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The May 2, 2019, event where U.S. Steel announced a $1 billion investment to upgrade Mon Valley Works facilities.
Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review
U.S. Steel CEO David Burritt on May 2, 2019, announcing $1 billion in investments in the Mon Valley Works facilities. Just under two years later, on April 30, Burritt announced the company was scrapping the plan.
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Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel will cancel plans for more than $1 billion in upgrades and investment at the Mon Valley Works facilities, CEO David Burritt said in a letter to the community released Friday.
Clairton Coke Works U.S. Steel Corporation is cancelling its $1 billion upgrades to its Mon Valley Works facilities, which includes Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock, Irvin Plant in West Mifflin, and the Clairton Coke Works in Clairton. While the cancellation will likely result in some job losses in the region, it will also reduce the levels of harmful air pollution in the Mon Valley and beyond. The upgrades, which were announced May 2019, would have included a casting and rolling facility and a cogeneration plant. After several delays due to COVID in 2020 that increased the upgrade costs to a promised $1.5 billion, U.S. Steel pushed the start date of those upgrades to the fourth quarter of 2022. But today, the company announced it would be scrapping those plans entirely.
During the 100 days that a pollution control system at Clairton Coke Works was offline following a 2018 fire, people living near the facility experienced worsened asthma symptoms, a study shows. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh will publish their findings in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Allergy
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Updated Masking Guidance From CDC Applies To All 67 Counties In Pennsylvania
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) According to local leaders, the recently updated masking guidance from the CDC applies to all 67 counties in Pennsylvania.
On Wednesday, the Allegheny County Health Department said these new recommendations stress the significance of having a vaccine.
“It moves us closer to normalcy, but we need everyone to get vaccinated if we want complete normalcy,” said Allegheny County Health Department Director Dr. Debra Bogen.
In the new guidance, people who are fully vaccinated can go outside with no mask unless they’re in a crowded space. They can gather with other fully vaccinated people indoors with no mask or social distancing.