Clean Air Council


16th of April 2021

Runners, Start Your Hybrid Engines!

Tomorrow we celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Clean Air Council’s largest event, the Run for Clean Air presented by Toyota Hybrids! We mark this momentous occasion not with celebratory banners […]


14th of April 2021

Clean Air Council and PennEnvironment file motion to join lawsuit to overturn PA plastics preemption law

Environmental groups seek intervention to join municipalities in seeking to undo General Assembly’s unconstitutional overreach PHILADELPHIA – PennEnvironment and Clean Air Council filed a motion to intervene on Tuesday in […]


13th of April 2021

PA Public Utility Commission Finds Sunoco Broke Multiple Laws with Mariner East Pipeline Project, Orders Remedies

PHILADELPHIA, PA (April 13, 2021) – Yesterday, Administrative Law Judge Elizabeth Barnes of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) issued an opinion and order finding that Sunoco Pipeline violated several […]


9th of April 2021

The Hub 4/9/2021: Clean Air Council’s Weekly Round-up of Transportation News

“The Hub” is a weekly round-up of transportation related news in the Philadelphia area and beyond. Check back weekly to keep up-to-date on the issues Clean Air Council’s transportation staff […]


2nd of April 2021

The Hub 4/2/2021: Clean Air Council’s Weekly Roundup of Transportation News.

“The Hub” is a weekly round-up of transportation related news in the Philadelphia area and beyond. Check back weekly to keep up-to-date on the issues Clean Air Council’s transportation staff […]


The Council Remains Effective One Year into COVID

As the world marks a year since the declaration of the global pandemic, I have been reflecting on what this time has meant for the Council. When I made the […]


Achieving a strong cleanup standard for the former refinery site

The toxic legacy contamination at the shuttered Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery is extensive and will require a robust cleanup based on appropriate standards.  In Feb 2020, the Department of Environmental […]


1st of April 2021

Clean Air Council Announces 40th Annual Run for Clean Air, Presented by Toyota Hybrids, to Be Virtual for Second Year in a Row

Runners Encouraged to Race Virtually on April 17th in Celebration of Earth Day (April, 2021) PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Clean Air Council today announced the 2021 annual Run for Clean […]


Clean Air Council and Coalition Submit The Delaware River Fish Protection Petition

The Delaware River’s water quality tremendously improved over the past 50 years between Philadelphia and Wilmington. A multitude of fish species including striped bass, the American shad and the endangered […]


31st of March 2021

Inspiring Youth Climate Action

Clean Air Council and HACE CDC, a community development organization in North Philadelphia, are partnering with the Franklin Institute for the Youth Climate Action Summit and hosting a workshop dedicated […]


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