The Council Wraps up the Philadelphia Cycle September Challenge and Looks Ahead to Bike Month
To participate in the 2025 Cycle September challenge with Clean Air Council, visit our Agile Mile profile. Every September and May, the Council runs month-long biking challenges through the Love to […]
Physicians, Researchers, Impacted Residents Call for Increased Protective Buffers from Oil and Gas Infrastructure
HARRISBURG, PA (October 30, 2023)– Today, a number of speakers from environmental and public health organizations, as well as academia and industry gave testimony about House Bill 170 to members […]
ENCINA WITHDRAWS CRITICAL PERMIT APPLICATION FOR PROPOSED PETROCHEMICAL FACILITY
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA (October 20, 2023) – This week, Texas-based Encina withdrew a critical application for a permit that it needs to build a plastic waste processing facility in Point […]
Clean Air Council Responds to Federal Funding for Two Hydrogen Hubs in the Pennsylvania Region
PHILADELPHIA, PA (October 13, 2020) – Today, President Biden announced that $7 billion dollars in U.S. federal grants will fund multiple groupings (“hubs”) of hydrogen projects, two located partially in […]
Legal Lens: Ending PA’s Corporate Welfare for the Oil and Gas Industry
This summer, Clean Air Council and partners filed a joint lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, challenging a recently-passed law that blocks critical efforts to require oil and gas companies […]
Parking to Parklet: The Council Joins PARK(ing) Day 2023 In Philadelphia
Car centric road design requires a tremendous amount of parking, but what if this public space was used for something else? Each year in cities across the world, people come […]
Joseph Minott, Long-time Executive Director of Clean Air Council, to Retire at End of 2023
Philadelphia, Pa. (October 4, 2023) – Clean Air Council announces the retirement of its longtime executive director, Joseph Otis Minott, Esq. After an accomplished tenure as one of the region’s […]
Environmental Groups Sue Pennsylvania’s General Assembly and Governor Josh Shapiro for Not Holding Oil & Gas Companies Accountable for Abandoned Wells
HARRISBURG, PA [August 23, 2023] — Today, PennFuture, the Sierra Club, Clean Air Council, Protect Penn-Trafford, and Earthworks filed a joint lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including Governor Josh […]
Feet First Philly Launches Fourth Year of Pedestrian Enhancement Mini-Grant Program
PHILADELPHIA, PA (August 1, 2023) Feet First Philly (FFP), a volunteer led pedestrian advocacy organization and a project of the Clean Air Council, launched the fourth round of their Public […]
Permit Denied For Dangerous LNG Rail Transport Route
Clean Air Council and residents along a proposed route to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) had a huge win this spring after a federal agency denied a Special Permit to […]
