Interview with Communications Director, Katie Edwards
The Council has begun to provide “Social Media for Advocacy” training for the impacted communities that the Council works with. These trainings are one of the best parts of my job. I get to see people newly armed with communications tools to use to protect their health and environment.
Decarbonizing Pennsylvania
The Path to Deep Decarbonization in Pennsylvania July 6, 2021– The climate crisis is accelerating and intensifying. An alarming new analysis released in mid-June by NASA and NOAA found that […]
Ep 3: Community-Driven Research
In the third installment of “On Air with Clean Air Council,” Staff Advocate Russell Zerbo talks with community organizing partner Kyle Cruz about their work improving public health and zoning […]
Victory in court fight against Adelphia Gateway compressor station
HARRISBURG, PA (June 30, 2021) We celebrated a big victory in mid-June with a court ruling that restored the rights of people across Pennsylvania to challenge fracked gas projects that […]
U.S. Supreme Court Rules In Favor of PennEast in the Case of PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey
WASHINGTON, DC (June 29, 2021) Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the state of New Jersey in its legal battle opposing the development of the PennEast Pipeline. The decision […]
Meet our Summer Interns!
Clean Air Council’s interns play a key role in supporting a range of our initiatives and activities. The Council’s legal interns have jumped right into a critical fossil fuel project—an […]
Environmental Organizations, Elected Officials, and Concerned Residents Urge DEP to Protect Aquashicola Creek
MONROE COUNTY (June 17, 2021) – On Thursday, June 17, 2021, the Aquashicola/Pohopoco Watershed Conservancy (APWC) submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) a bundle of letters of support […]
Court Rulings Restore Appeals of Compressor Station Air Permit
(WEST ROCKHILL TOWNSHIP, PA – June 16, 2021) A pair of Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decisions yesterday restores the rights of neighbors to a pipeline compressor station and its host municipality […]
Senator Comitta and Representative Herrin Introduce Companion Bills to Make Critical RGGI Investments in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, PA (June 14, 2021) – This morning, Senator Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee, and Representative Dianne Herrin (D-Chester) introduced companion legislation, […]
Clean Air Council Joins 14 Other Orgs In Opposition Of Parking Tax Cut
Clean Air Council delivered testimony today at a City Council hearing on Bill (#210442) which would give wealthy parking garage executives a $130 million tax break. Now is not the […]
