Environmental Groups Back Township’s Legal Appeal to Restore the Right to a Full Hearing in Pipeline Challenges
(HARRISBURG, PA – January 27, 2020) On Monday, Clean Air Council, PennFuture, Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, and Mountain Watershed Association filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court […]
Sale of Refinery to Redeveloper Gives Reasons for Optimism about a Cleaner, Safer Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, PA (January 22, 2020) – A filing in Delaware bankruptcy court Wednesday morning confirmed that Hilco Redevelopment Partners bested a refinery proposal to win the auction to purchase the […]
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Lifts Bar on New Mariner East Permit Approvals, Making Government Oversight More Important than Ever
PHILADELPHIA, PA (January 3, 2020) – On Friday afternoon, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced it has entered into an agreement with ETC Northeast Pipeline, LLC that will […]
Clean Air Council, Earthworks, Protect PT and the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project Demand Stronger Methane Leakage Standards for New Sources of Oil and Gas Pollution like the Proposed Expansion of the JB Tonkin Compressor Station
[December 20, 2019] Murrysville, PA – This year the Trump Administration and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler formally proposed the complete removal of methane leakage standards from […]
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 […]
