Group Against Smog & Pollution

Click image to enlarge the chart. This past weekend of warm and muggy weather was punctuated by two air quality exceedances, according to...

The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Thursday announced that it had commenced an air toxics monitoring study outside the Kopp...

U.S. Steel’s Braddock-based Edgar Thomson Works is one of 11 integrated iron and steel manufacturing facilities in the country to be...

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...

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...

Fashion isn’t cheap – the environmental costs are astounding. The fashion industry is a pollution powerhouse, fouling our air and water....

Lower emission limits could be coming soon to local coal-fired plants thanks to an Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) recommendation that...

Editor’s Note: The following was taken from a press release issued today by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). More...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Air Quality Partnership, Inc. have...

Concerns over poor air quality and recent emissions issues at U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works facilities dominated the public comments...

Editor’s Note: GASP on Aug. 26 delivered a petition signed by nearly 600 people and 16 local organizations calling for the Allegheny...

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...

Cutting carbon dioxide pollution from power plants would save hundreds of lives and billions of dollars in Pennsylvania, according to new...

The Allegheny County Health Department on Tuesday issued an air quality update through the county’s Alert system indicating that...

Kopp Glass Inc. on July 1 appealed an Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) determination that one of its pot furnaces is subject to...

The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) was recently awarded a $17,497 grant through the state Department of Environmental Protection...

Editor’s Note: The following is from a press release issued by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro. Links to associated media...

The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Thursday announced that according to preliminary data from the North Braddock air...

The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) will join fellow local air quality experts, activists, and elected officials in a discussion...

A reddish-brown plume emanating from U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant Wednesday evening prompted questions and complaints from nearby...

Air pollution from sources like traffic and industry impacts every corner of Allegheny County – but it doesn’t impact them equally. A new...