A new report by the Breathe Project finds that residents of Allegheny County are more likely to die from air pollution than people in other parts of the U.S.
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The debate over a pollution permit in Clairton, Pennsylvania, home to the nation’s largest coke plant, pits environmental groups and residents concerned about public health against U.S. Steel and its supporters.
The rule would limit how much pollution comes from coke ovens, the primary source of emissions at the coke works. U.S. Steel supports the new rule. But air quality activists say it doesn’t go far enough.