GASPalerts: September 15, 2008
UPCOMING EVENTS
•GASP and Good Friends - Our 39th Annual Fundraising Event
Saturday, September 27, 2008
2:00pm-6:00pm
Riverview Park Chapel Shelter, Pittsburgh, PA 15214
Join us on the North Side as we celebrate our accomplishments over the past year. Activities include a puppet show, music, arts and crafts, silent auction/raffle, food and fun.
$20 for adults, $10 children ages 6-10, Free for children 6 and under
View invitation and registration form here.
•Green Chemistry: Solutions for a Healthy Economy
Saturday, September 20, 2008
8:00am-5:00pm
Presented by the Rachel Carson Homestead Association at Duquesne University
Power Center Ballroom, 5th Floor
Forbes Avenue at Chatham Square
The conference will address: Environment and Health Connections- The Green Chemistry Solution; Innovations in Products and Processes; Design for Non-toxic Results; Business Strategies: Risk, investment and insurance. Learn more and Register
AIR QUALITY RESOURCES
The GASPer Air Monitor is available for use by teachers and students during the 2008-09 school year. The monitor measures ozone, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and several other components in the air. Included, is the use of our hand-held particulate monitor as well. Make air tangible! For more information or to sign up for the program contact Lee Szymkiewicz at lee@gasp-pgh.org or 412-325-7382.
AIR QUALITY NEWS
EPA Tightens Engine Standards for Lawn Equipment, Boats - http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/news/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=540991
“The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced strict new standards for gas-powered lawn equipment and marine engines to substantially reduce the amount of gas fumes, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and smog-forming pollutants emitted from a wide range of engines. The regulations will take effect in 2010 and 2011…”
McKeesport mayor on air quality panel — http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08255/911138-55.stm
“McKeesport Mayor Jim Brewster is one of 15 people who may shape the future of Allegheny County’s Air Quality program…”
Pollutant levels concern group — http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_586974.html
“Ignorance is definitely not bliss for Donald Bryan. The Allegheny County Health Department can’t tell Bryan, 82, of Ben Avon which toxic chemicals are wafting across the Ohio River from Neville Island’s industrial complex or how much of the air he breathes consists of those chemicals…”
Tire plant behemoth disturbs Erie area — http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/search/s_585818.html – “A Massachusetts company wants to turn old tires into electricity on the shores of this lakeside city. But it isn’t just the 3 million pounds of soot and chemicals that would be released yearly into the air that has critics calling Erie Renewable Energy’s $350 million proposal a mistake by the lake…”