Liberty Air Quality Monitor Experiences Malfunction; GASP, ACHD Provide Answers
At GASP we review air quality data the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) publishes on a regular basis. Today we noticed...
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Oct 27, 20213 min read
County Council Reappoints Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee Members, GASP Again Implores Offi
Allegheny County Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to reappoint several members of the Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee whose...
Oct 26, 20211 min read
HEADS UP: Electric School Bus Rebate Program Deadline Approaching, GASP Encourages Regional Eligible
We just wanted to put out a gentle reminder: American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) funds are now available from the U.S. Environmental...
Oct 25, 20212 min read
UPDATED: Mon Valley Experiences Another Air Quality Exceedance, GASP Asks Allegheny Co. Health Dept.
By 9 a.m. Monday, concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) were so high at Allegheny County Health Department’s air quality monitor in...
Oct 21, 20213 min read
Allegheny Co. Health Dept to Hearing Officer: Deny U.S. Steel Request to Kill New Coke Oven Regs
UPDATE: U.S. Steel filed a reply brief on Oct. 22. You can read it on the Allegheny County Health Department legal docket. The Allegheny...
Oct 20, 20211 min read
UPDATED: Rotten Egg Stench Persists in Mon Valley as Liberty Experiences More Air Quality Exceedance
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 11:05 a.m. on 10/20 to include information on today’s H2S exceedances and again at 11:35 a.m....
Oct 20, 20212 min read
Air Advisory Committee Approve $578K Clean Air Fund Request, Still No Word on GASP Appointee
Members of Allegheny County’s Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved making more than $578,000 from the...
Oct 20, 20214 min read
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...
Oct 19, 20211 min read
More Rotten Egg Stench in Mon Valley as Braddock Monitor Experiences 13th Hydrogen Sulfide Exceedanc
In fact, concentrations of H2S were so high Tuesday that by 8 a.m. it was mathematically impossible for them *not* to exceed...
Oct 18, 20211 min read
INTERVIEW: Dirty Gertie Talks Pollution, Says She Has No Plans to Migrate Despite Air Pollution
Get to know GASP’s longtime mascot Dirty Gertie the Poor Polluted Birdie and her friend and puppeteer Dave English in this recent...
Oct 14, 20211 min read
Mon Valley Experiences More Malodors, Liberty Monitor Again Exceeds PA Air Quality Standard
So, did you smell it yesterday – that all-too-familiar stench of rotten eggs? Because Wednesday marked the 37th day in 2021 that hydrogen...
Oct 12, 20213 min read
GASP Urging County Exec to Make Important Air Advisory Committee Nomination & We Need Your Help
GASP on Tuesday submitted public comments to Allegheny County Council to make sure members were aware of our recent request to Allegheny...
Oct 7, 20212 min read
GASP Encouraging Local Districts to Take Advantage of EPA Grant Program to Replace Dirty Diesel Scho
The two rebate opportunities total approximately $17 million in combined funding for schools and bus fleet owners to replace older,...
Oct 6, 20211 min read
Allegheny County Air Quality Fund Audit Shows Health Department Still Grappling with Air Quality Permit Backlog
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) ended 2020 without having taken action on required air quality operating permits for six of...
Oct 5, 20213 min read
UPDATED: GASP Lauds Enforcement Order, $62K Civil Penalty Against Neville Chemical But Calls on ACHD
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Tuesday issued an enforcement order to Neville Chemical Company for violating numerous...
Oct 4, 20212 min read
Seward Generating Station Applies to DEP for *Decreased* Sulfur Dioxide Emission Limits
Photo courtesy of Google Earth. The Seward Generating station in Indiana County is purportedly the world’s largest waste-coal burning...
Oct 4, 20212 min read
Mon Valley Stench Returns, GASP Again Calls on ACHD for Public Update
CreateLab’s SmellPGH app received a smattering of odor reports Saturday from local residents, one of whom said the outside air smelled...
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...
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...
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