Special Report: How COVID-19 Impacted Allegheny County Air Quality
Stay-at-home orders issued by local and state governments this spring have led to more people working and taking classes from home, which...
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May 18, 20201 min read
Allegheny County Health Department: Lawrenceville Air Quality Monitor Back Online After Technical Is
Editor’s Note: An Allegheny County Health Department spokesman on Wednesday confirmed that the Lawrenceville PM2.5 monitor is back online...
May 11, 20201 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Seeking Input on Annual Air Monitoring Network
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) in a press release Monday announced it is requesting public comment on its 2021 Air...
May 4, 20203 min read
Watchdog Report: Has U.S. Steel Kept the Promises It Made in Latest Settlement Agreement with ACHD?
Editor’s Note: A U.S. Steel representative on May 13 provided an update to the Allegheny County Board of Health during the public comment...
Apr 30, 20204 min read
GASP Continues Air Quality Advocacy, But We Need Your Help to Keep Up the Fight
Dear Fellow Breathers, While so much in our world and our daily lives have changed over the last few weeks, your friends here at the...
Apr 21, 20205 min read
UPDATED: Allegheny Co. Again Gets F in “State of the Air” Report
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 4:48 p.m. Tuesday to include remarks from the Allegheny County Health Department. The American...
Apr 16, 20203 min read
County Officials Ask Residents to Refrain from Open Burning During Pandemic
The departments of Health and Emergency Services of Allegheny County announced in a press release Thursday that they have joined forces...
Apr 10, 20204 min read
With Grant Deadline Extended, There’s No Excuse for ACHD NOT to Seek Air Toxics Monitoring Funding
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a new May 1 deadline to apply for funding under its Community-Scale Air...
Mar 31, 20205 min read
What’s in the Air: Understanding Particulate Matter & Why It Should Be on Your Radar
Here at the Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP), we get it: Science isn’t in everybody’s wheelhouse. We understand that when it comes...
Mar 30, 20202 min read
Allegheny County Health Department: Air Pollution Enforcement Not Impacted by Temporary EPA Policy
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) announced in a press release Monday that its enforcement of the county’s air pollution...
Mar 19, 20201 min read
Companies Appeal Asbestos-Related Notice of Violation from Allegheny County Health Department
Level Line Building Company, LLC, and BRP4, LLC, on March 12 jointly submitted an appeal of an Enforcement Order issued to the two...
Mar 10, 20203 min read
Watchdog Report: ACHD Issues Notices of Violation, Fines Over Asbestos, Emissions Violations
The following is a summary of some of the lesser-known enforcement actions ACHD has taken so far in 2020: Notice of Violation Letter...
Mar 9, 20201 min read
UPDATED: Liberty-Clairton Area Again Tops List for Worst Air Quality, Another H2S Exceedance Noted
In fact the air quality was poor enough that the 24-hour average Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) level at the Liberty monitor exceeded the state...
Mar 9, 20201 min read
U.S. Steel Fined $13K for Emissions Violation at Clairton Coke Works Facility
The Feb. 21 enforcement order, which was posted to the Allegheny County Health Department website Friday, indicates that U.S. Steel...
Mar 5, 20203 min read
GASP Supports Monitoring Equipment Request; Again Asks ACHD to Apply for Air Toxics Grant to Do Even
The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) on Wednesday delivered public comments at the Allegheny County Board of Health meeting to...
Mar 4, 20203 min read
UPDATED: Allegheny County Names New Health Director
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include information from an Allegheny County news release. Links to stories from local...
Mar 2, 20201 min read
Liberty-Clairton Again Tops U.S. List of Places with Worst Air Quality; H2S Standard Again Exceeded
Folks in the Liberty-Clairton area on Monday again endured some of the worst air quality in the nation, according to AirNow.gov, a U.S....
Feb 24, 20204 min read
UPDATED: Unhealthy Air Quality in Liberty-Clairton Underscores Need for Stricter Regs, Proactive Com
UPDATE: Allegheny County Health Department’s Air Quality Program Monday evening issued this air quality update through the county’s...
Feb 20, 20204 min read
GASP Urges ACHD to Apply for EPA Grant Funding for Air Toxics Monitoring
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now accepting applications from state, local, and tribal air agencies for grant funding...
Feb 17, 20202 min read
Liberty-Clairton Area AGAIN Tops List of Areas with Worst Air Quality, Punctuating Need for Swift AC
The Allegheny County Health Department’s air quality monitor in Liberty AGAIN registered the worst air quality in the nation Monday...
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