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Citing National Security, Trump Has Abandoned Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Ovens

The administration ended a program that documented excessive levels of a carcinogen at industrial facilities across the country. Environmental groups who say the move leaves polluted communities behind have filed suit.

By Lee Hedgepeth

Smoke emits from the stacks of ABC Coke in Jefferson County, Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News
U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, an industrial plant that emits benzene, particulate matter and other pollutants, in Clairton, Pennsylvania, on an early morning in October when atmospheric conditions trapped air pollution close to the ground.

The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. The Real Emissions Are Far Worse.

By Lisa Song, photography by Annie Flanagan for ProPublica

White plumes of smoke billow above U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works in Clairton, Pa. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

EPA Drops Planned Delay in Compliance With Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Plants

By Jon Hurdle

Ambulances respond to an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works on Monday in Clairton, Pa. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

‘It Didn’t Have to Be This Way’: After Another Explosion at Clairton Coke Works, Advocates Call for Accountability

By Kiley Bense

A view of the Shenango coke plant in Pittsburgh in December 2012. Credit: Allegheny County Clean Air Now

Kids in Pennsylvania Are Breathing (Much) Easier After a Coal Plant Shuttered

By Kiley Bense

The majority-Black residents of north Birmingham continue to face the impacts of the idled Bluestone Coke facility. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In One of the Nation’s Most Polluted Communities, Trump Terminates Funding for Air Monitoring

By Lee Hedgepeth

American Cast Iron Pipe (ACIPCO) was founded in Birmingham in 1905 and employs approximately 1,600 people at its Birmingham facilities. Credit: Dennis Pillion/Inside Climate News

Canceled Climate Grants Would Have Cut Pollution While Boosting Production, Jobs at Two Alabama Ironworks

By Dennis Pillion

Steam rises from a cooling tower at Clairton Coke Works, one of the world’s largest producers coke, in Pennsylvania. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

Adding up the Public Health Costs of Using Coal to Make Steel

By Kiley Bense

An aerial view of the idled Bluestone Coke facility in Birmingham, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Coal Baron a No-Show in Alabama Courtroom as Abandoned Plant Continues to Pollute Neighborhoods

By Dennis Pillion

Clairton Coke Works is one of the world’s largest producers of coke, which leads to the emission of a raft of chemicals. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

In the ‘Armpit of the Universe,’ a Window Into the Persistent Inequities of Environmental Policy

By Kiley Bense, Victoria St. Martin

A coke storage area is seen as steam rises from the quench towers at the Clairton Coke Works on Jan. 21, 2020, in Clairton, Pa. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

In a Steel Town Outside Pittsburgh, an Old Fight Over Air Quality Drags On

By Kiley Bense

Lighter Budgets Lead to Lighter Packages

By Leslie Berliant

Cradle to Grave: Greenhouse Gas Protocol Adds Up Companies' Lifecyle Emissions

By Amy Westervelt

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