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Spring 2011

PA DEP’s Marcellus Air Monitoring Studies
Introducing Athletes United for Healthy Air
The Radioactivity Threat from Marcellus Shale Fracking (links to referenced articles: “Radioactivity: A Description of Its Nature” and “Radioactivity in Marcellus Shale”)
Letter to Editor: People don’t willingly breathe polluted air
GASP in Action
The Clairton Saga and the Limits of Local Control
Whoosh! GASP Breezes into Children’s Museum
Upcoming Events
Spotlight on a GASP Intern: Lara Nagle
New GASP Website

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Winter 2011

Monitoring in the Marcellus Region
The Conference on Shale Gas Health Effects
GASP Challenges Chesapeake Energy Marcellus Shale Permits
GASP in the News in 2010
Soot: Now It’s Diabetes Too!
Recent Letters to the Editor from GASPers
What Did GASP Do in 2010?
The GASP Films of the 1970s
Greening Your Bookshelf
A Successful GASPtoberfest

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Fall 2010

GASP Asks EPA to Strengthen Clean Air Transport Rule to Protect Southwestern Pennsylvania
Marcellus Shale: A Threat to Our Air
In the Marcellus Drilling Fields
Pitt GSPH Panel Discussion on Marcellus Shale
Board of Health approves a Clean Air Fund Expenditure Request to Cut Diesel Emissions from Construction Vehicles
Smoke School
Region’s Tugboats Get a Little Greener
Kids Passionate about Clean Air
Peddle-Paddle-Peduto: Ohio River Kayaking Tour on October 2
Of Costumes and Cookies
Greening Your Bookshelf
GASPtoberfest: GASP’s Fall Fundraiser on Saturday, October 16

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Summer 2010

The American Lung Association State of the Air Report: Pittsburgh 3rd Worst in Nation for Short-Term Particle Pollution
Behind the Veil of Fragrance
CMU’s President Cohon Speaks about the Hidden Costs of Energy
RRI Cheswick Power Plant Update
Clean Construction Legislation Introduced for Pittsburgh Projects
Getting in the Door at the Variance Board
Greening Your Bookshelf
New Pediatric Environmental Medicine Center Addresses Childhood Asthma
Spotlight on a Board Member: Zelda Curtiss
Fall for GASP

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Spring 2010

GASP Efforts Lead to Emission and Opacity Limits at Steel Plant
Don’t Be Fuelish, Idling Makes No Cents! PA’s New Diesel Idling Law
Updates on GASP Campaigns
Marcellus Shale: Drilling Towards Financial Windfall or Environmental Heartbreak
GASP and National Politics
Earth Day 1970: 40 Years of Environmental Activism
Hays Woods Update
Greening Your Bookshelf
My Time Interning at GASP
Kudos to Two GASP Advisory Board Members
Spotlight on a Board Member: Julie Burgo
Save the Date
Before You Flip That Switch: The Hidden Costs of Energy

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Winter 2010

Air Quality Task Force Recommendations
Media Matters
Enforcement of Visible Emissions
GASP Weighs in on Clairton Particle Pollution
Reducing Diesel Emissions in the ‘Burgh
40 Years of Environmental Accomplishments
Education and Advocacy in 2009
GASP Celebrates 40 Years and 40 Environmental Heroes
National Eco-Adventure Film Begins and Ends in Pittsburgh!
GASP’s Progressive Roots
Pittsburgh’s Green Buildings
Spotlight on a Board Member: Jamin Bogi
Seeking GASP Board Nominees

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Fall 2009

GASP’s 40th Anniversary will Honor 40 Environmental Heroes
$3.49 Million Recovery Act Funds to Help Cut Diesel Pollution in Pittsburgh
The Public Hearings of the Fall of 1969
Clarifying Clairton: Addressing Common Questions About Upgrades at the Clairton Coke Works
Board of Health Tables the Air Toxics Guidelines
GASPer Air Monitor is Back
That All-Too-Familiar Odor: Hydrogen Sulfide
Become a Smoke Reader
News from the Environmental Protection Agency
Green Eye Opens to Rave Reviews
Three Rivers Bioneers
Spotlight on a Board Member: Ted Popovich
Tribute to Gerald H. F. Gardner, 1926-2009
Congratulations to Rachel Filippini

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Summer 2009

Local Physicians Help Pittsburghers “Make The Connection” Between Air Pollution and Health
Healthy School Bus Campaign Wins Strong Protections for Kids’ Health
State of the Air and PG Letter to the Editor
2009 GASPer Air Congress
GASP Provides Comment on PADEP Proposed Guidance for Coal Ash Disposal in Mines
What’s a Citizen Environmentalist?
Stream Buffer Rule Key to Victory for Hays Woods
Green Eye on Western Pennsylvania: GASP’s Juried Photography Exhibit
GASP is Seeking 40 Environmental Heroes

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Spring 2009

Healthier Buses for Pittsburgh Public Schools
Board of Health Attempts to Limit Role of Air Quality Advisory Committee
Federal Regulation of Coal Ash is on Its Way
Findlay Township Residents Concerned About Landfill Gas Emissions
A Personal Excursion Through Schenley Park
GASP is Seeking Environmental Heroes
The Black and Gold City Goes Green
PA DEP Adopts GASP Recommendations on Use of Gypsum Wallboard in Agricultural Soil
A Green Eye on Western Pennsylvania: GASP’s Juried Photography Exhibit
Spotlight on GASP Staff: Sue Seppi
Air, Heart, and Lungs: Making the Connection

