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Blog Against Smog
- Jul 13, 2022
LIMITED (FREE) OPPORTUNITY | Attend 2-Day Smoke School to Evaluate Those Neighborhood Plumes
Editor's Note: All the available spots for this free opportunity have been filled. Poor air quality affects us all, but it doesn’t affect...
- Apr 22, 2022
GASP Earth Week of Actions: Everyday Choices That Can Help Improve Air Quality at Home & Work
This week we’ve talked a lot about actions that you can take to help reduce your personal impact on the environment and local air quality...
- Apr 21, 2022
GASP’s Earth Week of Actions: How to Reduce Your Impact on Air Quality When You Go Mobile
This Earth Week, we want to challenge you to consider how much your transportation choices might impact local air quality – and what...
- Apr 20, 2022
GASP’s Earth Week of Actions: How to Get Involved, Use Your Voice & Be in the Know
Earth Week is a great annual reminder of the importance of being in the know about local air quality issues, as well as getting involved...
- Apr 19, 2022
GASP’s Earth Week of Actions: Prioritize Recycling & Reusing
This Earth Week we wanted to reiterate that the benefits of recycling cannot be understated. It reduces the amount of waste sent to our...
- Apr 18, 2022
GASP’s Earth Week of Actions: Take Action to Stave Off Food Waste
A 113-page Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report published in November dissected one of America’s most egregious contributions to...
- Apr 6, 2022
How to Be the Change: Some Simple Actions You Can Take to Make a Difference in Air Quality
We get it: With all the gloom and doom related to climate change and air quality, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and anxious. But rest...
- Mar 21, 2022
Scholarship Deadline Approaching for Chatham’s Sustainable Leadership Academy – Apply Today
Hey high school students: Want to help build a happier, healthier, and more equitable future? Interested in a career in sustainability...
- Feb 24, 2022
A Guide to Common Air Pollutants & Where They Come From
Air quality is a complex issue with plenty of confusing terms and jargon. To help simplify things, our Fresh Voices for Clean Air...
- Jan 13, 2022
Making the Connection: The Link Between Pollution & Mental Health Event Recording Now Available
Good news, everybody: A recording is now available for our recent event, Making the Connection: The Alarming Link Between Pollution &...
- Dec 10, 2021
Public Input Sought: EPA Announces Listening Session About Clean School Bus Program
GASP has long advocated for clean school buses and is pleased to tell you about an upcoming listening session hosted by the U.S....
- Dec 2, 2021
GASP & City of Pittsburgh Team Up to Send the Message: Don’t Idle!
Did you know that for every 10 minutes you idle your car or truck, you’re contributing about a pound of carbon dioxide – a primary...
- Oct 18, 2021
INTERVIEW: Dirty Gertie Talks Pollution, Says She Has No Plans to Migrate Despite Air Pollution
Get to know GASP’s longtime mascot Dirty Gertie the Poor Polluted Birdie and her friend and puppeteer Dave English in this recent...
- Sep 29, 2021
May We Introduce Our New Executive Director? GASPers, Meet Patrick Campbell
After earning a bachelor of science degree in marriage and family studies from Mercyhurst College, the Butler High School graduate...
- Aug 23, 2021
LIMITED (FREE) OPPORTUNITY | Attend 2-Day Smoke School & Get Same Training As Health Inspectors
Even those of us who don’t live near or downwind of an industrial source of air pollution have at some point likely looked at emissions...
- Aug 16, 2021
PHOTO/VIDEO GALLERY: Jeghetto’s Homecoming Puppet Show in Clairton Wows Children & Adults
Clairton Park came alive Saturday with a unique blend of hip hop and puppetry thanks to Tarish “Jeghetto” Pipkins, an internationally...
- Jul 29, 2021
Host a Clean Air Fair for Fun, Interactive Air Quality Education with Puppets
Clean Air Fairs are flexible educational opportunities to help school-age students better understand local air quality. Clean Air Fairs...
- Jul 19, 2021
Join GASP for Puppets in the Park: Jeghetto’s Homecoming Show
You’re Invited! WHEN: 3 p.m. Aug. 14 WHERE: Clairton Park (Shelter 3) COST: Free! GASP is pleased to sponsor the event, which will...
- Jul 8, 2021
PHOTO GALLERY: It Was All Fun and Learning at GASP’s Clean Air Fair in Swissvale
It was a hot and sticky summer day in Swissvale June 26, but that didn’t stop families from dropping in for GASP’s second Clean Air Fair...
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