Last week @HealthAllegheny launched a dashboard to show pollution reported by regulated entities. What does it show? Since 2010, U.S. Steel's Clairton and Edgar Thomson are polluting at the same or even higher level, despite paying millions in fines. @reidfrazier @BreatheProject
These are the #1 and #3 largest polluters from which @HealthAllegheny requires reporting. Here's the full dashboard: alleghenycounty.us/Health-Departm…
@HealthAllegheny The top ten largest polluters produce 94% of non-GHG pollution.
@HealthAllegheny Another key data point that might be obscured by press releases: 93% of the pollution reduction from these top ten comes from Cheswick Station, a coal power plant that was decommissioned because it was uneconomic. @BreatheProject @GASPPgh @reidfrazier @RyanDeto @PublicSourcePA
Here's a chart that summarizes this. US Steel facilities are shades of green. Virtually all the reductions have come from Cheswick, US Steel continues business as usual. @BreatheProject @GASPPgh
So shutting down coal power is a massive good, from an air quality perspective. And the many, many multi-million dollar enforcement actions against US Steel have seemingly produced NO CHANGE over a decade in total pollution coming from those facilities.
There has never been a better time for @U_S_Steel to shut down polluting coal facilities and transition to clean steel. If they wanted to invest in Pittsburgh they could be grabbing big incentives for a transition to clean energy!
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