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Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) is a non-profit citizens' group in Southwestern Pennsylvania working for a healthy, sustainable environment. Founded in 1969, GASP has been a diligent watchdog, educator, litigator, and policy-maker on many environmental issues, with a focus on air quality in the Pittsburgh region. Learn more about GASP.

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2013 Hotlines
2012 Hotlines
Gypsy Moth Reflections
LTV Suffers Major Setback in Federal Court Action
May 6th Proclaimed “Stop School Bus Idling” Day
Mon/Fayette Special Edition Introduction: Economic Savior of the Mon Valley or Billion Dollar Boondoggle?
Public Concern Grows as Plans Emerge for New Neville Island Coke Production
So What’s a Little Haze in the Air?
Status of the Proposed LTV/Sun Coke Plant
Supplemental Environmental Projects Urged in Shenango Settlement
The Citizens’ Plan: An Alternative to the Mon Fayette Toll Road
The Cost of Coal
The Mon/Fayette Toll Road: the Environmental View
The New Ozone and PM Standards: Will we breathe more easily?
Year in Review
“Drive Cleaner, Drive Greener” a Moving Event
2010 Hotlines
2011 Hotlines
Air Pollution Committee OKs Smokereaders Proposal
Breathing Easier in the Penn Hills School District
Electricity Deregulation: What Should I Do?
Environmentalists Call For Improvements in Public Access to Information
GASP Joins in Legal Actions Against Rulings of EPA
GASPer Program Starts Sixth Year in Area Schools
Has the Sun Set on the LTV/Sun Coke Hazelwood Plant?
Having a Bad Air Day?
Local Control of Air Quality Regulations Jeopardized
LTV Swan Song Scenario
Mon/Fayette Special Edition: Looking at the Toll Road through Seven Lenses
Out of Breath: Health Effects from Ozone in Eastern United States
Ozone in Allegheny County
Patience is a Virtue… They Say
Pennsylvania’s Power Plants Ranked Worst in Nation
Perspectives: Not quite there on clean air
Protecting Public Health
Remembering Patricia Pelkofer: Tenacious Environmentalist and Founding Member of GASP
Shenango Violations Lead to New Penalties as GASP Urges Closer Monitoring, Cooperation
The Pittsburgh Supersite: Studying Air Quality in Schenley Park
2003 GASPer Air Congress
2009 Hotlines
An Appalachian Tragedy
Anti-Idling Ordinance Moving Forward
Benzene and the Case for Hazardous Ambient Air Monitoring in Allegheny County
Biotechnology – Discovering the Parallels
Book Review: Environmental Risk Communication
Critics of Bush EPA Policies Challenge Easing of Air Quality Rules
Diesel Pollution and Our Health
Dirty Dinosaurs: Power Plants and Pollution
EPA NOx Reductions
EPA Report Cites Diesel Fumes as Probable Cause of Cancer
Fall Foliage and Acid Rain in Pennsylvania: Where Have All the Colors Gone? Asks the Clean `Em Up Campaign
GASPER Air Congress
Green-e: Renewable Energy In Pennsylvania
Making the Connections: Dr. Judith Johnsrud Speaks at GASP’s Annual Meeting
Mon/Fayette Special Edition: The Mon/Fayette and the Southern Beltway — Boon or Boondoggle?
Permits to Pollute
Proposal on Odor Monitoring
Russian Environmentalist Released from Prison
The Emerging Threat to the Clean Air Act
Title V Training
What Am I Breathing Today?
1997, First Session 105th Congress: Environmental Voting Scorecard
2002 GASPer Air Congress
2008 Hotlines
Another Cost of Coal
Better Fuel Economy Standards Needed
Clean Air Under Fire
Clean Up at the Coke Plant
Dioxin: Unwanted and Unnatural
GASP Announces Environmental Advocacy Competition
Lost in the Smoke (and Mirrors)
Mon/Fayette Special Edition: Benefits of the Mon/Fayette Toll Road to the Mon Valley and Pittsburgh Region
Municipalities Planning Code Amendments
Owning a Hybrid
Solar Energy Right Here in Pittsburgh
The Future of Transportation in our Region
The Viability of Hydrogen Powered Cars
Title V: Is that local factory belching or smelling? Now is the time to get involved!
Unsafe At Any Speed
Your Home Landscape – Armed Warfare, Part I
2007 Hotlines
Air Quality Data from the Pittsburgh Supersite
Alternatives to the American “Lawn” Part IV: Just Do It!
Alternatives to the American “Lawn” Part II: Pesticides
An Update on Automobile Emissions Inspections in Pennsylvania
As We Usher in the 21st Century, We Should Usher Out Nuclear Power
Automobile Emissions Inspections in Pennsylvania
Biodiesel: an Alternative Fuel
Criminal Acts
Facts About Energy Use
Letter to the Editor and GASP Response
Mon/Fayette Special Edition: A Better Way Into, and Out of, Town
Port Authority Public Hearing on Project Changes to Martin Luther King, Jr. East Busway Extension
Presidency of GASP Changes Hands
Proposed Land Development in Pittsburgh
Why Should Environmentalists Be Concerned About Transportation?
“Avoid disclosure. Deny liability.”
2006 Hotlines
Blue Vinyl
Court Orders Expanded Vehicle Emissions Testing in Pennsylvania
EPA Proposal for Easing Controls on Mercury Pollution Brings Protests
Mercury on your Dinner Plate
Mercury Rising: How Bush’s Clear Skies Initiative Will Raise Pollution Levels
Mon/Fayette Special Edition: Public Participation an Issue in Transportation Spending Decisions
Recycling and Spring Cleaning
Spotlight on a Board Member: Edward Gerjuoy
Spotlight on Health and Government
Valuing the Lives of Our Senior Population
2005 Hotlines
Alternatives to the American “Lawn” Part III: Let Your Landscape Work for You (Not Vice Versa)
Haze Cuts Two Ways
Mon/Fayette Special Edition: Are There Alternatives to New Toll Roads?
Ode to Rachel
Spotlight on a Board Member: Beth Toor
Spotlight on a GASP Board Member: Kate St. John
Spotlight on a GASP Board Member: Marilyn Skolnick
State OKs Building of Power Plant Burning Coal Wastes in Indiana Co.
Update on the Hays Strip Mine and Racetrack
2004 Hotlines
Chatham Students Use GASPer to Monitor for Diesel
Letter to the Editor
Mon/Fayette Special Edition: Why a CANTR Member Opposes the Mon/Fayette and Southern Beltway Toll Roads
Spotlight on a GASP Board Member: David Fowler
2003 Hotlines
Mon/Fayette Special Edition: Traffic Congestion and Urban Development
Spotlight on a Board Member: Michael Kaizar
Thank You!
2002 Hotlines
Mon/Fayette Special Edition: Completion of the Mon/Fayette Expressway is Essential for Our Future
2001 Hotlines
Mon/Fayette Special Edition: Oakland and the Mon/Fayette Toll Road
2000 Hotlines
Mon/Fayette Special Edition: Resolution in Opposition to a Proposed Mon/Fayette Expressway Bypass Through the Township of Wilkins
1999 Hotlines
Mon/Fayette Special Edition: Planning for the Future in Hazelwood
1998 Hotlines
Mon/Fayette Special Edition: Mayor Tom Murphy’s letter to Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
1997 Hotlines
Mon/Fayette Special Edition: Northern vs. Southern Routes of Mon/Fayette Toll Road
Mon/Fayette Special Edition: Nine Mile Run Watershed Association
Hotline Archive

