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GASP to County Council: Do Your Job & Approve Proposal to Fully Fund Air Quality Program
GASP on Tuesday joined residents and fellow environmental advocates at the Allegheny County Council meeting to demand action on health...
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BOH Approves $490K Clean Air Fund Transfer to Help Fill AQ Program Budget Hole; Shortfall Exemplifies Why Co. Council Must Approve Updated Permit Fee Schedule
The Allegheny County Board of Health on Wednesday approved a transfer of $490,605 from the Clean Air Fund  to go toward the Air Quality...
6 days ago2 min read
EPA Announces Scores of Environmental Regs it Plans to Gut - New PM 2.5 Standard Among Them
The EPA press releases were issued like thunderclaps Wednesday afternoon - boom, boom, boom: EPA Announces Action to Implement POTUS’s...
Mar 133 min read
Waste Methane Emissions Charge on the Oil & Gas Industry Spiked Thanks to Congressional Vote
Back in May 2024, we blogged about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) finalization of a proposed rule that would have...
Mar 31 min read
What’s Going on With Emissions Standards for Cars?
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA), about 28 percent of our national gas emissions come from...
Feb 253 min read
Allegheny Co. Air Quality Meets Federal Standard for 2023, Fee Schedule Changes Key to Continued Progress
Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) this week released its 2023 Air Quality Annual Report, which shows the county has met the EPA’s...
Feb 133 min read
Trump Executive Order Targets the Nation’s Transition to Electric Vehicles
The change in Presidential Administrations brought with it a flurry of executive orders, one of which touches on subjects that we’ve...
Jan 302 min read
County Council Health & Human Services Committee Slated to Meet Feb. 20, Be There to Tell Members to VOTE YES on Air Quality Funding Proposal
Save the date, friends: Allegheny County Council’s proposal to fully fund our air quality program through increasing certain fees on...
Jan 272 min read
GASP Statement on Trump Executive Orders, Decision to Leave X/Twitter
So, anything big happen lately? OK. We admit. Lame joke. Sorry, sorry: Sometimes if you can’t laugh, you’ll cry. This week has been a...
Jan 232 min read
Health Department Awarded Nearly $1M to Support Climate Resilience in Allegheny County
Good news: Fifteen environmental justice communities in Allegheny County are eligible to receive a combined $930,000 to beautify the area...
Jan 232 min read
GASP Testifies at DEP Hearing, Supports Proposal to Designate Allegheny County as a Non-Attainment Area for PM2.5 NAAQS
Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) Executive Director Patrick Campbell on Tuesday presented formal comments at a state Department of...
Jan 212 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Announces 900 Free Radon Test Kits
January is National Radon Action Month and the Allegheny County Health Department’s (ACHD) Housing and Community Environment Program is...
Jan 152 min read
GASP Applauds Finalization of Protections for Workers and Communities Like Erie & Zelienople from Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide Pollution
Good news alert for yinz: This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the interim decision for Ethylene Oxide...
Jan 154 min read
EPA Formalizes Designation of New PA Non-Attainment Area & Reduces Secondary NAAQS for Sulfur Dioxide to End 2024
We blogged earlier this year about two developments concerning the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for sulfur dioxide...
Dec 23, 20242 min read
GASP Laments County Council Again Punting Proposal to Fully Fund Air Quality Proposal to Committee; Asks for Full Council Work Session
We’re not gonna sugar coat it - things didn't go our way last night: Allegheny County Council on Tuesday again punted the proposal to...
Dec 18, 20243 min read
ACHD Proposal to Fully Fund Air Quality Program Headed to Council for Final Vote Following Committee’s Affirmative Recommendation
Friends, we have excellent news to report: Last night, Allegheny County Council’s Committee on Health and Human Services voted to...
Dec 6, 20242 min read
GASP, Industrious Labs & Local Environmental Leaders Rally Outside MetCoke World Summit to Demand a Greener Future
GASP on Thursday joined national green steel organization Industrious Labs and fellow local environmental leaders outside the MetCoke...
Nov 15, 20242 min read
UPDATED: County Council Committee to Discuss Crucial Air Quality Funding Proposal Coming Up; Join GASP in Urging Members to Vote YES
Editor's Note: According to the Allegheny County website, the Health and Human Services Committe meeting originally slated for Nov. 14...
Nov 13, 20242 min read
EPA Finalizes Rule to Reduce Wasteful Methane Emissions and Drive Innovation in the Oil and Gas Sector
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday announced a final rule to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas...
Nov 12, 20242 min read
EPA Revises Good Neighbor Plan, PA Power Plants May be Required to Reduce Smog-Forming Emissions
Did you know the Clean Air Act includes a so-called Good Neighbor Provision that prohibits sources within a state from interfering with...
Nov 11, 20242 min read
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