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Dec 6, 20241 min read
OPPORTUNITY ALERT: GASP Seeking Hosts for EPA-Funded Allegheny County Community Air Monitoring Project
Friends, we have an amazing opportunity for folks to be a crucial part of our EPA-funded Allegheny County Community Air Monitoring Project...
Dec 6, 20242 min read
ACHD Proposal to Fully Fund Air Quality Program Headed to Council for Final Vote Following Committee’s Affirmative Recommendation
Friends, we have excellent news to report: Last night, Allegheny County Council’s Committee on Health and Human Services voted to...
Dec 4, 20241 min read
Thank You, Thank You, THANK YOU!
Dear Fellow Breathers, We wanted to start the day off by saying THANK YOU SO MUCH for your support this Giving Tuesday. Because of the...
Dec 3, 20242 min read
Can You Help Your Local Clean Air Watch Dogs Meet $5K Giving Tuesday Fundraising Goal?
Can you do us a solid? Take a few deep breaths real quick. Relax. How did it feel? How did it smell ? We ask because for way too many...
Nov 25, 20241 min read
What a Giving Tuesday Gift to GASP Means…
We've all seen the news reports about air quality. They use buzzwords like “disproportionate impacts” and "frontline communities." But...
Nov 18, 20241 min read
GASP’s Fresh Voices for Clean Air Gets Tips, Training from SLB Radio
GASP’s Fresh Voices for Clean Air team members recently gathered at SLB Radio's Youth Media Center located at the Children's Museum for...
Nov 15, 20242 min read
GASP, Industrious Labs & Local Environmental Leaders Rally Outside MetCoke World Summit to Demand a Greener Future
GASP on Thursday joined national green steel organization Industrious Labs and fellow local environmental leaders outside the MetCoke...
Nov 13, 20242 min read
UPDATED: County Council Committee to Discuss Crucial Air Quality Funding Proposal Coming Up; Join GASP in Urging Members to Vote YES
Editor's Note: According to the Allegheny County website, the Health and Human Services Committe meeting originally slated for Nov. 14...
Nov 12, 20242 min read
EPA Finalizes Rule to Reduce Wasteful Methane Emissions and Drive Innovation in the Oil and Gas Sector
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday announced a final rule to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas...
Nov 11, 20242 min read
EPA Revises Good Neighbor Plan, PA Power Plants May be Required to Reduce Smog-Forming Emissions
Did you know the Clean Air Act includes a so-called Good Neighbor Provision that prohibits sources within a state from interfering with...
Nov 4, 20241 min read
Thank you to All Who Attended GASP Walk & Talk at Homewood Cemetery
We just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who came out Sunday to GASP's walk-and-talk at Homewood Cemetery. The fundraising event...
Oct 29, 20242 min read
Tell Your County Council Rep: Vote YES on Proposal to Fully Fund Air Quality Program & Buoy Staffing, Enforcement
Friends, we need your help. Here’s what’s going on: A plan to fully fund Allegheny County Health Department’s Air Quality Program by...
Oct 23, 20243 min read
Allegheny County Council Sends Proposal to Fully Fund Air Quality Program Back to Committee, Fight Continues
Dear Fellow Breathers, We've got more work to do. Last night, Allegheny County Council remanded the proposal to fully fund our Air...
Oct 18, 20242 min read
Time is Running Out to Tell ACHD to Make ATI Title V Permit Stronger
Dear Fellow Breathers, We wanted to give a last call for comments for those who want to weigh in on the Title V permit issued to...
Oct 17, 20241 min read
SCOTUS Allows EPA Rules Restricting Power Plants’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Stand Pending Lower Court Challenges
Back in April, when we blogged about a suite of rules promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will drastically...
Oct 17, 20242 min read
DEP Accepting Public Input on Cyprus Consent Decree Addressing Legacy Pollution in Washington Co.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) this week announced that it has secured $1.62 million from Cyprus Amax...
Oct 10, 20241 min read
Congrats to GASP's Newest Smoke Readers!
We want to give a shout out and HUGE congrats to GASP’s newest smoke readers! Edith Abeyta and Ginger Brooks Takahashi of North Braddock...
Oct 8, 20242 min read
GASP Welcomes Full-Time Air Quality Monitor Field Technician
The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) is thrilled to introduce you to our newest staff member - Julie Stouffer, who will serve as...
Oct 7, 20241 min read
DEP New Grant Opportunities to Fight Hunger and Prevent Food Waste
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announces new grant availability for non-profit organizations helping to...
Oct 3, 20243 min read
Tell Allegheny County Council to Vote YES on Fee Schedule Changes Needed to Fully Fund Our Air Quality Program
Let us put it to you this way: If Allegheny County Health Department’s revised air quality permit fee schedule that is expected to help...
Oct 2, 20242 min read
DEP Launches New Program in Pennsylvania to Plug Orphan Oil & Gas Wells, Cutting Methane Emissions in the Commonwealth
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on Wednesday launched a new grant program aimed at plugging orphaned oil and gas wells...
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