Re-Evaluated RACT II Limits for PA Coal Burners Means Emissions will ‘Finally Be Regulated Properly'
From time to time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revises the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (also known as...
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Sep 29, 20212 min read
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...
Sep 29, 20212 min read
Press Release | GASP Announces Hiring of New Executive Director
Media Contact: Amanda Gillooly GASP Communications Manager amanda@gasp-pgh.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GASP Announces Hiring of New...
Sep 29, 20212 min read
Pitt World History Center, GASP Team Up for 3-Part Podcast About U.S. Steel Extraction History Here
Vintage photographs like these capture the way intense smog blotted out the sun on all-too-many Pittsburgh mornings. Members of GASP (and...
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 16, 20211 min read
PHOTO/VIDEO GALLERY: Jeghetto’s Homecoming Puppet Show in Clairton Wows Children & Adults
Clairton Park came alive Saturday with a unique blend of hip hop and puppetry thanks to Tarish “Jeghetto” Pipkins, an internationally...
Jul 2, 20212 min read
County Council Committee Votes to Approve Air Quality Permit Fee Schedule Changes, Final Vote Expect
Council is expected to take a final vote on the measure later this month.
Jan 25, 20213 min read
GASP Pittsburgh Introduces New Youth Education Initiative ‘Fresh Voices for Clean Air’
The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) is seeking Allegheny County students in grades 9, 10, and 11 who are interested in becoming...
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...
Dec 26, 20202 min read
The One With All the New Year’s Resolutions <Cue Bryan Adams>
Dear Fellow Breathers, Congratulations are in order: It’s Dec. 26 and the roller-coaster ride that was 2020 is nearing an end. We...
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...
Nov 4, 20202 min read
Youth Panelists Sought for Chatham University Panel Discussion About Pollution, Gender & Sexual
Mark your calendars for two upcoming panel discussions regarding the intersection of soil, air and water pollution and gender justice as...
Oct 6, 20204 min read
Allegheny Co. Controller: ACHD’s Taken “Encouraging Steps” to Stave Off Air Quality Permit Backlog
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner on Tuesday said her office’s audit of the County Health Department’s (ACHD) Clean Air Act...
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Local Enviro Groups to Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald: Lives Literally Depend on Your Swift Action
GASP and several local environmental groups and nonprofit partners sent a letter this week to Allegheny County Chief Executive Rich...
Aug 18, 20202 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Issues Enforcement Orders Over Asbestos Abatement
According to the orders posted to the ACHD website Aug. 13, the companies violated Allegheny County’s Air Pollution Control Regulations...
Aug 13, 20201 min read
Sign Our Petition to Tell ACHD it Must Provide Public Update on Edgar Thomson Emissions Issues
GASP needs your help to send a message to the Allegheny County Health Department that enough is enough: The public deserves a substantive...
Aug 5, 20202 min read
Recent Air Quality Standard Amendment Will Further Limit Mercury Emissions at U.S. Steel Facility
U.S. Steel’s Braddock-based Edgar Thomson Works is one of 11 integrated iron and steel manufacturing facilities in the country to be...
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