Renovo Energy Center Will Not Be Built
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Alex Bomstein, Legal Director, Clean Air Council, abomstein@cleanair.org Jessica O’Neill, Senior Attorney, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future, oneill@pennfuture.org; Leigh Martinez, Director of Communications, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future, martinez@pennfuture.org, […]
Federal Third Circuit Court Rules Citizens Air Quality Permit Challenge Against Adelphia Gateway’s Quakertown Natural Gas
Compressor Station May Go Forward Court Rejects Adelphia’s Attempt for a “Do-Over” in Federal Court After Losing at Commonwealth Court (WEST ROCKHILL TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY – March 14, 2023) Notch […]
Big Pennsylvania Supreme Court Win for Environmental Advocates and the Public
HARRISBURG, PA (February 22, 2023) – Today, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court handed down a major decision in two suits where the public sought reimbursement for legal costs in environmental cases: […]
Groups Urge PA to Temporarily Halt Operations at Shell Chemical Plant for Ongoing Air Pollution Violations
Pittsburgh, PA — A pair of environmental organizations today sent a letter to Pennsylvania urging the state to temporarily halt operations at a Shell plastics chemical plant northwest of Pittsburgh […]
Environmental groups take legal action against PA chemical plant for air pollution violations
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Today, the Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council filed a notice of intent to sue a petrochemical plant in Beaver County, about 30 miles west of Pittsburgh, […]
Shell’s Beaver County Ethane Cracking Facility Emits Illegal Amount of Pollution, Puts Nearby Communities at Risk
Monaca, PA (December 15, 2022) – Last night, The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a notice of violation to Shell Chemical Appalachia for exceeding their rolling yearly volatile […]
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Takes a Rare Step by Granting Environmental Coalition’s Petition to Protect Aquatic Life in the Delaware Estuary
PA, NJ, DE, NY – In a rarely taken step, today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted a legal petition filed by a coalition of leading environmental organizations regarding the […]
Groups Appeal PADEP’s Extension of Illegal Power Plant Air Permit
RENOVO, PA (November 22, 2022) – Today, Clean Air Council, PennFuture, and the Center for Biological Diversity appealed an extension of Renovo Energy Center’s air pollution permit for a large […]
Clean Air Council Criticizes Signing of Massive Methane Giveaway, HB1059
Harrisburg, PA (November 3, 2022) This afternoon, Governor Wolf signed 66 bills into law, including House Bill 1059, a roughly $2 billion tax credit package, over 90% of which goes […]
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. […]
