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Apr 10, 20192 min read

URA to Adopt Environmentally Friendly Clean Construction Guidelines

The board of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh is set Thursday to adopt the City’s “Clean Construction” guidelines. The...

Apr 5, 20192 min read

HECA, GASP Teaming Up for April 16 Community Meeting Regarding Ongoing Erie Coke Violations

Photo courtesy of the HECA website. Editor’s Note: The following is from a press release issued April 4 by our friends at Hold Erie Coke...

Mar 27, 20195 min read

PennFuture Campaign to Engage Residents in Telling U.S. Steel to Improve Clairton Coke Works

Editor’s Note: We wanted to make sure everyone saw this new campaign from our friends at PennFuture. The below blog was taken from a...

Mar 19, 20191 min read

GASP Teams Up with Lawrenceville Clean Air Now

Photo courtesy of LCAN. About 50 people attended a meeting hosted by the local grassroots group Lawrenceville Clean Air Now (LCAN) on...

Mar 13, 20192 min read

GASP Seeks Local Smoke Readers; Free Training Provided

They say, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” They say, “Actions are louder than words.” What they don’t tell you is how to be...

Feb 21, 20192 min read

GASP Joins Mayor, Officials, for Kickoff of City’s First ‘Clean Construction’ Project

GASP’s Rachel Filippini Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) executive director Rachel Filippini joined Mayor Bill Peduto and other...

Jul 10, 20183 min read

GASP, Clean Air Council Sue Allegheny Co. Over Illegal Use of Clean Air & Title V Funds

Contact: Rachel Filippini Executive Director, Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) 412-924-0604 x201 rachel@gasp-pgh.org Katie Edwards...

May 2, 20182 min read

GASP Urges Health Dept. to Not Squander Clean Air Funds on Building Renovation

Comments delivered to the Allegheny County Board of Health on May 2, 2018 Good afternoon. My name is Rachel Filippini. I am the Executive...

Nov 16, 20175 min read

Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Proposes to Allow Additional 2K Tons per Year of Air Pollution from ATI

Allegheny County Health Department Proposes to Allow More Air Pollution from Steel Plant After Department Failed to Issue Operating...

Mar 23, 20174 min read

GASP, Others Give Notice of Intent to Sue Allegheny Ludlum Plant

March 23, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Groups File Notice of Intent to Sue Owners of Steel Plant Over Illegal Air Pollution Pollution from...

Nov 4, 20133 min read

Clean Air Dash and Festival: Success!

by Sam Thomas, Athletes United for Healthy Air Coordinator On Saturday October 19th, 2013 GASP held the first Clean Air Dash and Festival...