Clean Air Council joins Health Experts, Residents, and Environmental Groups to Rally and Tell EPA’s Andrew Wheeler Not to Roll Back Existing Protections on Methane Pollution from the Natural Gas Industry
(March 28, 2019–PITTSBURGH, PA) — Today, Clean Air Council, Earthworks, and Moms Clean Air Force rallied with health professionals and impacted residents from Southwestern PA outside the William S. […]
Clean Air Council, PennEnvironment will sue U.S. Steel for Clean Air Act Violations at Mon Valley Works
Operating without required pollution controls endangers public health (PITTSBURGH, PA – February 13, 2019) — PennEnvironment and Clean Air Council announced today they plan to sue U.S. Steel Corporation […]
DEP Announces a Ban on Energy Transfer Permits and Approvals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 8, 2019 Contacts: Matt Walker: 215-567-4004 ext 121, mwalker@cleanair.org DEP Announces a Ban on Energy Transfer Permits and Approvals On Friday, Governor Wolf […]
Appeals Board Finds Pennsylvania State Agency Unlawfully Issued Air Permit to Sunoco for its Mariner East Processing Facility in Marcus Hook
(PHILADELPHIA, PA – January 10, 2019) On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (the Board) ruled that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) unlawfully issued an air quality […]
New Rule Proposed to control emissions from existing natural gas operations IN PENNSYLVANIA
Clean Air Council Approves of Governor Wolf’s Effort to Control Emissions from Existing Natural Gas Operations, Calls on Rule to be Strengthened to Comprehensively Address Methane On Thursday, December […]
Residents Urge U.S. Steel to Focus on Cleanup
December 3, 2017 [Pittsburgh, PA] – Residents in the Mon Valley and Pittsburgh urged U.S. Steel to stop appealing fines for air pollution violations and focus on fixing the long violating […]
CLEAN AIR COUNCIL FILES PETITION TO ESTABLISH A CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM IN PENNSYLVANIA
November 27, 2018 (Philadelphia, PA) – In an historic move, Clean Air Council, Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., the Widener University Commonwealth Law School Environmental Law and Sustainability Center, Professor […]
New University of Pennsylvania Report Raises Concerns Over Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery Site
[PHILADELPHIA, PA – September 20, 2018] Today, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy released “Beyond Bankruptcy: The Outlook for Philadelphia’s Neighborhood Refinery,” a report that raises concerns about contamination […]
Interior Guts BLM Methane Waste Rule
[PHILADELPHIA, PA – September 18, 2018] Today, U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced a final rule effectively gutting methane pollution standards for natural gas facilities on public and […]
GoPhillyGo app helps you discover and explore Philadelphia — no car required
Philadelphia, PA (August 21, 2018) — Since 2015, GoPhillyGo.org has helped people get around the Greater Philadelphia area without a car. Now it’s better than ever with a new app […]
