PennEast Pipeline Canceled: Residents and Environmental Organizations Win 7 Year Fight
PHILADELPHIA, PA (Sept 27, 2021) Today Pipeline Company LLC (PennEast) announced it will end development of its approximately 120-mile long, 36-inch diameter pipeline, which was planned to transport fracked gas […]
Gerrymandering Sinks Democracy, But You Can Keep It Afloat
Almost nine out of ten Pennsylvania voters say that open space is important to them. Yet the Pennsylvania General Assembly has not passed any major pro-environment legislation in many years.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