Fall 2002

The Citizens’ Plan: An Alternative to the Mon Fayette Toll Road
The Pittsburgh Supersite: Studying Air Quality in Schenley Park
EPA Report Cites Diesel Fumes as Probable Cause of Cancer
Owning a Hybrid
Alternatives to the American “Lawn” Part IV: Just Do It!
Spotlight on a Board Member: Edward Gerjuoy

Summer 2002

So What’s a Little Haze in the Air?
Having a Bad Air Day?
Critics of Bush EPA Policies Challenge Easing of Air Quality Rules
2002 GASPer Air Congress
Citizen Smokereaders
Blue Vinyl: A film by Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold
Spotlight on a Board Member: Kate St. John

Spring 2002

Environmentalists Attack Bush Plans as Weakening of EPA’s Clean Air Controls
How Do You Like the Deciview?
Diesel Pollution and Our Health
Lost in the Smoke (and Mirrors)
Automobile Emissions Inspections in Pennsylvania
Recycling and Spring Cleaning
Alternatives to the American “Lawn” Part III: Let Your Landscape Work for You (Not Vice Versa)
Spotlight on a Board Member: David Fowler

Winter 2002

GASP Position on the Mon/Fayette Toll Road
GASPer Program Starts Sixth Year in Area Schools
Proposal on Odor Monitoring
Another Cost of Coal
Alternatives to the American “Lawn” Part II: Pesticides
Spotlight on Health and Government
Spotlight on a Board Member: Marilyn Skolnick

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Short version: LEED for Neighborhood Development seems to work, and work well. Long version: j.mp/18CrSRJ
Cool Off Pittsburgh with the Cool Roofs Initiative conta.cc/ZJHEEh
Good Clean Air Act & EPA hearing updates coming from @jwalkenrdc right now….Is #FollowWednesday a thing?
Fayette County residents attack fracking problems with nuisance suit j.mp/11tlPVW #Marcellus
Help! We’re painting a flat roof white this Friday to lower cooling costs & we need volunteers! Info: j.mp/11CZLfM
Three Rivers Arts Festival brings air pollution artist to Pittsburgh j.mp/13RXfkM
.@WSJ continues to embarrass itself by putting up anti-cycling opinion vids: j.mp/18crybX Cyclists aren’t perfect, but come on!
Help Us Cool Off a Fire Station–by Painting the Roof White conta.cc/12wGgIZ

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