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GASP Delivers Widely-Supported Petition to ACHD Demanding Public Update on Emissions Issues at U.S.
Media Contact: Amanda Gillooly GASP Communications Manager amanda@gasp-pgh.org/ 412-924-0604 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GASP Delivers...
Aug 27, 20203 min read
Air Pollution Violations Lead to a $6K Penalty for ATI, Harsco Following Dust Complaints
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Aug. 11 issued a demand for stipulated penalties in the amount of $6,000 to ATI Flat...
Aug 20, 20202 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Issues Enforcement Orders Over Asbestos Abatement
According to the orders posted to the ACHD website Aug. 13, the companies violated Allegheny County’s Air Pollution Control Regulations...
Aug 18, 20202 min read
ACHD Issues $1,755 Civil Penalty Against Pittsburgh Cremation Services
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on June 8 filed an enforcement order against Pittsburgh Cremation Services for failing to...
Aug 18, 20201 min read
Cheswick Generating Station Assessed $32K Civil Penalty for Emissions Issues
Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has assessed a $32,280 civil penalty against GenOn Power Midwest, LP, for 13 exceedances of a...
Aug 17, 20202 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Issues Enforcement Order to U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant Over
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has issued an enforcement order against U.S. Steel for opacity violations at its Edgar...
Aug 13, 20201 min read
Sign Our Petition to Tell ACHD it Must Provide Public Update on Edgar Thomson Emissions Issues
GASP needs your help to send a message to the Allegheny County Health Department that enough is enough: The public deserves a substantive...
Aug 13, 20201 min read
In the Face of Poor Air Quality, Allegheny County Health Department (AGAIN) Gives Far Too Much Credi
When air quality was downright awful for more than a week during the festive season this past December, ACHD was quick to point out that...
Aug 11, 20203 min read
Recording Now Available from Our Making the Connection: Fast Fashion & The Environment Event
A recording of our Making the Connection: Fast Fashion & the Environment event is now available for those who wanted to attend but could...
Aug 11, 20201 min read
Allegheny County Experiences Two Air Quality Exceedances Aug. 9; Air Quality Action Day Again Declar
Click image to enlarge the chart. This past weekend of warm and muggy weather was punctuated by two air quality exceedances, according to...
Aug 10, 20201 min read
GASP Applauds Allegheny County Health Department’s New Air Monitoring Study in Swissvale
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Thursday announced that it had commenced an air toxics monitoring study outside the Kopp...
Aug 6, 20202 min read
Recent Air Quality Standard Amendment Will Further Limit Mercury Emissions at U.S. Steel Facility
U.S. Steel’s Braddock-based Edgar Thomson Works is one of 11 integrated iron and steel manufacturing facilities in the country to be...
Aug 5, 20202 min read
Join GASP for a Free Presentation Addressing the Emissions You See in Your Community (and What to Do
Have you ever seen a cloud of smoke or dust in the air that appears to be coming from an industrial facility or construction site and...
Aug 4, 20202 min read
Clothes & Climate Change: How a Fashion Choice Change Could Lead to Better Air Quality
The cost of being cute is far more than the price tag on that piece of clothing you’ve had your eye on. There’s also an air pollution...
Jul 28, 20203 min read
Sustainable Shopping: Pittsburgh Area Delivers on Green Fashion Finds
Fashion isn’t cheap – the environmental costs are astounding. The fashion industry is a pollution powerhouse, fouling our air and water....
Jul 28, 20205 min read
Watchdog Report: Lower Emission Limits Could Be Coming Soon to a Coal-Fired Power Plant Near You
Lower emission limits could be coming soon to local coal-fired plants thanks to an Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) recommendation that...
Jul 21, 20203 min read
DEP Awards $2.1 Million in Grants for Cleaner Fuel Vehicle Projects to Help Improve Air Quality, Add
Editor’s Note: The following was taken from a press release issued today by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). More...
Jul 20, 20201 min read
Air Quality Action Day for Ozone Declared for Saturday, July 18
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Air Quality Partnership, Inc. have...
Jul 17, 20201 min read
Concerns About Air Quality Dominate Public Comment at Allegheny County Board of Health Meeting
Concerns over poor air quality and recent emissions issues at U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works facilities dominated the public comments...
Jul 15, 20203 min read
Still No Official Explanation for Emissions Issues at U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant
Editor’s Note: GASP on Aug. 26 delivered a petition signed by nearly 600 people and 16 local organizations calling for the Allegheny...
Jul 9, 20204 min read
UPDATED: DEP Declares Ozone Action Day for Thursday, Allegheny County Health Dept. Says No Open Burn
Editor’s Note: This blog was updated at 10:14 a.m. Thursday, July 9 to include additional information sent out by the Allegheny County...
Jul 8, 20202 min read
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