May We Introduce Our New Executive Director? GASPers, Meet Patrick Campbell
After earning a bachelor of science degree in marriage and family studies from Mercyhurst College, the Butler High School graduate...
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Sep 29, 20214 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Issues $25K Civil Penalty to Bristol Metals for Air Quality Viola
GASP earlier this month reported on the most high-profile item to appear on the enforcement docket this quarter – an enforcement order...
Sep 14, 20213 min read
Famously Litigious U.S. Steel Asks Hearing Officer to Kill Proposed Coke Oven Regulations Designed t
In a move that should not surprise anybody who’s been paying any attention to U.S. Steel’s history of dragging regulators through the...
Sep 13, 20212 min read
Health Department Issues U.S. Steel New Fines Regarding 4.2-Ton Release of Toxic Anhydrous Ammonia f
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has slapped U.S. Steel with more civil penalties – this time over the inadvertent release...
Aug 31, 20212 min read
Episodic Weather Regulations One Step Closer to Approval Following Allegheny County Council Meeting
Good news: Changes to local air pollution regulations aimed at reducing particulate matter in the Mon Valley during periods of stagnant...
Aug 23, 20212 min read
Smoke & Flames at Edgar Thomson Plant, More H2S Exceedances Punctuate Need for Public Update
GASP’s resident smoke reader and longtime project manager Sue Seppi snapped into action, reviewing Breathe Cam footage of the facility,...
Aug 23, 20212 min read
LIMITED (FREE) OPPORTUNITY | Attend 2-Day Smoke School & Get Same Training As Health Inspectors
Even those of us who don’t live near or downwind of an industrial source of air pollution have at some point likely looked at emissions...
Aug 5, 20212 min read
Public Comment Period for Allegheny County Health Department’s Annual Air Monitoring Plan Closes Mon
Time is running out to submit public comments on Allegheny County Health Department’s 2022 air monitoring network plan, an annual report...
Jul 6, 20212 min read
County Sees More Air Quality Exceedances Monday, Tuesday Designated as Code Orange Air Quality Actio
Air quality stayed mostly in the unhealthy range Monday, with concentrations of fine particle pollution exceeding the federal...
Apr 7, 20212 min read
UPDATED: Yet Another H2S Exceedance & More Unhealthy Air for Mon Valley, ACHD Responds
This story was updated at 10:32 a.m. Wednesday to include a statement issued by the Allegheny County Health Department. Another day,...
Jan 27, 20213 min read
Allegheny County Health Department: Federal Air Quality Standards Attained at All Monitors for 1st T
Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) announced in a press release Tuesday that, for the first time in its history, all air quality...
Jan 21, 20211 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Announces Air Quality Monitor Network Update
Editor’s Note: The following is from a news release issued by the Allegheny County Health Department Thursday morning. The Allegheny...
Jan 20, 20214 min read
Residents to Allegheny County Health Department: Better Protect Us With Strong Coke Oven Regs
Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s coke oven regulations closed as of 4 p.m. Jan. 21. Residents talked about...
Jan 19, 20211 min read
New DEP Fee Schedule Expected to Put Air Quality Program on ‘Sound Financial Footing’
We’ve got some good news to report: The revised fee schedule for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Air Quality...
Jan 19, 20216 min read
Deadline to Speak Out on Proposed Coke Oven Regulations Quickly Approaching
Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s draft coke oven regulations closed as of 4 p.m. Jan. 21. Time is running...
Jan 6, 20217 min read
What You Need to Know About Allegheny County’s Proposed Coke Oven Regulation Revisions & How to
Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s draft coke oven regulations closed as of 4 p.m. Jan. 21. THANK YOU to all...
Jan 4, 20212 min read
This Invisible Danger in Your Home Could Hurt Your Health (And What to Do About It)
With everyone spending a whole lot more time inside, indoor air quality is more important than ever. Because the U.S. Environmental...
Dec 28, 20201 min read
Allegheny County Tallied Two More Air Quality Exceedances Last Week
Allegheny County experienced two more air quality exceedances last week when the midnight-to-midnight 24-hour average concentration of...
Dec 21, 20202 min read
GASP’s Christmas Wish? Clean Air for the Holiday (for the First Time in Three Years)
On Christmas Eve 2018 – a fire at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works disabled its air pollution controls designed to reduce sulfur content...
Dec 21, 20201 min read
UPDATED: Allegheny County Health Department’s Lawrenceville Air Quality Monitor Back Online
UPDATE: This blog was updated at 5:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23 to reflect new information from the Allegheny County Health Department....
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