GASP to Board of Health: Prioritize Public Health During Bad-Air Events; Share Real-Time Conditions
The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) was among those who addressed the Allegheny County Board of Health Wednesday when our...
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Blog Against Smog
- Jul 12
Allegheny County Health Department Provides BOH with Air Quality Update, Improvement Goals
While there were no action items on the agenda for Wednesday’s Allegheny County Board of Health meeting, members were treated to a...
- Jul 11
U.S. Seel Fined $301K for Air Pollution Violations at Clairton Coke Works
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Tuesday announced it issued $301,725 in stipulated penalties against U.S. Steel for air...
- Apr 24
Registration Open for Making the Connection: Mental Health in the Time of the Climate Crisis
Climate anxiety is defined as a heightened emotional, mental, or somatic distress in response to dangerous changes in the climate system....
- Apr 12
EPA Proposes New Standards to Reduce Exposure to Ethylene Oxide Pollution, Asks for Public Feedback
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week announced it is proposing new health protections to reduce exposure to Ethylene...
- Mar 23
GASP Hosting Free Air Quality Webinar for Officials; Participants Entered to Win Air Quality Monitor
Recent high-profile events in and around southwestern Pennsylvania have demonstrated just how quickly a complex issue like air quality...
- Mar 22
GASP to Board of Health: Investigate Air Quality Program Budget Woes; Make Plans not Demands
The Allegheny County Board of Health on Wednesday approved for public comment changes to local air quality regulations that would allow...
- Mar 1
LIMITED (FREE) OPPORTUNITY | Attend Smoke School; Get the Same Training as the Health Inspectors
Even those of us who don’t live nearby to - or downwind of - an industrial source of air pollution like the Clairton Coke Works have at...
- Feb 27
Act Now or Forever Hold Your Breath: Tell the EPA to Adopt Stronger PM2.5 Standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in January recommended strengthening the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for...
- Feb 20
Rotten Egg Stench & Poor Air Quality Return to Mon Valley
Local residents took to CMU CREATE Lab’s Smell PGH app Monday morning to sound off about poor air quality and its associated stench,...
- Jan 25
Save the Date: Join GASP, Black Environmental Collective, WHE for Discussion on Environmental Racism
Environmental Racism is defined as a condition in which the places where people of color live suffer disproportionately from the impacts...
- Jan 23
U.S. Steel Emissions Settlement Finalized; Public Comments Provide “No Basis" for Altering Decree
A federal district court judge has approved a long-awaited consent decree that settles years of air quality violations at U.S. Steel’s...
- Dec 1, 2022
What More Can We Say? Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU for Your Support on Giving Tuesday!
Your friends at GASP wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU for all your support this week. With your help, we raised more than $2,000...
- Nov 28, 2022
We’ve Got 6 Reasons to Donate to GASP This Giving Tuesday
This Giving Tuesday, we want to be upfront with the reality of air quality advocacy: It remains largely a David vs. Goliath endeavor. On...
- Nov 23, 2022
UPDATED: Unhealthy Air Quality Returns to Mon Valley with More of the Same Expected Thursday
UPDATE #2 (4:31 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22): The state Department of Environmental Protection on Wednesday afternoon declared Thursday, Nov....
- Nov 17, 2022
GASP Sends Notice of Intent to Sue to Beaver County Landfill Operator Over Lack of Title V Permit
GASP on Nov. 15 sent a Beaver County landfill operator a notice of intent to sue under the Clean Air Act and PA Air Pollution Control Act.
- Nov 15, 2022
Join Us 12/14 for Making the Connection: What the Donora Smog Disaster Can Teach Us 74 Years Later
The Donora Smog Disaster of 1948 is perhaps the most infamous air pollution event in American history. That weekend of horrific air...
- Nov 10, 2022
Local Nonprofits Awarded Nearly $500K EPA Grant to Enhance Citizen Air Monitoring Network
Local residents routinely wake up to some of the worst air quality in the country and have logged nearly 70,000 complaints since the 2016...
- Nov 2, 2022
GASP to Board of Health: Time to Review & Adjust Mon Valley Episode Rule, Take Action on H2S is NOW
GASP joined residents and fellow advocates Wednesday to tell the Allegheny County Board of Health that October’s abysmal air quality is...
- Oct 27, 2022
Here's What the Post-Gazette Editorial Board Got Wrong About the Mon Valley's H2S Problem
At GASP, sometimes we read commentaries on air quality so bereft of facts, insight, and empathy that we must respond. The Oct. 18...
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