Court Rulings Restore Appeals of Compressor Station Air Permit
(WEST ROCKHILL TOWNSHIP, PA – June 16, 2021) A pair of Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decisions yesterday restores the rights of neighbors to a pipeline compressor station and its host municipality […]
Senator Comitta and Representative Herrin Introduce Companion Bills to Make Critical RGGI Investments in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, PA (June 14, 2021) – This morning, Senator Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee, and Representative Dianne Herrin (D-Chester) introduced companion legislation, […]
Groups Appeal Power Plant Air Pollution Permit in Environmental Justice Community
RENOVO, PA (May 27, 2021) – Yesterday, Clean Air Council, PennFuture, and the Center for Biological Diversity appealed the air pollution permit the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued […]
Clean Air Council Applauds Release of Draft Final-Form RGGI Rule
Harrisburg, PA (May 4, 2021) This afternoon, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) published the draft final-form regulatory text for a program that will cut climate-disrupting carbon pollution from power […]
Environmental Groups, Law Center File “Friend of Court” Brief in Opposition to Challenge to Delaware River Basin Commission Fracking Ban
HARRISBURG, Pa. (April 15, 2021) – Earlier today, PennFuture, Clean Air Council, and the Widener University Commonwealth Law School’s Environmental Law and Sustainability Center filed a “friend of the court” […]
Clean Air Council and PennEnvironment file motion to join lawsuit to overturn PA plastics preemption law
Environmental groups seek intervention to join municipalities in seeking to undo General Assembly’s unconstitutional overreach PHILADELPHIA – PennEnvironment and Clean Air Council filed a motion to intervene on Tuesday in […]
PA Public Utility Commission Finds Sunoco Broke Multiple Laws with Mariner East Pipeline Project, Orders Remedies
PHILADELPHIA, PA (April 13, 2021) – Yesterday, Administrative Law Judge Elizabeth Barnes of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) issued an opinion and order finding that Sunoco Pipeline violated several […]
Public Comment Required for Fracking Waste Sites
Photo: Iris Marie Bloom Clean Air Council and its allies achieved a major victory in March in their efforts to ensure that the voices of Pennsylvanians are heard when it […]
Nonprofits Seek To Overturn Ruling That Could Threaten The Public’s Ability to Invoke Environmental Protections
HARRISBURG, PA (March 18, 2021) – Clean Air Council, Mountain Watershed Association, and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network petitioned the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to take up an appeal with big implications […]
Petition Seeks Immediate DRBC Action to Upgrade River Designation, to Protect Fish & Aquatic Life, and to Prevent Atlantic Sturgeon Extinction
Philadelphia/Camden/Wilmington: A coalition of organizations submitted a petition today to the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to upgrade the regulatory status and protections for the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington reach of the Delaware […]
