Developers of this new visualization of air pollution hope it will help people verify what they smell. "This weaving together [of data] creates a corroboration of people’s experiences.”
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conceded in federal court that it failed to properly regulate certain aspects of coke ovens, like those at U.S. Steel’s plant in Clairton.
Recent fires at the Clairton Coke Works and temperature inversions have sparked a debate about what should be done to address air pollution in the county.
