DEP hears concerns over evaporator at landfill that processes frack waste

Julie GrantSeptember 2, 2022

Residents and others are concerned that radiation from fracking waste treated at the landfill will end up in the evaporator's air emissions.

EnergyHealthWater

Pennsylvania environmental group pushing for air quality monitors in environmental justice communities

Andriana DelagarzaSeptember 1, 2022

Clean Air Council wants monitors in public areas in communities in Delaware County that have poor air quality so residents can start "talking to each other about what’s happening."

Environmental JusticeHealth

How Allegheny County is trying to make air quality easier to understand

Oliver MorrisonAugust 17, 2022

A new kind of report breaks down the science of how the department measures air pollution and shows how residents can get involved.

HealthPollution

Even moderate air pollution in Allegheny County raises ER visits for kids with asthma, study finds

Reid FrazierMay 20, 2022

The study finds Black children are among those most affected by air pollution, even on moderate or "yellow" air quality days.

Environmental JusticeHealthPollution

U.S. Steel agrees to $1.5 M fine for air pollution violations at Edgar Thomson steel plant

Reid FrazierMay 17, 2022

The fines are for air violations including failing to maintain pollution control equipment and leaving doors open, allowing pollution to escape.

Environmental JusticePollution

Environmentalists and U.S. Steel clash over Allegheny County air quality regulations

Oliver MorrisonMay 13, 2022

Activists and residents say the new rules are watered down and won't protect public health. Others worry about jobs at the Clairton Coke Works.

EconomyHealth

Health department signs off on plans to avoid the worst air pollution days in the Mon Valley

Julia ZenkevichApril 1, 2022

The plans are supposed to help keep air pollution down during air inversions when pollution is trapped near the ground, causing poor air quality.

Pollution

U.S. Steel fined more than $4.5 million for air pollution in Clairton

Julia ZenkevichMarch 25, 2022

U.S. Steel is fined again for clean air violations for its Clairton Coke Works. This time it's for 831 violations between Jan. 1, 2020, and March 15, 2022.

HealthPollution

U.S. Steel fined $1.8 million for ‘rotten egg’-gas pollution near Pittsburgh

Reid FrazierMarch 8, 2022

A county monitor exceeded limits for hydrogen sulfide 153 times in the last 2 years. A study showed the pollution was "entirely" from the Clairton Coke Works.

HealthPollution

U.S. Steel appealing nearly $900K air pollution fines

Reid FrazierMarch 4, 2022

The Allegheny County Health Department issued the fines for visible emissions at the company’s Clairton Coke Works for infractions over the last nine months of 2021.

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