Environmental and Health Groups Call on Pennsylvania to Require Minimum Setbacks from Fracking Wells to Protect Pennsylvanians
HARRISBURG, PA (October 22, 2024) – Today, Clean Air Council and Environmental Integrity Project filed a rulemaking petition with the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) asking it to increase minimum setback […]
Federal Court Orders Records Released on National Park Service/PGW Investment in Fossil Fuels for Independence Hall
September 9, 2024 PHILADELPHIA, PA On Friday, after three years of requests and two years of litigation, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ordered the National […]
Allies File Federal Lawsuit to Reduce Hazardous Air Pollution from Steel Industry Coke Oven Plants
Washington, D.C. – A coalition of clean air advocates filed a federal lawsuit against the EPAyesterday demanding stronger rules to reduce hazardous air pollution – including cancer-causing benzene – from […]
Can Greenwashing be Regulated? Here’s How
August 20, 2024 – Greenwashing is a term that refers to something pretty basic: when a company lies or misleads their customers about the environmental impacts of their product or […]
CNX Dishes Out Radical Dishonesty on Fracking Risks
PITTSBURGH, PA (August 14, 2024) – Today, fracking company CNX released a report on the results of its efforts to monitor six air pollutants for a few months at locations […]
CROWNING A KING, THE SUPREME COURT ENDANGERS US ALL
July 29, 2024 – When climate policy was on the chopping block with the new presidential administration in 2017, Clean Air Council sued the federal government to defend it. At […]
PA Supreme Court Grants Intervention to Environmental Organizations in RGGI Litigation
The court decision paves the way for groups to contest harmful environmental decisions by invoking the constitutional rights of their members. Thursday, July 18, 2024, Harrisburg, PA — Today, the […]
US COURT OF APPEALS REJECTS ATTEMPT TO BLOCK CRITICAL METHANE POLLUTION RULES
PENNSYLVANIA (July 9, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit blocked the attempt by several states, along with oil and gas trade associations, to stay, […]
Clean Air Council Statement on U.S. Supreme Court’s Ohio v. EPA Decision
PHILADELPHIA, PA (June 27, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in Ohio v. EPA stalling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Good Neighbor Plan. The Good Neighbor […]
Clean Air Council Statement on Methane Emissions Reduction Program Funding
PENNSYLVANIA (June 21,2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today, June 21, the availability of $850 million in funding for projects led […]
