The air quality we breathe has become an increasingly pressing issue in today’s world of fast industrialization. Although we may be mindful of air pollutants like smog and automobile emissions, particulate matter (PM2.5) poses an invisible hazard.
Clean Air Journal
The Importance of Telling the Whole Story
When I call my parents in Virginia or my college friends in Chicago, they always want to hear about my work with GASP. “How’s your internship going?” “Tell me about what you do!” I get really...
Meet Katie Mesa, Fall Intern (Wheaton College)
What is your major at and why did you choose it? I am majoring in environmental science with minors in math and Spanish at Wheaton College. I chose to major in environmental science because of its...
Meet Ugo Ejidoh, Fall MPH Intern (UAB)
What is your major at and why did you choose it? My major is in public health, and I have chosen it because of the growing concerns regarding global environmental issues and disease epidemics. Let...
Our Brains, Air Pollution and Hurricanes
After a morning of protesting Governor Ivey’s inaction on the contaminated 35th Ave Site in North Birmingham, we sped down I-65 towards home. As we drove, we talked about how well the protest had...
Meet Madison Cumby, Fall Legal Intern (Samford)
Madison got her B.S. degree in Environmental Science with a concentration in Policy from Samford University in 2018. She’s now a third-year student at Cumberland School of Law.
Love Thy Neighbor: Building Grassroots Power the Old-Fashioned Way
In early 2019, I joined with about 15 other climate activists in a series of meetings to study nonviolent direct action and movement theories of change with the goal of building a new approach to...