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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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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Pittsburgh

Allegheny County Health Department fines Natrona slag processor $100k for dust emissions

The Allegheny County Health Department has fined the Harsco Corp. more than $100,000 for emissions violations related to its slag operation site in Harrison.

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Pittsburgh

Clairton plaintiffs to decide on U.S. Steel settlement

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.

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Originals

Climate change, inversions, and the rise of “super pollution” air events

PITTSBURGH—Residents of the Mon Valley, a cluster of townships along the Monongahela River 20 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, endured some of the stinkiest and most polluted air in the nation this Christmas.

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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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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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Opinion

Harry Hochheiser:Clean our air, protect our climate

Effective legislation can help solve this problem.

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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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Have yourself a smoggy little Christmas

For the last four days the Pittsburgh region has had some of the worst air quality in the nation and that won't change much Wednesday, when a smoggy, not white, Christmas is the forecast.

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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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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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U.S. Steel, the company that built America, faces its age

Last Christmas Eve, a sprinkler pipe at a United States Steel Corp. plant south of Pittsburgh fell from the ceiling in a building at the 120-year-old complex. Within minutes, an area the size of a football field was engulfed in flame.

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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

Allegheny County Health Department fines Natrona slag processor $100k for dust emissions

Clairton plaintiffs to decide on U.S. Steel settlement

Climate change, inversions, and the rise of “super pollution” air events

Legal clinics offered on class action settlement in Clairton

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

Harry Hochheiser:Clean our air, protect our climate

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

Have yourself a smoggy little Christmas

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

U.S. Steel, the company that built America, faces its age

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

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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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