The Hub 8/22/2025: 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 […]
Huge Victory for Sugarloaf, PA Community as Alterra Cancels Proposed Plant
(August 20, 2025) The fight to preserve Pennsylvanians’ right to clean air, safe water, and a healthy environment won another huge victory this week as Alterra Energy announced it had […]
Beat the Heat: Stand Up to Trump’s Climate Chaos Plan
Trump and Zeldin’s Climate Chaos Plan will make climate denial official U.S. policy, claiming climate change and the pollution that causes it pose no threat to public health or the […]
The Hub 8/15/2025: 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 […]
Trump’s Climate Chaos Plan is Giving Polluters a Free Pass and Leaving Us to Foot the Bill
August 15, 2025 – On July 29, 2025, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a proposal to rescind the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding. This finding specifically states […]
Alterra Energy Withdraws Controversial Plastics Pyrolysis Proposal in Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania
So-Called ‘Chemical Recycling’ Facility No Longer Planned for Pennsylvania Town Following Opposition From Local Leaders SUGARLOAF, Pennsylvania (August 12, 2025) — Alterra Energy has withdrawn its proposal for a plastic […]
Clean Air Council Launches Emergency Ride Home Pilot Program Along SEPTA Bus Routes to Fair Acres
PHILADELPHIA (August 7, 2025), Clean Air Council launched its first-ever Emergency Ride Home Pilot program in partnership with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) on Tuesday, August 5th. This […]
Feet First Philly Launches the Sixth Year of the Public Space Enhancement Mini-Grant Program
PHILADELPHIA, PA (August 1, 2025) Feet First Philly (FFP), a pedestrian advocacy project of the Clean Air Council, launched the sixth round of its Public Space Enhancement Mini-Grant program in […]
Apply Today! Feet First Philly’s Public Space Enhancement Mini-Grant 2025-2026 Program’s 6th Round
Feet First Philly’s Public Space Enhancement Mini-Grant Program is back again for the sixth year. This grant program has funded over 64 projects across Philadelphia since 2020, and all city residents and […]
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES ROLLBACK OF ENDANGERMENT FINDING THAT ALLOWS CLIMATE PROTECTIONS
PHILADELPHIA, PA (July 29, 2025) – Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced today that the Trump Administration is proposing to repeal the 2009 finding that human-caused climate change […]
