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...
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Blog Against Smog
- 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,...
- Feb 17
U.S. Steel, ACHD Trade Barbs Over Coke Oven Enforcement Procedures; GASP: As They Bicker We Suffer
The Allegheny County Health Department and U.S. Steel traded barbs over the past few weeks in legal filings addressing evidentiary issues...
- Feb 9
PA Affordable Housing, PPG Paints Arena & Others Subject to Air Quality Enforcement Action, Fines
At GASP, we hope to be your eyes and ears when it comes to all things air quality. And we think it’s especially important to spotlight...
- 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...
- Jan 20
U.S. Steel Files Petition Over Air Quality Enforcement, GASP Submits Records Request for More Info
U.S. Steel on Tuesday filed a petition regarding Allegheny County Health Department's air quality enforcement procedures that led to a...
- Nov 28, 2022
Air Pollution, Stench Pummels Mon Valley Over Holiday Period
Last week was one of excess for those in and around the Mon Valley, but not for the Thanksgiving-related reasons you might think: sadly,...
- Oct 14, 2022
How Bad has Air Quality Been? H2S Was Below PA Standard For Only 3 Hours This Week
GASP crunched the numbers and can tell you definitively that in the Mon Valley (and downwind of it) the stench has been UNRELENTING this...
- Oct 11, 2022
Another Abysmal Air Quality Day in Mon Valley: Fine Particulates *AND* H2S Elevated Today
On what otherwise is a beautiful fall day for many residents of southwest Pennsylvania, air quality in the Mon Valley is abysmal Tuesday,...
- Sep 7, 2022
GASP to BOH: Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Failed Residents During July Outages at Clairton Coke Works
GASP joined fellow environmental advocates Wednesday to again send a message to the Allegheny County Board of Health: The health...
- Aug 23, 2022
Records Request Offers New Details About July Power Outage at U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works
Documents obtained through a public records request GASP submitted to the Allegheny County Health Department last month have provided new...
- Aug 19, 2022
Tool Measuring Health Impacts of Environmental Burdens Unveiled – How Does Your Community Stack Up?
Federal health officials last week announced what’s being touted as the first national, place-based mapping tool designed to measure the...
- Aug 3, 2022
Sign Up to Receive Important Mon Valley Air Pollution Watch/Warning Alerts
Air pollution has long been an environmental and public health concern in the Mon Valley, and a spate of recent research studies have...
- Jul 28, 2022
ACHD Proposes RACT Regs to Reduce Emissions of Ozone-Forming Compounds: Here's What You Need to Know
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has published a proposed revision to its air quality regulations that will impose a new set...
- Jul 14, 2022
LIMITED (FREE) OPPORTUNITY | Attend 2-Day Smoke School to Evaluate Those Neighborhood Plumes
Editor's Note: All the available spots for this free opportunity have been filled. Poor air quality affects us all, but it doesn’t affect...
- Jul 14, 2022
GASP to BOH: Public Needs Transparency, Updates – Especially After High-Profile Emissions Events
GASP on Wednesday submitted formal written comments to the Allegheny County Board of Health in advance of its Wednesday meeting, again...
- Jul 7, 2022
Allegheny County Health Department Issues Civil Penalties, Warnings Over Air Quality Violations
Editor’s Note: The Allegheny County Health Department periodically updates its website to include documents related to air quality...
- Jul 6, 2022
GASP to ACHD: Public Deserves Update on U.S. Steel Outage at Clairton, Air Quality Implications
An unplanned early morning power outage at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works facility on Monday, the Fourth of July, resulted in heavy...
- Jul 4, 2022
Smoke & Flames at Clairton Coke Works: Allegheny County Health Dept. Issues Alert Regarding Outage
Flames and heavy smoke spewing from U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works on Monday prompted the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) to...
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