DEP’s Environmental Justice Policy Must Better Serve Environmental Justice Communities
Philadelphia, PA (January 30, 2022) The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) claims to care about environmental justice. It has a policy in place that it claims ensures the fair […]
Pollution Concerns around Cryptocurrency
Harrisburg, PA (January 28, 2022) Clean Air Council has serious concerns about the immense energy consumption and resulting air and water pollution that comes with cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, are […]
Potential for offshore wind energy development in the Biden administration’s 30-gigawatt target for 2030.
Sean Deresh is an undergraduate student in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research studying earth science in the College of Arts and Sciences and chemical and biomolecular engineering in […]
Clean Air Council Applauds Governor Wolf for Vetoing SCRRR-1
Harrisburg, PA (January 10, 2022) This afternoon, the General Assembly transmitted Senate Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution 1 (SCRRR-1) to Governor Wolf’s desk. The resolution, which would block the Environmental Quality […]
WATCH: New EPA Standards for Gas Industry Pollution Will Help Existing Air Monitoring Efforts
Pittsburgh, PA (December 31, 2021) Clean Air Council and its partner organizations are working hard to tell the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that Pennsylvania, and the entire nation, needs […]
Climate Change 101
Harrisburg, PA (October 6, 2021) In October 2021, Clean Air Council worked with Earthshare and the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services to organize an educational presentation on the effects of climate […]
Coalition of Environmental Organizations Appeal Permit Allowing Unlawful Levels of Air Pollution in Southwestern PA
ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA (November 5, 2021) – Yesterday, a coalition of environmental organizations appealed a decision by the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) to grant a permit for […]
Statement On EPA’s New Rules To Curb Methane Emissions From the Oil and Gas Industry
[November 2, 2021, Philadelphia, PA] – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released two proposed rules to significantly reduce methane and other harmful pollutants from both new and modified as […]
Clean Air Council joins officials’ call to pull Mariner East permits
HARRISBURG, PA (October 27, 2021) On Wednesday, Pennsylvania State Senator Katie Muth (PA-44) and Representatives Dianne Herrin (PA-156) and Danielle Friel-Otten (PA-155) hosted an event in support of residents and […]
PENNSYLVANIA VOTERS VOICE PRIDE IN EFFORTS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
New statewide poll shows Republican, Democratic and Independent voters all call efforts to improve the environment, like RGGI, a top influencing issue when it’s time to vote PHILADELPHIA (Oct. 25, […]