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Cast Your Vote for GASP’s 2021-23 Board of Directors
Dear GASP Members, The time has come for dues-paying members to vote for nominees for election or reelection to our board of directors...
Jan 28, 20211 min read
Amplify Project | Invisible Home Danger Leads to Medical, Advocacy Journey – Could You Be at Risk?
Editor’s Note: When GASP launched its Amplify Project last year, our goal was simple: To help amplify the voices of people in our...
Jan 28, 20215 min read
Allegheny County Health Department: Federal Air Quality Standards Attained at All Monitors for 1st T
Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) announced in a press release Tuesday that, for the first time in its history, all air quality...
Jan 27, 20213 min read
GASP Legal Review Leads to Stronger Air Quality Permit for Lawrenceville-Based Pressure Chemical Co.
The Allegheny County Health Department’s notice last week of air quality permits open for comment and issued in final form listed a final...
Jan 26, 20213 min read
GASP Pittsburgh Introduces New Youth Education Initiative ‘Fresh Voices for Clean Air’
The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) is seeking Allegheny County students in grades 9, 10, and 11 who are interested in becoming...
Jan 25, 20213 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Announces Air Quality Monitor Network Update
Editor’s Note: The following is from a news release issued by the Allegheny County Health Department Thursday morning. The Allegheny...
Jan 21, 20211 min read
Residents to Allegheny County Health Department: Better Protect Us With Strong Coke Oven Regs
Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s coke oven regulations closed as of 4 p.m. Jan. 21. Residents talked about...
Jan 20, 20214 min read
New DEP Fee Schedule Expected to Put Air Quality Program on ‘Sound Financial Footing’
We’ve got some good news to report: The revised fee schedule for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Air Quality...
Jan 19, 20211 min read
Deadline to Speak Out on Proposed Coke Oven Regulations Quickly Approaching
Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s draft coke oven regulations closed as of 4 p.m. Jan. 21. Time is running...
Jan 19, 20216 min read
Deadline to Submit Public Comment on Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Quickly Approaching
The state Environmental Quality Board (EQB) will accept written comments on Pennsylvania’s possible entry into the Regional Greenhouse...
Jan 8, 20211 min read
What You Need to Know About Allegheny County’s Proposed Coke Oven Regulation Revisions & How to
Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s draft coke oven regulations closed as of 4 p.m. Jan. 21. THANK YOU to all...
Jan 6, 20217 min read
Shop Buffalo Exchange in the South Side Flats to Support GASP
Maybe you’re looking to add some sustainable style to your wardrobe, or maybe you’re looking to rehome some clothing that no longer fits...
Jan 5, 20211 min read
This Invisible Danger in Your Home Could Hurt Your Health (And What to Do About It)
With everyone spending a whole lot more time inside, indoor air quality is more important than ever. Because the U.S. Environmental...
Jan 4, 20212 min read
Allegheny County Tallied Two More Air Quality Exceedances Last Week
Allegheny County experienced two more air quality exceedances last week when the midnight-to-midnight 24-hour average concentration of...
Dec 28, 20201 min read
The One With All the New Year’s Resolutions <Cue Bryan Adams>
Dear Fellow Breathers, Congratulations are in order: It’s Dec. 26 and the roller-coaster ride that was 2020 is nearing an end. We...
Dec 26, 20202 min read
University of Pittsburgh Awarded $2.5 Million Grant to Research Health Effects of Fracking in PA
The Wolf Administration this week announced that a $2.5 million contract is in place with the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of...
Dec 23, 20203 min read
GASP’s Christmas Wish? Clean Air for the Holiday (for the First Time in Three Years)
On Christmas Eve 2018 – a fire at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works disabled its air pollution controls designed to reduce sulfur content...
Dec 21, 20202 min read
UPDATED: Allegheny County Health Department’s Lawrenceville Air Quality Monitor Back Online
UPDATE: This blog was updated at 5:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23 to reflect new information from the Allegheny County Health Department....
Dec 21, 20201 min read
DEP Issues Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulate Matter in Liberty-Clairton
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) this afternoon issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine...
Dec 18, 20201 min read
Mon Valley Residents Suffer Another Bout of Bad Air as Allegheny County Sees 3 More Air Quality Exce
Allegheny County experienced three more air quality exceedances this past weekend, with residents of the Mon Valley breathing in the...
Dec 14, 20202 min read
EPA Grant of $5.7 Million Will Support Purchase of Electric Buses in Allegheny County
Good news: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $5.67 million grant to the Allegheny County Health Department...
Dec 7, 20202 min read
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