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Transparency Watch: ACHD Now Posting Air Quality Program Enforcement Orders to Website
An Allegheny County Health Department spokesman on Tuesday confirmed that ACHD is now posting to its website enforcement orders from its...
Jan 21, 20201 min read
UPDATED: ACHD Announces More Than $743K in New Fines Against U.S. Steel
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) announced in a press release Friday that it has issued fines against U.S. Steel for Article...
Jan 17, 20202 min read
Watchdog Report: SAB Reports Show EPA Has Little Regard for Science, Transparency
The EPA used New Year’s Eve as an odd (and perhaps intentional) date to publish four reports by its Chartered Scientific Advisory Board...
Jan 14, 20203 min read
Snapshot: Kids “Went Wild” Over GASP’s Clean Air Kits
The first review of GASP’s Clean Air Kits is in, and we couldn’t be more thrilled. Here’s what Grounded Strategies Project Manager for...
Jan 14, 20201 min read
Watchdog Win: GASP Appeal Leads to Change in Eastman Chemical Permit
Further, Eastman was the subject of a federal enforcement action in 2011; the order that resolved that action required Eastman to comply...
Jan 13, 20201 min read
GASP Joins Enviro Groups, Residents to Demand ACHD Action on Coke Oven Regs, Ongoing Emissions
The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) joined environmental groups and droves of residents Friday to send a clear message to the...
Jan 10, 20203 min read
Environmental Hearing Board Terminates Two Prior Erie Coke Appeals; Approves Supersedeas Petition
UPDATE: At the joint request of lawyers for Erie Coke Corp. and the state Department of Environmental Protection, a Pennsylvania...
Jan 6, 20202 min read
Same as It Ever Was: Killer Inversion in Pittsburgh Prompted Us to Call for Tighter Regs in '76, Too
U.S. Steel/Pittsburgh, 1970 The subject of atmospheric inversions—and the role they play in air pollution events that threaten public...
Jan 6, 20204 min read
Judge Grants Class Certification in Federal Lawsuit Pitting Investors Against U.S. Steel Over Stock
A federal judge on Tuesday granted class-certification to a group of U.S. Steel investors who filed a class-action lawsuit against the...
Jan 3, 20202 min read
UPDATED: Allegheny County Health Department Announces Efforts to Combat Weather-Related Air Pollutio
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) in a press release Thursday announced plans to combat weather-related air pollution events...
Jan 2, 20204 min read
Thursday Marked 6 Days of PM2.5, 7 Days of H2S Exceedances at ACHD's Air Quality Monitor in Liberty
In addition to spiked levels of fine particulate matter, sulfur dioxide (SO2) was also elevated, hitting 71 ppb Thursday night, just shy...
Dec 27, 20192 min read
About Liberty-Clairton’s Bad Air Days…And How U.S. Steel Could Be a Better Neighbor If It Wanted To
The cause? A strong weather inversion, one that also helped trap air pollutants closer to the ground, prompting a spike in fine...
Dec 26, 20193 min read
U.S. Steel Fined More Than $10K for Failed Stack Test
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Monday issued an Allegheny Alert regarding an enforcement order against U.S. Steel – one...
Dec 23, 20191 min read
Snapshot: Air Quality, Gift Wrapping, and Beer at 3 Rivers Outdoor Co.
All of us here at GASP wanted to send a huge THANK YOU to our friends at 3 Rivers Outdoors Co. for a fun and festive fundraiser Friday!...
Dec 23, 20191 min read
Community Rallies to Help Erie Coke Corp. Workers Who Are Out of Jobs Following Abrupt Announcement
The community is coming together to help support Erie Coke Corp. employees who are out of jobs following an abrupt announcement by the...
Dec 23, 20192 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Takes Two SO2 Monitors Offline
Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) officials announced that they took two temporary air quality monitors installed in Clairton and...
Dec 20, 20191 min read
UPDATED: Erie Coke Corp. Shutting Down Operations
Erie Coke Corp. has shut down operations at its bay-front facility, according to news reports. GoErie.com’s Madeleine O’Neil reported...
Dec 19, 20193 min read
Your Year-End Charitable Donation to GASP Will Help Fund 2020 Air Quality Advocacy, Education &
Dear Fellow Breather, We’re nearing the end of a banner year here at the Group Against Smog and Pollution. We celebrated our golden...
Dec 19, 20194 min read
Join GASP for Gift Wrapping & Beer Fundraiser Dec. 20
Dear Fellow Breathers, The holidays will be here before you know it, so let GASP do the gift-wrapping for you! Our friends at 3 Rivers...
Dec 12, 20191 min read
UPDATED: PA Court Approves Preliminary $8.5 Million Settlement Between U.S. Steel, Local Residents
A Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas judge has preliminarily approved an $8.5 million settlement between U.S. Steel and local residents...
Dec 10, 20192 min read
Snapshot: Air Quality Education Kits a Hit at Sharpsburg After-School Program
Our air quality education kit was a hit with the kids at the Volunteers of America after-school program in Sharpsburg last month. Our...
Dec 6, 20191 min read
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