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Our mission is to advance healthy air and environmental justice in the Greater-Birmingham area through education, advocacy and collaboration.
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COVID-19 and Environmental Justice: A Call to Action
Community-Based, Environmental and Civil Rights Activists Across Country Issue Statement and Unified Demands Racial Inequalities Laid Bare by COVID-19 Pandemic and Response Require Effective Action to Address Race Discrimination and Segregation New York, NY — A broad...
Meet Yahn Olson, Summer Legal Intern
What is your major at Samford and why did you choose it? I majored in History at Pacific Lutheran University in Seattle and went to Samford for law school. I have always wanted to be an attorney. What do you hope to do after you graduate? Once I graduate I plan on...
Public Service Commission Approves Alabama Power’s $1+ Billion Gas Expansion
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today the Alabama Public Service Commission voted to approve the single largest capacity increase ever proposed by Alabama Power. The Commission approved the projects, which will cost customers over $1.1 billion, despite significant flaws in the...
Meet Sidni Smith, Gasp Legal and MPH Summer Intern
Sidni E. Smith What is your major and why did you choose it? I am a dual-degree JD/MPH student at Cumberland School of Law and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I pursued this pathway to learn how the legal world works so that I can effectively implement...
Black Lives Matter: A Statement from Gasp
We stand in unequivocal solidarity with those demanding swift justice for George Floyd and for the countless other victims of racist violence in this nation.
Why We Need Stronger PM2.5 Standards, Especially Because of COVID-19
By: Sidni Smith (Summer 2020 Legal Intern and Summer 2020 MPH Intern) Living means breathing. Gasp takes action to ensure that all Alabamians are accessing clean, healthy air to breathe that will result in better health outcomes and increased quality of life. On an...
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Support the Environmental Justice for All Act
A new bill seeks to secure environmental justice for all. Ask your representatives to support the bill today!
Reject Alabama Power's Unnecessary Gas Expansion
Alabama Power wants to build and buy $1.1 billion in new, un-needed gas generation. Say no.
Tell Alabama to Declare a Climate Emergency
Sign this petition and urge the State of Alabama and its four major cities to declare a climate emergency.
Tell Alabama Power to Stop Taxing the Sun!
It’s time to put Alabamians before Alabama Power. Sign this petition to support solar for all Alabamians.