Steel’s Clairton Coke Works on July 4. Steel to flare coke oven gases from its stacks and batteries. U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works – an incident that sent heavy smoke and flames spewing from the facility. The alert was just a few paragraphs and stated the unplanned event required the flaring of coke oven In stunning Breathe Cam footage, that’s exactly what the Coke Works looked like on July 4.

Steel’s Clairton Coke Works (an outage that necessitated flaring) and the other at Metalico Recycling Yet, information about these incidents and the emissions they created was hard to come by in real-time

Steel’s Clairton Coke Works – as well as ACHD’s efforts to reign in H2S emission via a $1.8 million enforcement

These are all pollutants highly associated with coke-making. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works is by far the largest emitter of H2S in the county, emitting more than 109 Will revisions to the regulations help to reduce H2S emissions coming from Clairton Coke Works and the –Rachel Filippini, Executive Director #cokeovenregulations #coke #H2S #airpollution #Liberty #AlleghenyCountyHealthDepartment

U.S. Steel on Tuesday filed a petition regarding Allegheny County Health Department's air quality enforcement procedures that led to a portion of the stipulated penalties it was assessed last year. GASP staff is currently reviewing the order and on Friday submitted a public records request to ACHD seeking myriad documents, videos, and photographs referenced in the order that were not made public. Stay tuned, we’ll let you know what we find out. In the meantime, we recommend you read the petition for yourself here.

Where is the stench coming from? And what’s being done to stop the stench? Steel’s Clairton Coke Works emitted – on average – more than 120 tons of H2S annually from 2010 to 2020 , through March 1, 2022, can be attributed entirely to emissions originating at US Steel’s Clairton coking Steel and air quality regulators related to emissions issues at the company’s Clairton Coke Works and The same goes for emissions issues at the Clairton Coke Works.

., in Zelienople, Butler County, and Cosmed Group LLC/Erie in the City of Erie.

Climate anxiety is defined as a heightened emotional, mental, or somatic distress in response to dangerous changes in the climate system. Here’s what we know: Climate anxiety can lead to symptoms like panic attacks, loss of appetite, irritability, and sleeplessness. More than two-thirds of Americans experience some anxiety. A recent study shows 59% of children and young adults between the ages of 16 and 25 are extremely worried about our environmental future. Threats to our climate exist here in Pittsburgh, which is home to major air and water polluters. What’s not as clear? What we can do to protect our own - and our children's - mental health as we work to improve the environmental conditions in our corner of the universe. Please join GASP at 6:30 p.m. on May 10 for a virtual Making the Connection event where we will explore tools and strategies we can all use to build resiliency, prevent burnout, and keep away despair. Our discussion will be led by Dr. Graham Standish, executive director of Samaritan Counseling of Western PA. Register here for the free event.

At GASP we aim to be a resource for not only residents but for municipal officials, too, so they can better understand and take action on important air quality issues specific to their communities. And now, thanks to a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), we’ve crafted an educational primer that addresses everything from air quality sources and regulations to local grant funding opportunities and community resources. We’re also taking our educational advocacy on the road, hosting air quality workshops in Allegheny and surrounding counties for local elected and municipal officials. GASP is hopeful these workshops will help equip your local leaders with the information they need to better represent you on the air quality front. “Municipal officials and elected leaders are tasked with understanding the intricacies of so many important issues facing their communities - from taxes and budgets to road maintenance and zoning rules,” GASP Executive Director Patrick Campbell said. “We know just how complex air quality issues can be and hope that our primer will be a go-to resource for local officials.” GASP educator Laura Kuster agreed. “The information compiled in our primer and shared in our workshops goes beyond FAQs about air pollutants and emissions sources,” she said. “It also provides details about grant funding sources and information related to creating climate action plans.” And there are perks to attend: At each workshop, municipal officials who attend will be eligible to win a free PurpleAir monitor for placement in their community. GASP is currently seeking community partners in Armstrong, Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland counties (we’re lookin’ at you, civic groups, education centers, and libraries). Stay tuned, GASP will be hosting workshops throughout 2023. Editor’s Note: If you’re a community group, municipal official, or staff member reading this and you’d like more information, don’t hesitate to email our executive director for more details at patrick@gasp-pgh.org.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) this afternoon issued a Code Orange Air over Pennsylvania, will contribute to daily average concentrations of fine particulate matter in the Code Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Air Quality Index (AQI) provides standardized color codes for An Air Quality Action Day is issued when the AQI is forecasted to be Code Orange or higher.