We discuss the settlement of a class action lawsuit against U.S. Steel and how the Christmas temperature inversion that made Pittsburgh's air smell like "rotten eggs, sewer backup, burning plastic and hospital waste."
A meeting was held to explain to residents their options to take the settlement money, or opt out and keep their rights to a future claim against U.S. Steel.
The health department says climate change will make temperature inversions more frequent. A foggy blanket of air pollution hung over the county during the week of Christmas.
A new state analysis indicates that Pennsylvanians are breathing cleaner air. However, one big exception includes residents living near U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works.
GASP wants the health department to make good on its promise to strengthen rules to deal with hydrogen sulfide, the stinky pollutant that smells like rotten eggs.
Mike Campbell and Sister Pat Lupo started Hold Erie Coke Accountable to keep an eye on the plant. DEP tried to shut it down due to violations, but a court order is keeping it open.
The groups will drop their appeal of the plant's air permit in exchange for additional monitoring and disclosures. If built, the Ohio plant would be similar to Shell's cracker in Pa., shown above.
