Government regulators sided with environmental advocates, in part, when they ruled recently that a U.S. Steel plant in the Mon Valley might be violating clean-air laws under a current permit that restricts its emissions. The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delivered a split decision last month over petitions by four
"The Environmental Protection Agency objected to an air quality permit issued to U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works, a move advocates say will protect Mon Valley residents from emissions of harmful air pollutants. The EPA filed the objection under the grounds that the permit which was issued by the Allegheny County Health Department in November did not comply with the Clean
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Allegheny County's air permit backlog includes U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock, Irvin Works in West Mifflin and Neville Chemical on Neville Island.
I recently returned to Pittsburgh after being away for two weeks and was shocked that I couldn’t even go outside because of the foul air from the Canadian wildfires. Even inside, I had a headache and sore throat. As a teacher, I see firsthand how many students suffer with terrible,