PITTSBURGH – A class action, nuisance-based lawsuit from a group of Westmoreland County residents against a Belle Vernon landfill, which charged the facility produces noxious odors and has negatively impacted their quality of life, was recently settled.
Wastewater treatment plants in Western Pennsylvania are dumping what’s known as forever chemicals into Pittsburgh’s rivers, a new study shows. The report from the nonprofit Women for a Healthy Environment focuses on per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS), man-made chemicals used in many industrial and consumer products. It found a higher
The state Department of Environmental Protection this week approved an air quality plan to allow an onsite leachate treatment and evaporation system to be installed at Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver Township. The air quality plan approval establishes emissions limitations and monitoring requirements, and the DEP is currently reviewing a waste permit modification application, which, […]
New Kensington council members conceded Monday that they had little choice but to approve a garbage contract that increases bills by 73%. They heard from residents upset that their garbage bills will spike next year but ultimately voted, 4-1, to award a five-year, $15.3 million contract for solid waste, household