GASP Lauds PA Environmental Quality Board Approval of Proposed Climate Change Regulation
Image courtesy of the DEP website. The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) on Sept. 15 voted to promulgate a regulation to...
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Sep 15, 20201 min read
Amplify Project | Pittsburgh’s Pollution Problem (And How Expanded Public Transportation Can Help)
GASP this year launched a new initiative called The Amplify Project. Its goal? To help amplify the voices of folks in our community that...
Sep 9, 20203 min read
Indoor Air Quality and Asbestos in The Home: What You Need to Know
Now more than ever, we find ourselves spending most of our time at home, becoming an increasingly important place of security and...
Sep 3, 20203 min read
Allegheny County Board of Health Greenlights $340K Air Toxics Study, Additional H2S Monitoring
The Allegheny County Board of Health on Wednesday approved several Clean Air Fund requests, including a $340,544 proposal for a...
Aug 28, 20201 min read
Swissvale-Based Kopp Glass Appeals ACHD Enforcement Order
Swissvale-based Kopp Glass has appealed an enforcement order issued by the Allegheny County Health Department July 27 requiring it to...
Aug 27, 20203 min read
CA Citizen’s Suit Settlement Puts Pressure on PA to Implement Air Pollution Control on VOC Emissions
A proposed consent decree that would settle a federal citizen’s suit filed in California regarding control emissions of volatile organic...
Aug 27, 20203 min read
GASP Delivers Widely-Supported Petition to ACHD Demanding Public Update on Emissions Issues at U.S.
Media Contact: Amanda Gillooly GASP Communications Manager amanda@gasp-pgh.org/ 412-924-0604 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GASP Delivers...
Aug 20, 20202 min read
Air Pollution Violations Lead to a $6K Penalty for ATI, Harsco Following Dust Complaints
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Aug. 11 issued a demand for stipulated penalties in the amount of $6,000 to ATI Flat...
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 18, 20201 min read
ACHD Issues $1,755 Civil Penalty Against Pittsburgh Cremation Services
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on June 8 filed an enforcement order against Pittsburgh Cremation Services for failing to...
Aug 17, 20202 min read
Cheswick Generating Station Assessed $32K Civil Penalty for Emissions Issues
Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has assessed a $32,280 civil penalty against GenOn Power Midwest, LP, for 13 exceedances of a...
Aug 13, 20201 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Issues Enforcement Order to U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant Over
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has issued an enforcement order against U.S. Steel for opacity violations at its Edgar...
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 11, 20203 min read
In the Face of Poor Air Quality, Allegheny County Health Department (AGAIN) Gives Far Too Much Credi
When air quality was downright awful for more than a week during the festive season this past December, ACHD was quick to point out that...
Aug 11, 20201 min read
Recording Now Available from Our Making the Connection: Fast Fashion & The Environment Event
A recording of our Making the Connection: Fast Fashion & the Environment event is now available for those who wanted to attend but could...
Aug 10, 20201 min read
Allegheny County Experiences Two Air Quality Exceedances Aug. 9; Air Quality Action Day Again Declar
Click image to enlarge the chart. This past weekend of warm and muggy weather was punctuated by two air quality exceedances, according to...
Aug 6, 20202 min read
GASP Applauds Allegheny County Health Department’s New Air Monitoring Study in Swissvale
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Thursday announced that it had commenced an air toxics monitoring study outside the Kopp...
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...
Aug 4, 20202 min read
Join GASP for a Free Presentation Addressing the Emissions You See in Your Community (and What to Do
Have you ever seen a cloud of smoke or dust in the air that appears to be coming from an industrial facility or construction site and...
Jul 28, 20203 min read
Clothes & Climate Change: How a Fashion Choice Change Could Lead to Better Air Quality
The cost of being cute is far more than the price tag on that piece of clothing you’ve had your eye on. There’s also an air pollution...
Jul 28, 20205 min read
Sustainable Shopping: Pittsburgh Area Delivers on Green Fashion Finds
Fashion isn’t cheap – the environmental costs are astounding. The fashion industry is a pollution powerhouse, fouling our air and water....
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