We last checked Shenango, Inc.’s compliance with its limitations on the sulfur content of its coke oven gas, the visible emissions from the door areas of its coke ovens, and the visible emissions from its First, after reporting no violations of the limitation on the sulfur content of its coke oven gas during reported no violations of a limitation that prohibits visible emissions from more than five percent of the coke

GASP recently spent a week with the Pittsburgh Gifted Center to talk about school bus idling. Students learned about the health concerns related to diesel emissions and Pennsylvania’s no idling law, and they provided fact sheets and rewards to their drivers. By educating the students and drivers about the importance of not idling, we’re better protecting the health of not only the students, but also the entire community through improved air quality. Diesel exhaust poses a significant health risk as it can pass through the nose and throat and lodge in the lungs or enter the bloodstream, leading to increased risk for asthma attacks, lung infections, heart attack, stroke, and cancer. It can also impair the immune and nervous systems, ultimately stunting growth. Exhaust fumes from school buses can enter buildings through open windows or doors and even pollute the air inside the buses. Idling creates worse emissions than driving because idling engines emit higher levels of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and hydrocarbons. In Pennsylvania, with a few exceptions, school buses are not permitted to idle more than five minutes during a one-hour period. GASP’s idling educational program is available to schools in cooperation with the Green & Healthy Schools Academy Green Apple Season of Service, which engages schools and communities to increase environmental awareness through service-learning project opportunities. Projects should be conducted from September 28 to November 27, 2015. To educate your school about idling or get a head start on planning, contact Jessica Tedrow at jessica@gasp-pgh.org. Read about our recent diesel work in the news: “Cleaning the Air One School Bus at a Time.” #NoIdleLaw #airpollution #schoolbus #diesel #emissions #dieselemissions #airquality

of us–from those who own the facility, to the health department, to Lawrenceville citizens–have to come

Please come to and speak at the hearing or write to ACHD to ask them to protect people who live and work Come to the public hearing or write to ACHD to urge it to stick to its guns and protect people who live

2014 we wrote about Shenango, Inc.’s compliance with certain emissions limitations that apply to its coke-making Specifically, limitations on visible emissions from the door areas of Shenango’s coke ovens, visible emissions from Shenango’s battery combustion stack, and the sulfur content of Shenango’s coke oven gas Shenango’s neighbors regarding Shenango’s compliance with the limitation on the sulfur content of its coke that prohibits visible emissions from more than 5 percent of the door areas of the plant’s operating coke

Liberty-Clairton area from the rest of the county, due to the significant air pollution created by the Clairton Coke Sources of air pollution in our county are varied, including industrial sources such as the Shenango Coke

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On Feb. 6, 2014 GASP gave notice of intent to sue Shenango, Inc., a coke-making facility on Neville Island standard that makes it illegal for there to be visible emissions from more than five percent of Shenango’s coke equal or exceed sixty percent opacity at any time; and A limitation on the sulfur content of Shenango’s coke There is also mixed news: Shenango implemented a coke oven door maintenance program that is mentioned eliminated, Shenango’s violations of the limitation on visible emissions from the door areas of its coke

of the diesel pollution occurs when the students are on the bus, because the cabin traps emissions coming

GASP works to reduce emissions from our backyard air pollution sources, such as three nearby coke works (including the largest coke works in the nation), several steel mills, heavy diesel traffic, and many 2030 Districts. 2030 Districts are voluntary, collaborative efforts where building owners in urban cores