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Bellevue resident and parent Bill Bartlett urged the Board of Health yesterday to take strong action against Shenango for their recent air pollution violations. He is concerned about the health and safety of all the residents in the area, especially the children. Paying the fines is important but even more so is compliance. Read . . . → Read More: Local Bellevue Resident Tells the Board of Health: Make Sure Shenango Cleans Up Their Act Neville Island area residents gathered at the front gates of Shenango coke works on Wednesday, December 14th to deliver a letter requesting the company hold a public accountability meeting. Community members are concerned about the extreme number of air quality violations that have occurred at the facility over the past year. Shenango was fined . . . → Read More: Shenango, Why Are You Being a Bad Neighbor? Citizen smoke readers have been watching the Shenango coke works on Neville Island for years, but they have been working overtime so to say since the recent increase in violations. In August, Shenango was fined $114,000 by the Allegheny County Health Department for 114 air pollution violations since the beginning of 2011. Learn more . . . → Read More: Citizens are Keeping Tabs on Shenango Residents of Avalon and other communities surrounding Neville Island have been concerned about the air quality in the area for a long time. Now they have the official word to confirm their fears. Avalon has surpassed Clairton to rank number one for dirty air in Allegheny County. Not a number one ranking anyone wants. . . . → Read More: Avalon Claims the Title of Dirtiest Air in Allegheny County At the Allegheny County Board of Health meeting on November 2nd, Clean Water Action, along with support from GASP, Sierra Club, Women for a Healthy Environment, Pittsburgh United and Penn Future, delivered an “urgent reminder” that we want the Air Toxics Guidelines updated. We also gave them over 480 postcards from residents all over . . . → Read More: We’re Keeping up the Pressure on the Board of Health “A West Elizabeth chemical plant has repeatedly failed since 2001 to either keep its air pollution controls within their required parameters or failed to monitor those parameters, the Environmental Protection Agency and Allegheny County Health Department claim in a federal lawsuit filed today. The agencies claim that Eastman Chemical Resins Inc., a subsidiary of . . . → Read More: Eastman Chemical in West Elizabeth Sued for Pollution Violations The Pittsburgh Post Gazette reported today that Shenango has been fined $114,000 for air pollution violations. In addition to the fine issued by the Allegheny County Health Department, the coke plant must submit a plan by Sept. 26th to detail how they will not exceed permitted pollution levels in the future. Click here to . . . → Read More: Neville Island Coke Plant Fined $114,000 So far 27 businesses and organizations have signed on to a letter urging the Allegheny County Board of Health to pass updated Air Toxics Guidelines. The current in-use document has not been updated since 1988 and is based on out-of-date science. The committee working on revisions is almost finished and we need to make . . . → Read More: Buisnesses and Organizations Urge Board of Health for Updated Air Toxics Guidelines Clean Water Action member and GASP Board member Ted Popovich delivered the comments Allegheny County residents made to the Air Toxics Guidelines Committee on May 4th, 2011 in Avalon to the Board of Health at their meeting on July 13. Thanks Ted for making sure the entire Board of Health knows what citizens want . . . → Read More: Neville Area Resident Delivers BOH Public Statements About Air Toxics Landmark legislation has passed Pittsburgh City Council and ensures taxpayer supported development will have to drastically reduce diesel emissions. The bill requires a portion of the public subsidy be spent on diesel retrofits that can reduce the soot from heavy equipment by 85% or more. A unique coalition of labor, environmental, faith and community . . . → Read More: Diesel Victory! |
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