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 […]
EPA Must Strengthen New Power Plant Rule To Specify Green Hydrogen Use Only
Pennsylvania has the fourth-highest energy related emissions in the country with coal and gas-fired power plants being the largest individual industrial climate polluters in the state. Producing electricity accounts for […]
Working for Climate Resiliency in Southeastern Pennsylvania: Part II
The impacts of climate change are already being widely felt in the mid-Atlantic region. From wildfire smoke to urban heat islands, to unprecedented flooding during storms, our communities are now […]
Council Staff advocate for improvements to public transit during SEPTA’s yearly budget hearings
Earlier this May SEPTA held public comment about their proposed FY2024 capital and operations budgets. These budgets are a big deal because they direct the future of public transportation in […]
PHMSA Updates Gas Leak Detection Rules for Pipelines, Storage Facilities, and LNG Facilities
“This proposed rule to require pipeline operators to find and fix more leaks will better protect communities from the serious safety risks gas pipelines pose while reducing climate-warming methane that […]
