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Daily Air Update: Five straight days of unhealthy air in Mon Valley
(Clairton) – Despite the Christmas holiday, residents in the Clairton area and Mon Valley experienced continued unhealthy air quality yesterday for the fifth straight day. Allegheny County Health Department monitors in Liberty recorded another violation of the federal daily fine particle standard, and the state daily hydrogen sulfide standard for December 25, and data from Thursday morning also indicates likely violations for a sixth consecutive day given the lack of action by U.S. Steel to reduce emissions from their
Mon Valley Air Quality Reaches Unhealthy Levels Again: Clean Water Action Statement
(Clairton) – Clean Water Action issued a statement this morning alerting residents in the Clairton and surrounding area to unhealthy air quality over the weekend and continuing today. On both December 21 and 22 air monitoring data on the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) website indicated that the Liberty monitor in the Mon Valley recorded violations of the daily fine particle (PM2.5) standard, with levels almost 50% over the health based standard.
In addition, the Liberty monitor recorded violations of the
Advancement of Oil and Gas Emission Controls Welcomed but Cautioned Shortcomings Need Addressed to be Truly Impactful
Clean Water Action commended the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board for voting to launch the rulemaking process on Governor Wolf’s concrete action to help address climate change through curbing harmful air pollution from the Commonwealth’s existing oil and gas operations.
NJ’s Plastic Bag Ban Bill One Step Closer to Realization
NJ's plastic bag ban bill (S2776/A4330) cleared a critical hurdle today when it was amended and passed out of the Senate Budget Committee.
Clean Water Action Statement on Water Protection Package
Three bills introduced today by Michigan State Representatives Yousef Rabhi, Laurie Pohutsky, and Rachel Hood will ban diversions of bottled water and strengthen protections for Michigan’s groundwater as a public trust resource.
The following statement can be attributed to Mary Brady-Enerson, Michigan Director, Clean Water Action:
“Michigan is home to 21% of the world’s fresh surface water. It is our State’s great responsibility to protect and preserve this natural resource for the public benefit, not for private profit. The legislation introduced today would strengthen public trust