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 […]
Sale of PES Refinery to Redeveloper Finalized, Shutting Down Philadelphia’s Largest Polluter for Good
PHILADELPHIA, PA (February 12, 2020) – A decision in Delaware bankruptcy court Wednesday morning confirmed that Hilco Redevelopment Partners bested a refinery proposal to purchase the shuttered Philadelphia Energy Solutions […]
Clean Air Council Responds to Bills That Would Block the Governor’s Efforts to Curb Climate Pollution
Philadelphia, PA (November 19, 2019) Today, Republican legislators introduced two new bills, HB 2025 and SB 950, that would strip the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) of its existing authority […]
