the facility,...
Aug 23, 20212 min read


LIMITED (FREE) OPPORTUNITY | Attend 2-Day Smoke School & Get Same Training As Health Inspectors
Even those of us who don’t live near or downwind of an industrial source of air pollution have at some point likely looked at emissions...
Aug 23, 20212 min read


PHOTO/VIDEO GALLERY: Jeghetto’s Homecoming Puppet Show in Clairton Wows Children & Adults
Clairton Park came alive Saturday with a unique blend of hip hop and puppetry thanks to Tarish “Jeghetto” Pipkins, an internationally...
Aug 16, 20211 min read


Help Us Wish Our Longtime Leader Rachel Filippini Farewell, Start New Era on Right Foot
Dear Fellow GASPers, Poet TS Eliot wrote, “To make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” That resonates with us...
Aug 6, 20212 min read


Public Comment Period for Allegheny County Health Department’s Annual Air Monitoring Plan Closes Mon
Time is running out to submit public comments on Allegheny County Health Department’s 2022 air monitoring network plan, an annual report...
Aug 5, 20212 min read


It’s Been Nearly 4 Years EPA, Public Deserves Transparency, Action Regarding Edgar Thomson Emissions
GASP is formally calling on EPA to provide to the public a substantive update on what improvements will be required of U.S. Steel.
Aug 3, 20213 min read


Host a Clean Air Fair for Fun, Interactive Air Quality Education with Puppets
GASP’s Clean Air Fairs and education kits are funded by the Allegheny County Clean Air Fund and DEP's education grants program.
Jul 29, 20211 min read
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