Philadelphia City Council Votes to Ban Plastic Bags with Landmark Legislation That Reduces Waste and Saves Money
PHILADELPHIA, PA (December 12, 2019) Today, Philadelphia City Council voted to ban all plastic bags from retailers and call for a study of single-use bags. This bill will go into […]
Clean Air Council Launches Process for Long-Term Vision for the Lower Schuylkill’s Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ Site
Lindy Institute to facilitate a collaborative design process with the community, institutional and governmental stakeholders PHILADELPHIA (November 21, 2019) – Clean Air Council and The Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation […]
Clean Air Council Responds to Bills That Would Block the Governor’s Efforts to Curb Climate Pollution
Philadelphia, PA (November 19, 2019) Today, Republican legislators introduced two new bills, HB 2025 and SB 950, that would strip the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) of its existing authority […]
Clean Air Council Responds to Ongoing Investigation of the Wolf Administration for Corruption and Interference in Mariner East Pipelines Permitting Process
November 12, 2019, Philadelphia, PA – On Tuesday, November 12, 2019, news broke that the FBI is launching a corruption investigation into the Wolf administration regarding its involvement in the […]
Clean Air Council Strongly Supports Governor Wolf’s Executive Order Directing Pennsylvania to Join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
[October 3, 2019] Harrisburg, PA – Today, in a major step forward for Pennsylvania’s environment and public health, Governor Wolf signed an Executive Order directing the Department of Environmental Protection […]
Clean Air Council Responds to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposal to Remove Direct Regulation of Methane from Oil and Gas Standards
[August 29, 2019] PHILADELPHIA, PA – Today, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler proposed removing direct regulation of methane as a pollutant from the 2016 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the […]
Environmental Groups File Lawsuit against U.S. Steel for not Reporting Releases of Hazardous Pollutants under Superfund Law
U.S. Steel Operated Plants for Over Three Months without Pollution Controls, Failed to Report Releases FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, August 26, 2019 Media Contact: Tom Pelton, Environmental Integrity Project, tpelton@environmentalintegrity.org […]
Chester County Pumping Station Explosion Cause for Further Mariner East Concerns
PHILADELPHIA, PA (August 6, 2019) On Monday, August 5, 2019, around 8 pm, residents of West Goshen Township, Chester County, and surrounding areas were startled by a loud explosion. The […]
After Explosion and Fire, Clean Air Council Demands that PES Refinery Stop Using Toxic Hydrogen Fluoride and Calls on Chemical Safety Board to Investigate Immediately
(PHILADELPHIA, PA – June 21, 2019) On Friday, after a massive explosion and fires rocked the hydrogen fluoride alkylation unit at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) refinery in South Philadelphia, […]
Philadelphia Aims to Tackle Plastic Pollution with Proposed Single-use Plastic Bag Ban
PHILADELPHIA, PA (June 20, 2019) On Thursday, June 20th, Philadelphia City Councilman Mark Squilla introduced a bill proposing to ban certain types of single-use plastic bags and placing $.15 fee […]