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Winter 2009

PA Diesel Idling Act Signed into Law
Money Available to Retrofit School Buses in Allegheny Co.
Asbestos and Large-Scale Residential Demolitions
Diesel Particulates Dominate Air Toxics Cancer Risk
Mullins Environmental Advocacy Competition
GASP Recognized for Civic Leadership
Could you be smoking out your neighbors?
Decline or Extinction: How PA is Changing the World
Donora Plus 60
Spotlight on a Board Member: Peri Unligil
Pesticides–Best Food Choices
Become a Trained Smoke Reader
Nominate YOUR Environmental Hero

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Fall 2008

Reducing Diesel Pollution in Clairton
Diesel Campaign Reaches Into the Community
Women in Action: We are Working Hard to Make Our Communities Healthier (by Teresa Heinz)
2008 Good Government Awards
Grassroots Outreach in 2008
Do You Have Historical Photos of GASP in Action?
Spotlight on GASP Staff: Joe Osbourne
Bring the GASPer to Your Class
GASP & Good Friends
GASP Online

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Summer 2008

Pittsburgh #1 Worst Air Ranking Shows Need for Action
Ten City Waste Haulers Go Green
Allegheny County Air Quality Program Remains Local
GASP Explores the Burning Issue of Waste Coal
Behind the Rhetoric: Clean Coal Technology
GASP Has a New GASPer Air Monitor
DCDG Features ZAP Cars and Smart Cars
Transportation Update
Get Involved: Join GASP’s Pollution Patrol Team
Environmental Charter School Now Enrolling
Roger Westman Honored
Spotlight on a Board Member: David Eibling
Save the Date for GASP’s Fall Party

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Spring 2008

GASP Calls on the County Executive and Board of Health to Support and Strengthen the Local Air Quality Program
GASP Files Suit Against Greene County Waste Coal Power Plant
Air Pollution from a Coke Plant: a Billion Dollar Problem
Heart Health & Air Quality: What’s the Connection?
Energy: Lots of Players, Lots of Plans, But Is There a Clear Goal?
Mercury and Reproductive Health, Part III
Wood Smoke is a Severe Health Hazard: If You Can Smell It, You are Being Exposed
Spotlight on GASP Staff: Michael Parker
Support an Environmental Project by Fishing

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Winter 2008

Allegheny County Air Quality Program at Risk!
Watchdog, Educator, Litigator and Policy-maker: The many faces of GASP in 2007
Environmental Quality Board Proposes Statewide Diesel Idling Regulation
Third Community Meeting Held in McKeesport with CSX Railroad
Coal and Our Future
Old School… New School… Green School
The Growing Scourge of Mercury Pollution, Part II
Good Friends of GASP Gather for a Celebration
Spotlight on GASP Staff: Lee Szymkiewicz
GASP Tours a Cutting Edge Renewable Energy Project

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Fall 2007

It isn’t just getting into your lungs: The link between fine particulates and cardiovascular disease
Small Particles, Nanotechnology and Safety
GASP Goes Grassroots
Diesel Campaign Update
The Growing Scourge of Mercury Pollution
GASP at the Three Rivers Arts Festival
Education Corner: GASPer Air Monitor, Teacher Workshops, Switchgrass Farm Tour
Predictable Funding: Myth or Reality?
Cleaner, Greener Transportation in Pittsburgh
GASP’s Annual Fall Event

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Summer 2007

Most livable city – least breathable ?
Allegheny County’s Draft Air Toxics Guideline
GASP in the Courts
Improving Indoor Air Quality
Drive Cleaner Drive Greener
Global Warming: We Are the Cause, We Are the Solution
The Problem with Carbon Dioxide
McKeesport and the CSX Rail Yard
Spotlight on the GASP Staff: Rachel Filippini

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Spring 2007

Commuters Exposed to Air Pollution
EPA Proposes Cleaning Up Locomotive and Marine Diesel Engines
Effects of Air Pollution on Blood Pressure
Childhood Asthma
Hays Woods Update: Legal Maneuvers
Are We Being Taken for a Ride? PAT’s Route Cuts
GASP’s Spring 2007 Teacher Workshops
GASP’s Particulate Monitor in Action
Spotlight on the GASP Staff: Bridget Yupcavage
Drive Cleaner Drive Greener 2007: Promoting Fuel Efficient, Clean Vehicles
Help Wanted

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Winter 2007

Year in Review: Highlights from 2006
Introduction of Cleaner-Burning Diesel Fuel Facilitates the Use of Advanced Pollution Controls for On-Road Diesel Vehicles
Updates on the PA Clean Vehicles Program and PA Mercury Rule
GASP Legal Update
Update: Reliant Cheswick Power Station
GASP at the Gallery: Fine Art, Food, Folks, and Fun
Hays Woods Update: Kudos to the DEP
Mon/Fayette Toll Road: Is the End Near?
Spotlight on a Board Member: Janis Johnson
Sign Up for Free E-mail Air Pollution Alerts
Port Authority Bus Service Slashed

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Fall 2006

Allegheny County Board of Health Approves $500,000 Grant to Clean Up Local School Buses
Bad Air Days
Cleaner Emissions in the Forecast for the Cheswick Power Station
GASP Receives Funding for Two Environmental Education Projects
Alternative Energy Program Series
Hays Woods Update
R.I.P. Mon/Fayette Expressway
GASP’s Fall 2006 Benefit (New Date!)
Ride Your Bike to Khalil’s and Support GASP
GASP Receives Bequest