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Erie Activists Keep Pressure on a Polluting Coke Plant in Their Community

Ed Mahon·October 11, 2019

Mike Campbell and Sister Pat Lupo started Hold Erie Coke Accountable to keep an eye on the plant. DEP tried to shut it down due to violations, but a court order is keeping it open.

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Environmental Groups Secure Air Protections at Proposed Ohio Cracker Plant

Julie Grant·September 24, 2019

The groups will drop their appeal of the plant's air permit in exchange for additional monitoring and disclosures. If built, the Ohio plant would be similar to Shell's cracker in Pa., shown above.

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Advocates Say Vehicle Electrification Is The Future And PA Is Lagging Behind

Margaret J. Krauss·September 17, 2019

They say Pennsylvania is squandering a financial windfall and missing out on air quality improvements.

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Groups Sue U.S. Steel Over Emissions Data

Reid Frazier·August 26, 2019

The lawsuit alleges the company withheld required pollution data after a fire on Christmas Eve.

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California v. Trump

Reid Frazier·August 16, 2019

No state has been more successful in the resistance against Trump's environmental rollbacks than California.

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Residents, workers air their responses to U.S. Steel settlement

Reid Frazier·July 31, 2019

The $2.7 million settlement is to resolve air pollution violations at the Clairton plant over the past two years.

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U.S. Steel, Allegheny County have a draft agreement on pollution violations

Reid Frazier·June 28, 2019

The company agreed to $2.7 million in fines and pollution upgrades estimated to cost $200 million. The deal does not affect lawsuit over pollution from Dec. 24 fire.

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U.S. Steel Restores Pollution Controls After Monday’s Fire

Reid Frazier·June 18, 2019

The company avoided a potential shutdown order from the Allegheny County Health Department.

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After another fire, Allegheny County issues emergency order for U.S. Steel’s Clairton plant

Reid Frazier·June 17, 2019

Country's largest coke plant must lower pollution or "immediately cease all coke-making operations."

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U.S. Steel Hit with Another Six-Figure Fine Over Excessive Emissions

Reid Frazier·May 13, 2019

The $300,000 fine is for violations at the Clairton Coke Works during the first quarter of 2019. U.S. Steel has been fined a total of $2.6 million in the last year.

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Erie Activists Keep Pressure on a Polluting Coke Plant in Their Community

Environmental Groups Secure Air Protections at Proposed Ohio Cracker Plant

Advocates Say Vehicle Electrification Is The Future And PA Is Lagging Behind

Groups Sue U.S. Steel Over Emissions Data

California v. Trump

Residents, workers air their responses to U.S. Steel settlement

U.S. Steel, Allegheny County have a draft agreement on pollution violations

U.S. Steel Restores Pollution Controls After Monday’s Fire

After another fire, Allegheny County issues emergency order for U.S. Steel’s Clairton plant

U.S. Steel Hit with Another Six-Figure Fine Over Excessive Emissions