It’s hard to wrap your mind around the climate crisis. It’s at once an issue that affects everyone and an issue that does not tangibly affect most people’s daily lives. You can take individual actions, like driving less or using less plastic, but one person’s actions can seem futile when supply...
Clean Air Journal
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...
Gasp Files Comments in Support of National Priorities List Proposal
Gasp has filed comments in support of the EPA's proposed rule to add the 35th Avenue Superfund site to the National Priorities List. "The NPL is intended primarily to guide the EPA in determining...
More Than Football: UAB Needs Academic Integrity and Independence
Change is in the Air Dr. Ray Watts, then-senior vice-president and dean of the UAB School of Medicine, established the Clean Air Initiative in 2012. Combining private and public dollars, it was...