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Please Consider GASP to Help Improve Local Air Quality This Day of Giving on Oct. 3
The Pittsburgh Foundation’s amazing Day of Giving is this Wednesday, October 3. Donations given on this day will be added to by the...
Sep 28, 20121 min read
A Dangerous Recipe for Air Pollution in Pittsburgh
Last week, GASP joined the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and several other local groups as NWF released their latest report, “Ruined...
Sep 7, 20123 min read
GASP Opens Its Doors July 19
Learn about GASPʼs recent victories and current projects. Meet GASP staff, board, members, and others who care about improving our...
Jul 17, 20121 min read
Athletes, Unite for Clean Air!
Imagine: Pittsburgh’s beautiful skyline, cyclists whizzing by on a trail, and you, all on the nightly news! GASP needs you to come to a...
Jul 13, 20122 min read
Sign your child up for Kid’s Healthy Lungs Boot Camp
GASP has teamed up with Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC to bring you a FREE, fun-filled, and educational event called Kid’s...
Jun 29, 20121 min read
Exploring the Carrie Furnaces
GASP recently took the group of SCA Green Cities Fellows that are working in Pittsburgh this year on a tour of the Carrie Furnace...
Jun 28, 20121 min read
Public Meeting about Welling Compressor Station Expansion
This Wednesday, GASP and Clean Air Council will provide information about air quality issues and health impacts associated with natural...
Jun 18, 20121 min read
Clean Energy Matters
Hosted on May 24 at the beautiful Phipps Conservatory, the "Clean Energy Matters" conference, organized by PennFuture, showcased...
Jun 14, 20122 min read
County Issues Permit for Frazier Twp. Compressor Station
On May 18, the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) Air Quality Program issued a permit to Superior Appalachian Pipeline (SAP) to...
Jun 7, 20123 min read
Local Advocates React to “Promising” Findings of American Lung Association Report
Read press release here
Apr 25, 20121 min read
GASP & Other Local Groups Respond to ALA “State of the Air 2012” Report
The American Lung Association’s “State of the Air 2012” report shows improvement in air quality, but underscores the need for more...
Apr 25, 20121 min read
GASP in Focus for Unblurred
April’s first-Friday arts crawl on Penn Avenue, Unblurred, was full of cartoons for this iteration of the event’s ever-changing theme....
Apr 24, 20122 min read
The Marcellus Industry & Air Emissions Presentation
GASP will be holding an educational workshop about air pollution from Marcellus Shale natural gas development. GASP staff will provide an...
Apr 17, 20121 min read
2012 GASP Board Member Ballot
For all current, dues-paying GASP members, it’s time to vote for Board Members. (Not sure if you’re current? Call or email...
Apr 17, 20121 min read
PNC’s Greenest Skyscraper Just Got Greener
The Allegheny County Partnership to Reduce Diesel Pollution, led by Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) and Clean Water Action,...
Apr 17, 20123 min read
Environmental Groups Praise PNC for Reducing Diesel Emissions
Read the press release here
Apr 16, 20121 min read
Frazer Township Compressor Station Meeting Notes
On an early March evening, behind the seemingly placid Garfield Artworks façade, the Group Against Smog and Pollution was busy...
Mar 15, 20122 min read
Mar 14, 20120 min read
ACHD to Discuss Shenango Coke Works
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) will hold a public meeting to discuss the operations and emissions of Shenango Coke Works...
Mar 13, 20121 min read
Potential Exceeds Obstacles in Pittsburgh’s Pursuit of “Green”
On Feb. 13, the University of Pittsburgh School of Law’s Journal of Environmental and Public Health presented an open forum event...
Mar 7, 20122 min read
Allegheny County Compressor Station Meeting
Hi all, Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) will be holding an informational meeting about the compressor station proposed for...
Feb 22, 20121 min read
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