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Citizen Science Movement Can Help Solve Birmingham’s Pollution Problem

Citizen Science Movement Can Help Solve Birmingham’s Pollution Problem

by Kirsten Bryant | Jun 4, 2015 | Clean Air Journal

On Tuesday, I sent a letter to Heather McTeer Toney, EPA Region IV administrator, asking that her agency invest in “next generation” air monitoring in Birmingham to gather data, empower citizens and improve public health for northern Birmingham communities. “It has...

Board of Health Dismisses GASP’s Request for Hearing on ABC Coke Permit

by Michael Hansen | Apr 8, 2015 | Press Release

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2011 named ABC Coke — one of Alabama’s worst toxic air polluters — a potentially responsible party for contamination in northern Birmingham. ABC Coke’s Title V Operating Permit was up for renewal last year, and GASP...
Update on GASP’s Appeal of the ABC Coke Permit

Update on GASP’s Appeal of the ABC Coke Permit

by Michael Hansen | Apr 7, 2015 | Clean Air Journal

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 the 35th Avenue Superfund Site, we got to work advocating for stronger...
Lack of Health Research Stands in the Way of Progress

Lack of Health Research Stands in the Way of Progress

by Michael Hansen | Aug 25, 2014 | Clean Air Journal, Opinion

On Wednesday, July 30, the Jefferson County Department of Health held a press conference in which Jefferson County Health Officer Mark Wilson —€” our Doctor-in-Chief —€” presented “cancer data, death rate data and birth outcome data related to residents’€™...

How-To Guide for Commenting on Walter Coke's Permit

by The GASP Team | Jun 11, 2014 | Clean Air Journal

PERMIT BASICS The Clean Air Act gives the Environmental Protection Agency authority to issue permits known as Title V Operating Permits to sources of hazardous air pollutants. The EPA gives authority to state and local agencies to review and approve permits. In...
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