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Side Street Stroll Series Starts This Saturday…Say that Five Times Fast.
Shorts and T-shirt weather is (almost) here! And Athletes United is kicking off the warm weather with the first of three hikes in our...
Apr 5, 20111 min read
Whoosh! GASP Breezes into Children’s Museum
GASP Educates Families About Air Pollution at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh “WHOOSH! It’s All About Air” exhibit Children’s Museum...
Mar 18, 20111 min read
Fired Up (by the Sun), Ready to Go
PennEnvironment’s new report on solar water heating, “Smart, Clean, and Ready to Go,” provides a comprehensive overview of the...
Mar 14, 20111 min read
Allegheny County Should Develop Its Own Outdoor Wood Fired Boiler Regulation
At today’s Allegheny County Board of Health meeting, GASP urged the board to allow the Air Quality Program to develop their own outdoor...
Mar 10, 20113 min read
Heinz Endowments Launch New Effort to Fight Region’s Bad Air Quality
In a press briefing on March 9, the Heinz Endowments released a report detailing how the region’s air pollution ranks among the most...
Mar 10, 20111 min read
Marcellus Severance Tax, Done Right
On Feb. 8, State Rep. Greg Vitali and supportive lawmakers proposed legislation that would enact a severance tax on natural gas...
Mar 7, 20113 min read
Pittsburgh can be a leader in reducing diesel emissions
Last week, GASP, Clean Water Action, and Pittsburgh United were joined by several local physicians and a number of other organizations...
Feb 25, 20111 min read
PR Firm Tells Marcellus Industry: “Never Respond to Supposed Negatives”
“Marcellus shale” are two words that have electrified our region, as wastewater pits, towering drilling rigs, and giant balls of flame...
Feb 24, 20113 min read
Allegheny County Council Public Hearing on Marcellus Drilling
March 10th, 2011, 5:00 PM 4th Floor-Gold Room, 436 Grant St., Allegheny County Courthouse Come hear and be heard in County Council...
Feb 16, 20111 min read
Clean Construction Press Event
Title: Medical Professionals’ Support for Diesel Legislation Location: PCHS Clinic (First Floor), Hill House Association, 1835...
Feb 15, 20111 min read
Keeping an Eye on Coal
“Mapping Mortality,” the eight-day, multi-article series recently published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, made some waves in our...
Feb 15, 20111 min read
Funding to Reduce Toxic Diesel Emissions Not Included in Federal Budget Proposal
We are completely perplexed that the Obama Adminstration did not include any funds to support the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA)...
Feb 15, 20112 min read
What We Can Learn From Pennsylvania DEP’s Marcellus Air Monitoring Studies
Key Points: DEP’s Marcellus air studies monitored for 44 pollutants at 8 Marcellus Sites The study focused solely on concentrations...
Feb 8, 20119 min read
The Hex of Hexavalent Chromium
It’s often said that the devil is in the details. This is certainly true concerning chromium, the 24th element of the periodic table....
Feb 3, 20112 min read
Walk Score, 2.0? Wait for 3.0. Or 4.0.
I’m looking at a map of Pittsburgh that looks like someone dropped rainbow sherbet all over it. Lime is covering downtown and the flat...
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Allegheny County Partnership to Reduce Diesel Pollution Press Release: National Harvard University S
Nov. 23, 2010 Immediate Release Contact: Rachel Filippini Group Against Smog & Pollution (412) 325-7382 Over the past 15 years...
Nov 23, 20103 min read
GASP Press Release: GASP, Residents Speak out Against Plan to Increase Toxic Lead Emissions
Contact: Joe Osborne Legal Director Group Against Smog & Pollution (412) 325-7382 \ GASP, Residents Speak out Against Plan to Increase...
Feb 22, 20102 min read
GASP Press Release: Liberty-Clairton Clean Air Plan Inadequate
Contact: Joe Osborne GASP Legal Director 412-325-7382 GASP TO COUNTY: LIBERTY-CLAIRTON CLEAN AIR PLAN INADEQUATE Yesterday the Group...
Jan 22, 20102 min read
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