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 […]
Clean Air Council Strongly Supports Governor Wolf’s Executive Order Directing Pennsylvania to Join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
[October 3, 2019] Harrisburg, PA – Today, in a major step forward for Pennsylvania’s environment and public health, Governor Wolf signed an Executive Order directing the Department of Environmental Protection […]
Senator Costa Announces New Effort to Significantly Reduce Pennsylvania Power-Sector Carbon Pollution
HARRISBURG, PA (June 6, 2019) – This morning, Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) circulated a cosponsor memo to establish a power-sector cap-and-invest program that would significantly reduce emissions of […]
US Rep. Diana DeGette Proposes New Bill (Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2019) Aimed At Drastically Reducing Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Production Over The Next 3-5 Years
PHILADELPHIA, PA (May 14, 2019) – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO 1st) announced a new bill that will reduce harmful methane leaks from natural gas infrastructure, protecting public health and avoiding […]
Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board Accepts Clean Air Council’s Carbon Cap-and-Trade Petition
In a historic decision, Pennsylvania moves one step closer to carbon neutrality. HARRISBURG, PA (April 16, 2019) This morning in Harrisburg, in a decisive vote, Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board […]
Appeals Board Finds Pennsylvania State Agency Unlawfully Issued Air Permit to Sunoco for its Mariner East Processing Facility in Marcus Hook
(PHILADELPHIA, PA – January 10, 2019) On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (the Board) ruled that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) unlawfully issued an air quality […]
New Rule Proposed to control emissions from existing natural gas operations IN PENNSYLVANIA
Clean Air Council Approves of Governor Wolf’s Effort to Control Emissions from Existing Natural Gas Operations, Calls on Rule to be Strengthened to Comprehensively Address Methane On Thursday, December […]
CLEAN AIR COUNCIL FILES PETITION TO ESTABLISH A CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM IN PENNSYLVANIA
November 27, 2018 (Philadelphia, PA) – In an historic move, Clean Air Council, Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., the Widener University Commonwealth Law School Environmental Law and Sustainability Center, Professor […]
New University of Pennsylvania Report Raises Concerns Over Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery Site
[PHILADELPHIA, PA – September 20, 2018] Today, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy released “Beyond Bankruptcy: The Outlook for Philadelphia’s Neighborhood Refinery,” a report that raises concerns about contamination […]
