Rule Allowing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Transport By Rail Suspended
In another huge win for communities threatened by proposed LNG by rail routes, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), suspended a controversial LNG by Rail rule this past […]
Philadelphia LNG Export Task Force Approves Report Supporting Dangerous Export Terminal
Yesterday, the Philadelphia LNG Export Task Force approved a report supporting locating a dangerous, economically unsound liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Southeast Pennsylvania without addressing community concerns. In […]
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 […]
The Council Continues To Work With Residents to Make Cobbs Creek Park Accessible For Everyone
Cobbs Creek Park is a fantastic urban greenspace and a tremendous asset to residents in Delaware County and West and Southwest Philadelphia. However, barriers to accessing the park have made […]
The Council Wraps up the Philadelphia Cycle September Challenge and Looks Ahead to Bike Month
Every September and May, the Council runs month-long biking challenges through the Love to Ride platform aimed at getting new and occasional riders to bike more frequently. Workplaces and riders […]
Legal Lens: Ending PA’s Corporate Welfare for the Oil and Gas Industry
This summer, Clean Air Council and partners filed a joint lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, challenging a recently-passed law that blocks critical efforts to require oil and gas companies […]
Parking to Parklet: The Council Joins PARK(ing) Day 2023 In Philadelphia
Car centric road design requires a tremendous amount of parking, but what if this public space was used for something else? Each year in cities across the world, people come […]
Joseph Minott, Long-time Executive Director of Clean Air Council, to Retire at End of 2023
Philadelphia, Pa. (October 4, 2023) – Clean Air Council announces the retirement of its longtime executive director, Joseph Otis Minott, Esq. After an accomplished tenure as one of the region’s […]
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 […]
Keeping An Eye On The Proposed KeyState to Zero Facility in Clinton County
KeyState to Zero is a proposed industrial facility that would take fracked gas and turn it into hydrogen and other chemicals such as diesel exhaust fluid and ammonia, which would […]
