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 […]
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 […]