May 1, 2008 by Run Up The Score!
Pittsburgh overtakes L.A. as nation’s sootiest city
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, overtook Los Angeles in the category that measures short-term particle pollution or soot. Los Angeles, the country’s longtime soot and smog leader, has enacted aggressive measures to tackle sources of pollution, resulting in a substantial drop in particle pollution levels, said Janice Nolen, the association’s assistant vice president of national policy and advocacy.
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http://pittsburgh.about.com/b/2003/10/18/pittsburgh-ranked-among-worlds-cleanest-cities.htm
We’re also one of the cleaneast cities in the world. Statistics and studies can be manipulated however you’d like.
As someone who has spent considerable time in both of these cities, I am having a really hard time believing this… If it’s true, this reflects really poorly on Pittsburgh. Greater Los Angeles has MILLIONS of drivers frequenting the freeways everyday, multiple oil refineries spewing smoke and soot into the air, one of the world’s busiest airports… etc. All of these contribute to the almost daily haze that makes it difficult to see more than 5 miles some days.
Either Pennsylvania’s emission restrictions on automobiles and industries aren’t nearly strict enough, and there are other major contributors to air pollutants in Pittsburgh that we aren’t realizing the severity of, or this study is just plain wrong.
This is just talking about soot, not smog which is the obvious problem in basins like LA. You don’t get too many particulates from automobiles unless they’re diesel. However, if this is true this isn’t really Pittsburgh’s fault as most western and central PA air quality problems are the result of coal fired power plants in the midwest. So in short we can blame Ohio.
The truth is, this reading was taken close to US Steel’s coke-producing plant in Clairton. That plant is indeed one of the worst polluters in America, and add to that the fact that the geography and terrain of the area keeps pollutants there in high concentrations.
However, the city of Pittsburgh itself has gotten a lot cleaner in recent years, and very seldom is pollution noticeable.
Just as the designation of Piuttsburgh as America’s Most Livable City was blown out of proportion, so does this designation kind of obscure what is really taking place.
Also, in 2011 The Clairton works will have a new oven, after pouring more than a billion dollars into an upgrade, and there will be far less pollution in the area of any sort.
Don’t forget all of the coal-powered electricity plants in Ohio that blow soot into PA.
Yet another reason that Ohio is the Worst.State.Ever.