Clean Air Council Denounces Passage of HB 732, a Massive Subsidy to Attract Petrochemical Plants
Harrisburg, PA (July 14, 2020) Late this afternoon, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted to concur in House Bill 732, just a day after the bill was amended and rushed […]
Court Strikes Down Feds’ “Kafkaesque” Approach to Fracked Gas Pipeline Permitting
Controversial FERC Practice Rejected, but Without Relief for Atlantic Sunrise Petitioners Tuesday, June 30, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued […]
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) […]
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 […]
CLEAN AIR COUNCIL CHALLENGES MARINER EAST WAIVERS ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
On April 2nd, Clean Air Council submitted a letter urging the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to reconsider and partially rescind six waivers the Department issued to […]
Clean Air Council to argue that polluters should pay court costs, not Department of Environmental Protection
Oral argument in Clean Air Council’s case seeking payment from Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. for the Council’s legal fees and costs in its Mariner East 2 permit appeal has been postponed […]
