Coalition Launches ProtectiveBuffersPA.org to Promote Setback Distances and Better Protect Pennsylvanians from Oil and Gas Infrastructure
(PENNSYLVANIA) Tuesday, October 12 – The Protective Buffers PA coalition launched the ProtectiveBuffersPA.org website today to educate Pennsylvania residents and legislators about the importance of protective setback distances. A setback […]
Interview with Senior Litigation Attorney, Alex Bomstein
Interview with Alex Bomstein, Esq., Senior Litigation Attorney Where are you from and what’s your background? I was born and spent the first year of my life in Philly, and […]
Feet First Philly Mini-grants Open for the 2nd Year
In January 2021, a selection committee made up of Council staff along with professionals and community members from across Philadelphia selected the top seven projects to award mini-grants ranging from […]
Pennsylvania – Ground Zero for the Orphan Well Crisis
October 5, 2021 – A serious and growing problem has been leaking to the surface for decades, resulting in significant amounts of greenhouse gas pollution and other contaminants harming Pennsylvania’s […]
Criminal Charges Announced Against Energy Transfer, Developer of Mariner East Pipelines
PHILADELPHIA, PA (October 5, 2021) Standing at the shore of Marsh Creek Lake, the site of a major spill last year on the Mariner East 2 pipeline project, Attorney General […]
Clean Air Advocates Defeat Proposed Western PA Gas Plant
WASHINGTON COUNTY, PA — This week, community advocates, Clean Air Council, and Environmental Integrity Project successfully defeated the Beech Hollow power plant, a proposed 1,000-megawatt gas-fired power plant whose air […]
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 […]
