Group Against Smog & Pollution

The air quality watch dogs here at GASP want to express our sincere gratitude to Allegheny County Health Department Director Dr. lulia...

Last month we   blogged  about how the waiver that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA” issued to allow California to impose...

The EPA press releases were issued like thunderclaps Wednesday afternoon - boom, boom, boom: EPA Announces Action to Implement POTUS’s...

Editor’s Note: GASP has received questions from members who received letters in the mail regarding this class action settlement. If you...

Back in May 2024, we blogged about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) finalization of a proposed rule that would have...

Editor’s Note: The following press release was issued Tuesday afternoon by the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD). GASP thanks the...

The Allegheny County Health Department today issued a press release announcing that there was a breakdown at U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson...

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA), about 28 percent of our national gas emissions come from...

Allegheny County Economic Development (ACED) recently announced funding for projects dedicated to improving air quality and public health...

Editor's Note: GASP on Feb. 27 submitted formal comments on the new RACT requirements for the Butler Works. You can read them here. The...

Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) this week released its 2023 Air Quality Annual Report, which shows the county has met the EPA’s...

The change in Presidential Administrations brought with it a flurry of executive orders, one of which touches on subjects that we’ve...

Save the date, friends: Allegheny County Council’s proposal to fully fund our air quality program through increasing certain fees on...

So, anything big happen lately? OK. We admit. Lame joke. Sorry, sorry: Sometimes if you can’t laugh, you’ll cry. This week has been a...

Good news: Fifteen environmental justice communities in Allegheny County are eligible to receive a combined $930,000 to beautify the area...

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth of a four-part series examining the years-long fight to get U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson facility in North Braddock in compliance with a host of air quality rules and regulations. In chapter one , GASP explored the spate of emissions violations and compliance struggles that led to a joint enforcement action from EPA and ACHD in 2017 and ultimately a controversial settlement decree. In chapter two , we analyzed the terms of the consent decree, w

Editor’s Note: This is the third of a four-part series examining the years-long fight to get U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson facility in North Braddock in compliance with a host of air quality rules and regulations. In part one, GASP explored the spate of emissions violations and compliance struggles that led to a joint enforcement action from EPA and ACHD in 2017 and ultimately a controversial settlement decree.   Before we get too far into the weeds about consent-decree related

Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) Executive Director Patrick Campbell on Tuesday presented formal comments at a state Department of...

Editor’s Note: This is the second of a four-part series examining the years-long fight to get U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson facility in North Braddock in compliance with a host of air quality rules and regulations. In part one, GASP explored the spate of emissions violations and compliance struggles that led to a joint enforcement action from EPA and ACHD in 2017 and ultimately a controversial settlement decree.   Part one can be read here.   After YEARS of radio silence from ai

Image from 2023 Blast Furnace Casthouse Emissions Control System Evaluation Report When discussing major air polluters in Allegheny County, U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works (composed of the Clairton Coke Works, Irvin Works and Edgar Thomson facilities) is among the first to come to mind.   And for good reason: The Clairton Coke Works has been in the news for perennially polluting air in the Mon Valley and beyond for YEARS, with mounting enforcement actions issued by the Alleghe

Today, we need a little help from our friends, fellow breathers. Specifically, our friends who live in the Hill District area. We need to...