GASP

• Support Clean Construction and Stormwater Mitigation in Pittsburgh — On June 1st, legislation was introduced that will require cleaner construction equipment be used and stormwater reduceon publicly funded development. This important legislation is currently sponsored by Councilmembers Peduto, Rudiak, Shields and Kraus.

If your councilmembers isn’t yet a sponsor please encourage them to become one and to vote yes for the legislation. City council’s direct line is 412-255-2138. To find your councilmember view: http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/council/.

• Save the Date for GASPtoberfest!! Our annual fall fundraising event will be held on Saturday, October 16th at the Riverview Park Chapel Shelter on the North Side.  Invitations coming soon!  Tickets are on sale now!

• Free materials available from our education campaign to reduce unnecessary diesel idling. We have two different kinds of posters as well as placemats and brochures. We are also offering educational presentations to municipalities and any other interested groups.  Contact GASP at 412-325-7382 to obtain materials or for more information.

• NEW — Read the summer edition of GASP’s newsletter, Hotline

• Thank you to everyone who attended, Before You Flip That Switch: The Hidden Costs of Energy.  If you missed the presentation by Dr. Jared Cohon, President of Carnegie Mellon University, view his power point now.  Thanks also goes out to the event’s sponsors: AJ Stones - Master Green Remodeler, West Penn Energy Solutions & Vox Energy Solutions.

• GASP and RRI Energy Reach Agreement on Lead Emissions from Cheswick Power Station — Read More Here

• GASP and PennFuture recently submitted comments on the Liberty-Clairton State Implementation Plan.  Click here for our joint comments and here for GASP’s statement.

• GASP says the Environmental Air Quality Task Force recommendations will compromise the local air quality program’s effectiveness.  Read our assessment of the task force recommendations here and our press release.

• View the photographs from our “Green Eye On Western PA” exhibition.

• The Pittsburgh Healthy School Bus campaign was featured in the Heinz Endowments h magazine

• Allegheny County Partnership to Reduce Diesel Pollution – Find out more about our efforts to clean up diesel pollution.  Check out Allegheny County’s School Bus and Diesel Powered Motor Vehicle Idling Regulations.

• Download speakers’ presentations from GASP’s Air, Heart & Lungs: Making the Connection event
  • “Effects of Air Quality on Cardiovascular Disease” by Donald Grandis, M.D.
  • “Air pollution and the respiratory system” by Fernando Holguin, MD.

  Download speakers’ presentations from other GASP events

  • “The Identification of Coal- Burning Power Plant Elemental Pollutants by Analysis Of Area Channel Catfish Fillet” by Conrad (Dan) Volz, DrPH, MPH (Powerpoint, 14 MB)
  • “Waste Coal” by Eric Schaeffer, Esq. (Powerpoint, 340 KB)

• GASP now accepts credit card donations and membership renewals online:
  

• Find out how to contact your elected officials about environmental issues. Get contact info for city/county council members, state and federal officials, and the U.S. President.

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