Blog Archive
Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant: A Post-Corruption Trial Update
Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant: A Post-Corruption Trial Update After the corruption trial of Joel Gilbert (Balch & Bingham) and David Roberson (Drummond Company), Gasp will begin sharing documents in evidence and explaining how and why this story matters, and...
Meet Gasp Interns: Gabrielle Gordon
Meet Gasp Interns: Gabrielle Gordon Gabbi Gordon is a UAB student completing an internship with Gasp through UAB's Academic Small Business Alliance (ASBA) program. Thanks to ASBA for the partnership! What is your major at UAB and why did you choose it? I am majoring...
How a Coke Plant Works
Coal is the main ingredient used to make coke. Iron is produced by inputting coal into a blast furnace. However, coal cannot be put directly into a blast furnace because of all the harmful by-products that come from that. So, there is an intermediate process that...
Lawsuit Challenges TVA’s Attack on Solar Energy in the South
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts Howard Crystal, Center for Biological Diversity, (202) 809-6926, [email protected] Daniel Tait, Energy Alabama, (256) 812-1431, [email protected] Erin Jensen, Friends of the Earth, (202) 222-0722, [email protected]...
Mayor Randall Woodfin Steps Up for North Birmingham
Mayor Randall Woodfin Steps Up for North Birmingham Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin this week sent a letter to the EPA urging the federal agency to place the North Birmingham Superfund Site on the National Priorities List. The EPA first proposed putting the site on...
GASP, Conservation Groups Demand Lance LeFleur’s Resignation or Termination
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (July 30, 2018) — The bribery and corruption trial U.S. v. Gilbert, et al yielded many disturbing revelations, including the failures of leaders at the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) and the Alabama Environmental Management...
Advocates Reject the Trump Administration’s Rollback of Clean Car Standards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BIRMINGHAM ELECTED OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND STUDENT ADVOCATES REJECT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ROLLBACK OF CLEAN CAR STANDARDS Leaders Urged Administration to Respect State Authority to Protect Residents from Dangerous Tailpipe...
Official Statement: Convictions a First Step in Securing Justice for North Birmingham
OFFICIAL STATEMENT Corruption Convictions First Step in Securing Justice for North Birmingham BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (July 23, 2018) — On Friday, July 20, a jury found Balch & Bingham Attorney Joel Gilbert and Drummond Company Vice President David Roberson guilty of six...
GASP Announces New Solar Discount Partnership with Eagle Solar & Light
Gasp Announces New Solar Discount Partnership with Eagle Solar & Light In an effort to expand access to clean, renewable energy in Alabama, GASP today announced a new partnership with Eagle Solar & Light. Under the agreement, the solar energy company will...
Mayor Randall Woodfin Pledges to Transition Birmingham to 100% Sustainable Energy
Mayor Randall Woodfin Pledges to Transition Birmingham to 100% Sustainable Energy BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (June 7, 2018) — Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin became the first mayor of an Alabama city to sign Gasp’s “Mayors for 100% Sustainable Energy Pledge” (signed document...
Ambient Air Monitoring Plans up for public comment
As in previous years, Gasp is submitting comments on the State of Alabama Ambient Air Monitoring Plans. We will provide ways for you to comment and/or sign onto our comments as well. Comments are due June 21, 2018. You can find the draft plans for ADEM and JCDH below....
Frank Stitt’s Secret: Eating from the Earth
Frank Stitt’s Secret: Eating from the Earth Katie Rogers Katie Rogers is a Birmingham-based writer, feng shui consultant, and filmmaker. You can watch her documentary “CarLess in LA” currently on YouTube). She was happy to attend the E.O. Wilson Lecture with Harvard...
EPA Makes Additional Designations for the 2015 Ozone Standards
On April 30th, EPA took the next step in the Clean Air Act process to implement the national air quality standards for ozone that were issued in 2015. After designating most of the U.S. as meeting the standards in November 2017, the Agency is now completing nearly...
Citizens, Conservation Groups Challenge Alabama Power’s Discriminatory Charges Targeting Rooftop Solar Customers
Citizens, Conservation Groups Challenge Alabama Power’s Discriminatory Charges Targeting Rooftop Solar Customers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Emily Driscoll, Southern Environmental Law Center, [email protected], 678-686-848 Michael Hansen,...
Report Finds Rapidly Growing “Green” Energy Industry Releases Dangerous Air Pollution in AL
Report Finds Rapidly Growing “Green” Energy Industry Releases Dangerous Air Pollution in Alabama FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Half of Wood Pellet Plants in U.S. Violate Pollution Limits or Fail to Install Required Emissions Control Equipment Media Contact: Tom...
‘It’s Time for Pruitt to Resign, or Be Removed’
Forty national civil rights, labor, conservation and environmental organizations representing millions of members and supporters across the United States have taken out a series of full page ads Wednesday calling for the resignation or firing of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.
Alabama Legislature 2018: Monday Morning Digest
This is the last Monday Morning Digest for 2018 as the session wrapped up last Thursday. I hope these posts have been informative and helpful. Below is the final rundown of bills this session: Enrolled Bills HB40: Amend Ala. Code 32-9-20: extends length restrictions...
Alabama Legislature 2018: Monday Morning Digest
I am doubling up this week and catching you up on the past two weeks of bills that affect health and the environment in Alabama during the 2018 legislative session. Signed into law this week HB53 was delivered to the Governor at 1:06 PM on March 22, 2018. Existing law...
UAB Students Conduct Mini Air Quality Study
Hello! We are Team Leggo My Eggo 11’s, and through our Environmental Factors of Public Health class at UAB, we had the unique opportunity to work with Gasp on a service learning project. Gasp provided us with an air monitor, called an AirBeam, which allowed us to...
Alabama Legislature 2018: Monday Digest
Not much movement or activity last week, but there are a few public hearings this week. SB273 passed the Senate and was read for the first time in the House. The Agriculture and Forestry Committee offered the first substitute to HB370. Hearings this week are as...
