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COMMENTARY

Corporate consolidation is hurting Americans. Now is the time to rein it in.

BY: - September 16, 2023

By Justin Stofferahn Just weeks after Sanford Health and Fairview Health Services called off a mega-merger that would have remade Minnesota’s healthcare system, Cleveland-Cliffs announced its interest in acquiring U.S. Steel, a combination that would remake Minnesota’s Iron Range. The relentless pace of merger news is no anomaly though. In 2021 merger activity set an […]

U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works

Allegheny Co. Health Department fines U.S. Steel $300K for 2022 summer violations

BY: - July 15, 2023

The fines relate to violations at the company's Clairton Coke Works.

Allegheny Co. hits U.S. Steel with historic $1.8M fine for ‘rotten egg’ pollution

BY: - March 8, 2022

By Jordana Rosenfeld The Allegheny County Health Department has issued U.S. Steel a fine of over $1.8 million for emissions it says causes a “rotten egg” smell and created “longstanding quality of life complaints from residents.” County officials announced the fine on Monday, finding that U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Plant had logged more than 2,000 […]

Allegheny Co.’s fine against U.S. Steel for air quality violations is too small, environmentalists say

BY: - January 11, 2022

By Jordana Rosenfeld PITTSBURGH —  Last week, the Allegheny County Health Department issued a civil penalty to U.S. Steel for allowing the emission of hundreds of pounds of air pollutants following an equipment breakdown this past summer at Clairton Coke Works in Pittsburgh’s Mon Valley. The Health Department fined U.S. Steel $5,500: $2,500 for the one-day […]