LISTEN: EHN's Pittsburgh reporter discusses air pollution from U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works

PITTSBURGH—EHN's Pittsburgh reporter Kristina Marusic joined Allegheny Front's Kara Holsopple to talk about U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works, one of the biggest emitters of air pollution in Pennsylvania.

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Pittsburgh

Health officials: U.S. Steel faces $743,625 in fines for Clairton Coke Works violations

The Allegheny County Health Department has slapped U.S. Steel with $743,625 in fines for pollution violations at its Clairton Coke Works facility, the agency announced Friday.

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Pittsburgh

What you need to know about air quality, the U.S. Steel settlement and temperature inversions

Kara Holsopple and Kristina Marusic 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."

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Editorial

Not good enough for whom? Pittsburgh is a place worth fighting for

Pittsburgh is cheap, but it stinks. Or so says Google engineer Dennis Towne, whose recent PublicSource essay laments the city's noxious pollution problem and urges tech workers to stay away.

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Toxics

Pittsburgh: Air quality protest leads to tension in Board of Health meeting

At the heart of the debate Friday between air quality advocates and regulators: How fast can the Pittsburgh region clean up its air?

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Toxics

New Allegheny County Council members want to improve air quality, but what power do they have?

According to the Allegheny County Law Department, the power to change air quality regulations belongs almost exclusively to the Health Department and Board of Health.

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Toxics

Legal clinics offered on class action settlement in Clairton

Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services will hold two free, informational clinics this week for residents of Clairton and surrounding communities involved in a proposed settlement for a class action lawsuit against U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works.

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Climate

Pittsburgh received 50+ inches of precipitation for first time ever in consecutive years

Last year was the third wettest year on record in Pittsburgh history. More than 52 inches of precipitation fell over Southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Energy

Energy Transfer given $30M penalty for Beaver County pipeline explosion

The early morning landslide and pipeline explosion that lit up a Beaver County neighborhood in September 2018 has yielded a $30.6 million penalty for the pipeline owner, Energy Transfer Corp.

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Toxics

County seeks new air quality regulations to combat unhealthy smog

Proposals would address bad air caused by weather inversions that are expected to increase due to climate change.

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Opinion

Harry Hochheiser:Clean our air, protect our climate

Effective legislation can help solve this problem.

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Opinion

Megan McDonough: Why are we putting fossil fuel profits before children’s lives?

No amount of money, and certainly no promise of a short-term job, is worth the health and safety of any child in Pennsylvania.

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Justice

Erie coke plant shuts down amid mounting pollution concerns

ERIE — A coke plant abruptly shut down Thursday morning amid mounting regulatory pressure over its environmental record.

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Pittsburgh

Giant Eagle to end use of plastic grocery bags

In a move that follows national trends away from single-use plastic, Giant Eagle on Tuesday will announce a six-month pilot project, in cooperation with the City of Pittsburgh and Sustainable Pittsburgh, to eliminate such materials from the supermarket chain's operations by 2025.

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Children

Pa. rule to tackle air pollution from oil and gas wells advances

A proposed rule to cut down on air pollution released by Pennsylvania's thousands of existing oil and gas wells is expected to eliminate tens of thousands of tons of methane emissions each year — but it won't target the greenhouse gas directly nor will it require leak surveys at the vast majority of the state's older wells.

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LISTEN: EHN's Pittsburgh reporter discusses air pollution from U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works

Health officials: U.S. Steel faces $743,625 in fines for Clairton Coke Works violations

What you need to know about air quality, the U.S. Steel settlement and temperature inversions

Not good enough for whom? Pittsburgh is a place worth fighting for

Pittsburgh: Air quality protest leads to tension in Board of Health meeting

New Allegheny County Council members want to improve air quality, but what power do they have?

Legal clinics offered on class action settlement in Clairton

Pittsburgh received 50+ inches of precipitation for first time ever in consecutive years

Energy Transfer given $30M penalty for Beaver County pipeline explosion

County seeks new air quality regulations to combat unhealthy smog

Harry Hochheiser:Clean our air, protect our climate

Megan McDonough: Why are we putting fossil fuel profits before children’s lives?

Erie coke plant shuts down amid mounting pollution concerns

Giant Eagle to end use of plastic grocery bags

Pa. rule to tackle air pollution from oil and gas wells advances

Weed and water woes in the legendary Emerald Triangle

Dried up streams and dying fish are putting the top cannabis-producing region in the country under the microscope

The I-told-you-so heard ‘round the world

The climate beat, where you constantly pray that you're wrong—but rarely are.

Whose job is it to reduce toxic mercury in the Ohio River?

The brain-harming metal is discharged directly into the river and carried to it on air currents. Some argue authorities are doing too little to stop both routes of pollution.

Exposed: How willful blindness keeps BPA on shelves and contaminating our bodies

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

We mapped out the toxic wastewater discharges along the Ohio River. Here’s what we learned.

"The scary part is that most people who fish are not aware of these advisories although there are notices with fish and wildlife agencies"

Good River: Our reporters want to hear your Ohio River stories and concerns

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Dried up streams and dying fish are putting the top cannabis-producing region in the country under the microscope

The climate beat, where you constantly pray that you're wrong—but rarely are.

The brain-harming metal is discharged directly into the river and carried to it on air currents. Some argue authorities are doing too little to stop both routes of pollution.

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

"The scary part is that most people who fish are not aware of these advisories although there are notices with fish and wildlife agencies"

Text "OHIO" to 765-227-2602 to share with our seven-newsroom collaborative.

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