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U.S. Steel & Contractor Facing $15,300 Fine Related to Dust Issues at Edgar Thomson Works
Editor’s Note: The Allegheny County Health Department periodically updates its website to include documents related to air quality enforcement actions. As part of our watchdog work, GASP monitors this webpage and reports on the air quality violations posted there. Since the docket has not been updated since December 2025, GASP is now filing monthly public records requests to glean more timely information related to ACHD’s enforcement efforts. This is one of the most recent a
Jun 232 min read
Your Health Can’t Wait: Act Now to Protect Our Communities from Coke Oven Pollution
Here at GASP, we are on the front lines of the fight for clean air. We know first hand how communities - especially those living in the...
Aug 1, 20253 min read
GASP & Climate Action Campaign Lambast EPA Rollbacks, Demand Accountability
GASP and our friends at the Climate Action Campaign hosted a press conference at Sol Patch Garden in Braddock to sound the alarm over...
Jul 18, 20253 min read
Waning Compliance, Mounting Violations: Prelude to the Edgar Thomson Works Consent Decree
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 Alleghen
Jan 20, 20256 min read
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