The latest round of Canadian wildfire smoke descended on southwestern Pennsylvania Thursday and lingered into the weekend, ushering in Air Quality Index values that soared into the Code Maroon range, prompting a spate of warnings from state and local officials. How Social Media Played a Role Meanwhile, social media platforms were blowing up with posts showing sepia-toned skies that obscured Pittsburgh’s iconic skyline. EarthCam and CMU CREATE Lab's BreatheCam footage showed t

The Allegheny County Health Department on Thursday afternoon issued the following press release: The Allegheny County Health Department wants to inform the public that the PM2.5 air quality conditions for Thursday, July 16 are currently in the Code Maroon (Hazardous Air Quality) range for areas of the county and conditions have gotten progressively worse throughout the afternoon. Wildfire smoke continues to impact Pennsylvania from Ontario, Canada and Minnesota, significantly

It’s gonna be a nasty one, today: The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has declared a statewide Code Red Air Quality Action Day for particulate matter (PM2.5). GASP wants to strongly urge residents to be air aware - bookmark www.airnow.gov or download the app for current conditions in our area. As a reminder: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Air Quality Index (AQI) provides standardized color codes for forecasting and reporting daily a

Friends, we’re thrilled to introduce you to the newest member of the GASP team: Dr. Jeff Galak, associate professor of marketing at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business. Here’s a little bit about Jeff: He received his undergraduate degree in marketing and economic theory, a Master of Philosophy in marketing, and a Ph.D. in marketing from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is an expert in consumer behavior, consumer psychology, and how people

If you’ve been following Mon Valley news lately, you’ve probably seen a LOT of headlines around U.S. Steel’s proposed multi-billion-dollar capital investment plan for its local facilities - and at the heart of this plan is a proposal to build a hot strip mill at the Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock. U.S. Steel has bragged in press releases about efficiency, securing thousands of union jobs, and bringing a historic 150-year-old mill into the modern era. But around here at GASP,

Allegheny County is completely changing its Allegheny Alerts system, and if you don't re-register before July 18, your alerts will stop. Here's how to sign up for the new system.