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Already 163 people to have applied for a spot in a newly renovated, $17 million, 49-unit affordable housing development in Clairton.
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The air quality in the Mon Valley should start to get a little better on the very worst days. That’s thanks to a new rule by the Allegheny County Health Department. The rule was passed last year but it took months to get U.S. Steel, the largest polluter in the region, to come up with a plan that would work. The rule has already gone into effect several times this year.
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Air quality in the Liberty-Clairton area reached “unhealthy” levels Monday. Throughout the morning and early afternoon, levels of particulate matter pollution reached concentrations that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection deems unhealthy for all people.
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Clairton's Liberty monitor went to Code Orange early this morning after detecting an increase in air pollution levels. They remained elevated for roughly 4 hours before falling back to more moderate levels at about 8 a.m.
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An Allegheny County judge has approved a settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that claims pollution from the country's largest coke producing…
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A draft agreement between US Steel and Allegheny County officials does not go far enough, environmental advocates and some residents said at a public…
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The Allegheny County Health Department has formally requested to join a federal lawsuit against U.S. Steel. Earlier this week the National Environmental…
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Despite an improvement in particulate matter levels at a key Allegheny County Health Department air monitor last year, the county is still not meeting…
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Two environmental groups have sued U.S. Steel over alleged Clean Air Act violations following a Dec. 24 fire that knocked the plant’s pollution controls…
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Two weeks after a Christmas Eve fire at U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works, the Allegheny County Health Department warned residents to limit time outside…