Oil and Gas Threat Map Sneak Peek Webinar
Clean Air Council is supporting a new geospatial analysis released by Earthworks that shows 1,482,810 Pennsylvanians including 290,123 children, reside near or attend schools or daycares within a ½ mile […]
Clean Air Council’s Attorneys Defend Pennsylvania’s Move To Link With The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative At A Recent Hearing
RGGI is a win-win-win for the public. But, unsurprisingly, the coal industry and a group of politicians in Harrisburg have gone to court to block Pennsylvania from moving forward with RGGI.
Interview with Advocacy Coordinator, Susan Volz
“I’m able (and like it as a policy nerd!) to get into the weeds on a policy level and demystify the process and present information in a more accessible way for broader audiences.”
A “Good Neighbor” Wishlist for Shell
By late 2022 or early 2023, Shell’s Beaver County ethane cracker plant will be turning fracked gas into 1.6 million metric tons of plastic pellets per year. The Council is now calling on Shell to live up to its claim of being a “good neighbor” by doing more than what is legally required.
A Failure of Leadership at PGW
The City of Philadelphia has committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. At the same time, the City owns PGW, which accounts for nearly a quarter of Philadelphia’s carbon emissions.
Episode 5: The Protective Buffers Campaign
In the fifth installment of “On Air with Clean Air Council,” Clean Air Advocacy Coordinator Lois Bower-Bjornson discusses what it’s like to live among oil and gas infrastructure and how […]
Avoiding Economic Displacement during Greening in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA (May 16, 2022) All neighborhoods in Philadelphia deserve green space. Climate change is here and it is having a disproportionate and serious impact on disadvantaged urban neighborhoods. That is […]
Clean Air Council Celebrates Final Publication of Pennsylvania’s CO2 Budget Trading Program
Harrisburg, PA (April 22, 2022) This morning, the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) final-form regulation that links Pennsylvania with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was published in the online […]
Environmental Groups Shut Down Construction of Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas Plant in Wyalusing Township
WYALUSING, PA (March 21, 2022) – PennFuture, Clean Air Council, and Sierra Club obtained a settlement on March 18 that halts construction of the proposed Bradford County Real Estate Partners […]
2022 Run for Clean Air Canceled Due to Course Issues
The Clean Air Council, staff, board members and volunteers were looking forward to celebrating Earth Day with you in person, so it is with great disappointment that we announce that […]
