GASP has been raising awareness of the toxic air pollution affecting Birmingham since our inception. As soon as the EPA named the potentially responsible parties (“PRPs”) for the contamination in...
Michael Hansen
Reducing Air Pollution Improves Children's Lung Health
"The current report and other studies suggest that further improvement in air quality may have beneficial public health effects." This month, a study of the long-term effects of air pollution...
Alabama Power Customers ‘Left in the Dark’ by Public Service Commission
A study released today by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) confirms what GASP has been saying for the past two years: lack of transparency by the Alabama Public...
State Department, EPA Team Up to Monitor Global Air Quality
The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed this week that they are teaming up to launch a "new air quality partnership" focused on fine particle pollution (PM...
GASP Files Civil Rights Complaint Against JCDH
GASP has filed a civil rights environmental discrimination complaint with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency against the Jefferson County Department of Health (JCDH) for its issuance of the...
Tell the EPA to Strengthen Ozone Standards
For many people, unhealthy air is synonymous with smog — the dirty fog that blankets most major urban and industrial areas. Ozone, the primary ingredient that makes up smog, is one of six criteria...