Grand Jury Report Presents Damning Evidence on the Dangers of Fracking and Pennsylvania State Government’s Consistent Failure to Protect the Public
PHILADELPHIA, PA (June 25, 2020) – Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the findings today of a Statewide Investigating Grand Jury report on the fracking industry in Pennsylvania. The report […]
Clean Air Council and Environmental Groups Take Legal Action Over Air Pollution from Industrial Flares
Allies Send EPA a Notice of Intent to Sue over Agency’s Failure to Update Inadequate 34-Year-Old Standards Washington, D.C. – A coalition of ten environmental organizations today sent the Trump […]
Clean Air Council Denounces Committee Vote on HB 2025
Harrisburg, PA (June 9, 2020) Today, the Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee narrowly reported out House Bill 2025 (Struzzi-R-Indiana), which would strip the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) […]
Clean Air Council Responds to Important Oil and Gas Rule Comment Period
HARRISBURG, PA (May 22, 2020) This Saturday, May 23rd, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will publish a draft rule in the Pennsylvania Bulletin that will cut methane and air […]
PENNSYLVANIANS SHARE WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FOR CLEAN AIR AND STRONGER STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
New Statewide Poll Shows Pennsylvanians Across Political Parties Care Deeply About Clean Air and Are Even More Supportive of Policies that Promote Clean Sources of Energy PHILADELPHIA — In the […]
Essay Contest Challenges High School Students to Imagine a Clean, Sustainable Future for Beaver County
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (BEAVER COUNTY, PA – April 30, 2020) On April 22, Earth Day, Clean Air Council, ReImagine Beaver County and partners announced an essay contest for high school […]
What can we learn from COVID-19
The world works in mysterious ways. Despite the pain, suffering, and uncertainty that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the world, this period of social distancing has had its share of […]
A Greener Future For the PES Refinery Site
The 1400-acre Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) oil refinery in South and Southwest Philadelphia is shutting down. The refinery was Philadelphia’s largest industrial source of air toxics and greenhouse gas pollution […]
Clean Air Council ReImagine Beaver County Essay Contest 2020
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS Submission Deadline Wednesday, June 3, 2020 $850 in Awards for Top Essays! Clean Air Council is sponsoring a ReImagine Beaver County Essay contest, open to […]
MYTHS ON METHANE AND DEP PERMIT BACKLOG
By Joseph Otis Minott, Esq. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Patrick McDonnell will appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, March 4 at 10:00 AM to present […]
