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Fracking at Edgar Thomson steel mill among concerns discussed at environmental forum in Forest Hills

Braddock resident Je'Amour Matthew punctuated Tuesday's environmental forum hosted by state Rep. Summer Lee with a passionate speech that resonated with the roughly 50 people who attended.

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Rep. Austin Davis on battling air pollution and the fight for meaningful legal penalties

Davis is proposing laws that would require polluters to post public notices within 12 hours of exceeding limits and increase fines to $37,500. Will they pass?

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Mon Valley holds public meeting on agreement between Allegheny County Health Department and U.S. Steel

People in the Mon Valley are learning more about how millions of dollars will be used to limit pollution from the Clairton Coke Works plant.

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Thousands of tons of foreign steel used at Shell cracker plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania

The Shell cracker plant in Beaver County is one of the largest construction projects in the country, using massive amounts of steel. Action News Investigates has learned much of that steel was imported—mostly from China.

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Pittsburgh City Council supports health department’s clean air actions

Pittsburgh City Council on Monday pledged unanimous support for the Allegheny County Health Department's efforts to uphold clean air standards, particularly at U.S. Steel's Edgar Thomson and Clairton Coke Works plants.

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Pittsburgh breathes easier after repairs at U.S. Steel coke plant

Emissions from the nation’s largest coke plan have nose-dived after a surge in pollution earlier this year prompted health warnings and widespread complaints of bad smells.

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Cleaner air, but not clean enough for Mon Valley, Pennsylvania, residents

Mon Valley residents air complaints about pollution as county health department touts 2018 improvements and vows to make sure they continue.

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Pittsburgh’s air quality continues to decline, new report finds

PITTSBURGH—For the second year in a row, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, was the only U.S. county outside of California to receive all F's in the American Lung Association's national air quality report card.

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Scientists, activists equate air pollution to the opioid epidemic in plea to city council

Pollution is causing more deaths per year in Allegheny County than homicides and traffic crashes combined and is costing billions, according to Neil Donahue, a Carnegie Mellon University atmospheric chemistry expert, who spoke at Tuesday's special meeting.

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U.S. Steel fined over $700,000 for emissions at Clairton Coke Works

For the third time in less than a year, the Allegheny County Health Department has fined U.S. Steel for excessive air pollution emissions at its Clairton Coke Works in the Mon Valley.

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Residents shout down oil and gas execs over fracking at US Steel mill

Tensions ran hot Wednesday night during a community meeting about proposed fracking at the site of U.S. Steel's Edgar Thomson Steel mill in Braddock, 10 miles east of downtown Pittsburgh.

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Air pollution frustration spills out at health board meeting

Clairton resident David Meckel carried his frustration in a glass jar to the Allegheny County Board of Health's meeting Downtown on Wednesday.

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Health department orders U.S. Steel to stop pollution at Mon Valley plants

The Allegheny County Health Department has ordered U.S. Steel Corp. to end repeated and ongoing violations of federal sulfur dioxide standards at its three Mon Valley Works plants following a Dec. 24 fire that knocked out pollution controls at the Clairton Coke Works.

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Air quality monitor measuring SO2 emissions installed in West Mifflin

A new air quality monitor has been installed in West Mifflin, the Allegheny County Health Department announced Monday.

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Steelworkers heckle black Pa. state rep at air quality crisis hearing in Pittsburgh

CLAIRTON, PENNSYLVANIA – While historic Green New Deal legislation was being introduced by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) 230 miles to the South in Washington, D.C, dozens of men dressed in matching orange jackets with metallic reflector strips and orange pants waited patiently to slowly cram into the Clairton Municipal building.

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Fracking at Edgar Thomson steel mill among concerns discussed at environmental forum in Forest Hills

Rep. Austin Davis on battling air pollution and the fight for meaningful legal penalties

Mon Valley holds public meeting on agreement between Allegheny County Health Department and U.S. Steel

Thousands of tons of foreign steel used at Shell cracker plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh City Council supports health department’s clean air actions

Pittsburgh breathes easier after repairs at U.S. Steel coke plant

Cleaner air, but not clean enough for Mon Valley, Pennsylvania, residents

Pittsburgh’s air quality continues to decline, new report finds

Scientists, activists equate air pollution to the opioid epidemic in plea to city council

U.S. Steel fined over $700,000 for emissions at Clairton Coke Works

Residents shout down oil and gas execs over fracking at US Steel mill

Air pollution frustration spills out at health board meeting

Health department orders U.S. Steel to stop pollution at Mon Valley plants

Air quality monitor measuring SO2 emissions installed in West Mifflin

Steelworkers heckle black Pa. state rep at air quality crisis hearing in Pittsburgh

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350 individuals and 50 groups in Southwestern PA's fracking country are urging the governor to hear from impacted communities

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Neonicotinoids are harming more than bees.

350 individuals and 50 groups in Southwestern PA's fracking country are urging the governor to hear from impacted communities

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