Clean Air Council


22nd of September 2021

Clean Air Council Responds to DEP Climate Action Plan

Clean Air Council has major concerns regarding the lack of methane pollution regulation in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Climate Action Plan. Clean Air Council Executive Director and Chief […]


14th of September 2021

Groups Urge Environmental Quality Board to Raise Bond Amounts for PA Oil and Gas Wells

Oil and gas companies currently put up a fraction of well cleanup costs, harming public health and costing taxpayers Harrisburg, PA — Today, national and Pennsylvania-based environmental groups sent petitions […]


Clean Air Advocates Act to Stop “Zombie” Permit for Western PA Plant

Allies Cry Foul to Effort to Resurrect Dead Permit for Beech Hollow Plant WASHINGTON COUNTY, PA — Today, Clean Air Council appealed an effort by Pennsylvania to resurrect a defunct […]


7th of September 2021

Episode 4: Hazards in Our Backyard

In the fourth installment of “On Air with Clean Air Council,” Clean Air Council Advocate Russell Zerbo talks with community organizing partner Nathaniel Philip about their work in West Philadelphia […]


1st of September 2021

Clean Air Council Lauds the Independent Regulatory Review Commission for Approving Pennsylvania’s CO2 Budget Trading Program

Harrisburg, PA (September 1, 2021) This afternoon, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) voted to approve the final-form regulation that will link Pennsylvania to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) […]


31st of August 2021

Clean Air Council Joins Local Groups to Celebrate Cobbs Creek Park

Clean Air Council, in partnership with almost a dozen trail advocates and local organizations, held the Cobbs Creek Summer Celebration on Saturday, August 21st. The event included a host of […]


12th of August 2021

Clean Air Council cancels Greenfest Philly 2021 amid COVID-19 concerns

After much thought and deliberation, Clean Air Council has decided to cancel 2021’s Greenfest Philly on Saturday, September 25. This decision was not made lightly and we apologize to everyone […]


14th of July 2021

Beech Hollow Power Plant Air Pollution Permit Appealed for Allowing Unlawful Levels of Air Pollution

ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PA (July 14, 2021) – Today, Clean Air Council, represented by itself and the Environmental Integrity Project, appealed the air pollution permit the Pennsylvania Department of […]


13th of July 2021

Clean Air Council Lauds PA Environmental Quality Board for Adopting CO2 Budget Trading Program

Harrisburg, PA (July 13, 2021) This morning, the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) voted to adopt a final-form rulemaking that will curb climate-disrupting carbon pollution from power plants and link Pennsylvania […]


8th of July 2021

Council Supports Closing Fracking Waste Loopholes that Contaminate Drinking Water

Growing up in Southwestern Pennsylvania is a beautiful experience. The region’s rivers,  mountains, and picturesque small towns and beautiful cities make this an ideal place to live and grow up […]


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