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Emissions rise from U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock, Pennsylvania Jan. 30, 2023. (Photo by Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource)
Posted inENVIRONMENT

Updated: Audit of Allegheny County Clean Air Fund beginning

by Quinn Glabicki November 9, 2023November 9, 2023

The Clean Air Fund receives penalties paid by polluters. The county wants to access more of that money to cover the operations of its Air Quality Program, potentially limiting the amount that goes to community initiatives.

An old car sits on blocks between two McKeesport homes on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inHEALTH

Advocates tell Allegheny County Board of Health: More work needed on housing code overhaul

by Quinn Glabicki July 6, 2023July 9, 2023
A resident of Hi View Gardens and her young son, seen through a gate, cross the main parking lot of the five-building McKeesport complex. The Allegheny County Health Department found 347 housing health code violations at Hi View and nearby Midtown Plaza from 2017 through 2020, and it collected $2,500 in penalties. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)
Posted inHEALTH

Housing health code revisions are coming in Allegheny County, but what’s the public’s role?

photo of amelia winder by Amelia Winger May 9, 2023May 9, 2023
Emissions rise from U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works on Jan. 18, 2023. In 2022, the Allegheny County Health Department determined hydrogen sulfide exceedances at the Liberty monitor are “attributed entirely” to emissions from the coke works. (Photo by Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource)
Posted inENVIRONMENT

Rule to protect public health during Mon Valley inversions is not working, Allegheny County Council hears

by Quinn Glabicki March 3, 2023March 4, 2023
Posted inENVIRONMENT

How will Pittsburgh fare if new studies prompt the EPA to tighten air pollution standards?

by Justin Vellucci, NEXTPittsburgh February 3, 2022February 3, 2022
Posted inEDUCATION

‘Necessary for our future’: Wolf declares mask mandate at PA schools amid local disputes and surging COVID

by TyLisa C. Johnson August 31, 2021August 31, 2021
Metalico, a metal recycling facility on Neville Island. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)
Posted inENVIRONMENT

A thousand little cuts: Locals say a fire on Neville Island shows the pollution didn’t stop after Shenango Coke Works closed

by Oliver Morrison of PublicSource and Jamie Wiggan of Gazette 2.0 June 23, 2021June 23, 2021
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