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Environmental Health & Policy
Advocating for clean air is closely tied with understanding the air we breathe and how it affects our health. By centering thoughtful monitoring and data analysis alongside residents' daily experiences we can help our community be in a position to make positive change.
From the Latest:
Got Questions About U.S. Steel’s Proposed Hot Strip Mill? Get Answers Thursday
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) is hosting an upcoming public information session and Q&A focused on the air quality permits for U.S. Steel's proposed Hot Strip Mill project at the Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock at 5 p.m. Thursday.
Group Against Smog & Pollution
2 days ago2 min read
GASP to EPA: Latest Emissions Regulations Rollbacks Put Polluters - Not People - First
GASP has been closely following the EPA's unprecedented assault on bedrock air quality regulations intended to reign in harmful emissions from some of America's largest industrial polluters and protect human and environmental health. We've written extensively about these environmental rollbacks and have provided public testimony blasting the EPA for its failure to protect the American public and the air we all breathe while largely giving polluters a free pass. On Friday, GAS
Group Against Smog & Pollution
Oct 22 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Fines Heidelberg Company $3,500 Over Cement Silo Dust Release
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. Because 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. The below is among the most re
Group Against Smog & Pollution
Sep 301 min read
Allegheny County’s Latest Air Quality Violations, What They Did & How Much They Were Fined
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. Because 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. The below are the most recent
Group Against Smog & Pollution
Sep 243 min read
STATEMENT: GASP Condemns EPA’s Repeal of Power Plant Pollution Standards
This is the latest example of the Trump regime’s Polluters-First Agenda, which has eliminated limits on climate pollution from existing coal plants and future gas-fired power plants - no matter who gets hurt as a result.
Group Against Smog & Pollution
Sep 152 min read
Allegheny County’s Latest Air Quality Violators: Who They Are & What They Did
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. Because 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. The below are the most recent
Group Against Smog & Pollution
Aug 202 min read
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