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  • The Marcellus Industry & Air Emissions Presentation

    Admission is free and open to the public—come learn more about Marcellus Shale and air quality. 

  • Exploring the Carrie Furnaces

    We learned about the process of iron making (coke + limestone + iron ore) as well as a hundred fascinating tidbits that made the mill come to life for us–everything from explaining how “old-time” workers wore only leathers and wet burlap to protect themselves from the heat and splashing molten iron coming from

  • Athletes, Unite for Clean Air!

    GASP needs you to come to a press event on Monday, July 16th, to show support for better air quality Come in your regular clothes or dressed in an outfit from your sport of choice–cyclists’ spandex, skateboard

  • GASP Issues 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue Shenango Coke

    To learn more about our previous work with Shenango Coke, including the text of our 60-day notice, please labalme@pennfuture.org Tom Hoffman, Clean Water Action, 412-523-2255, tomhoffman@cleanwater.org Shenango Coke Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) describes coke oven emissions as “among the most toxic of all air pollutants.”[2] Emissions from coke plants include benzene and other carcinogens, hydrogen sulfide “From my perspective, the Shenango coke plant is out of control.

  • Green Workplace Challenge #2: Air, Air Everywhere

    An energy auditor poked through our office, the long ground floor we rent of an old three-story building Also, we will not come close to winning the GWC.

  • What We Can Learn From Pennsylvania DEP’s Marcellus Air Monitoring Studies

    In the meantime, it’s important that we critically evaluate any and all information we come across about

  • Spotlight on a GASP Board Member: Kate St. John

    John joined GASP as a dues-paying member in early 1998 during the final days of LTV’s Hazelwood Coke When the news reported that Sun Coke Company might locate a new coke plant on the former LTV site, Kate nearby neighborhoods was noticeably cleaner, and Kate was appalled at the idea of living with another coke plant: “I attended GASP’s public forum about the Sun Coke plan in mid-August [1998] and got involved Due in part to the efforts of GASP, CHOC, and other concerned local groups, Sun Coke decided to locate

  • Spotlight on a GASP Board Member: Jonathan Nadle

    Neighbors started to come out, saying they couldn’t call the fire department because their phones were

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