Imagine a moment of bliss. Euphorically tilting your head to the sky and basking in the sun for a moment you wish could last forever. The air around you is crisp and light but warm enough to embrace you like a sweatered hug. Where are you? Perhaps a hillside? Are you overlooking a city in the valley or far from the bustle of life in a hidden canopy untouched by man? Surprisingly Birmingham has these pockets that are just the right place to experience this moment of existential bliss but only in the “right” places.
Clean Air Journal
Getting Past Climate Paralysis To Climate Action
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...
Guest Post: We Can’t Plant Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis
According to scientists, large-scale tree planting would not suffice as a substitute for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Now Is Not the Time for Petty Political Grievances
John Merrill attacked Gasp and Sierra Club for daring to defend every Alabamians’ right to healthy air to breathe and clean water to drink. We respond.
Help for Coal Impacted Communities: Congress, Don’t Come Home Without It
Help for Coal Impacted Communities: Congress, Don’t Come Home Without It Stephen Stetson Stephen Stetson is Senior Campaign Representative for the Alabama Beyond Campaign of the Sierra Club. Email...
President Trump’s Decision to Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement
Below is a statement from Gasp Executive Director Michael Hansen on President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement: "Pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement jeopardizes...
Guest Post: Science Education as a Civil Right
Below is the text of a speech given by Kathryn Drago at the “Shelby, show up for science” march April 21. Ms. Drago is a science educator and curriculum developer. She has all but defended her Ph.D....