KeyState To Zero Facility Part Of Announced Hydrogen Hubs
Clean Air Council has been monitoring the proposed KeyState to Zero project since it was announced in 2022. The idea of Pennsylvania-based businessman and KeyState CEO, Benjamin “Perry” Babb, the […]
New Study Links Proximity to Gas Wells to Cancer and Other Negative Health Impacts
Does living near unconventional gas developments increase the risk for certain health concerns? The University of Pittsburgh study aimed to answer this question through exploring asthma, cancer, and birth outcomes […]
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 […]
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 […]
An LNG Export Plant Would Be Disastrous For Chester, And The Region
Right under our noses, plans for a new liquified natural gas (LNG) plant and export terminal are taking shape in Chester. The $6.4 billion project would make Chester the latest […]
Clean Air Council Appeals Permit Exemption for Proposed Petrochemical Facility in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA (October 25, 2022) Today, Clean Air Council brought a legal challenge to a permit waiver for the Encina plastics processing facility proposed for Point Township, Northumberland County. […]
What is carbon capture and storage and its environmental risks
Fossil-fuel based hydrogen production with carbon capture and storage runs the serious and unacceptable risk of prolonging the use of fossil fuels instead of focusing on decarbonization through the use of renewable energy sources.
How would hydrogen shape Pennsylvania’s energy future. The good and the bad
Hydrogen is not the one-size-fits-all fix to our energy and climate crisis and it could actually make greenhouse gas emissions worse.
A “Good Neighbor” Wishlist for Shell
By late 2022 or early 2023, Shell’s Beaver County ethane cracker plant will be turning fracked gas into 1.6 million metric tons of plastic pellets per year. The Council is now calling on Shell to live up to its claim of being a “good neighbor” by doing more than what is legally required.
