Clean Air Council Argues EPA Does Not Have Legal Authority to Create an Exemption from the Renewable Fuel Standard for PES
PHILADELPHIA, PA (March 26, 2018) – Clean Air Council submitted comments today to the U.S. Department of Justice regarding a proposed settlement agreement reached by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]
Clean Air Council Responds to PUC Seeking Shut Down of Mariner East 1 and Growing Sinkhole Threat
PHILADELPHIA, PA (March 7, 2018) – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s Bureau of Inspections and Enforcement filed an emergency request with the Commissioners to shut down the Mariner East 1 […]
Clean Air Council Threatens to Sue EPA for Failure to Hold Allegheny County Health Department Accountable for Deficiency in Air Permitting Program
(PHILADELPHIA – March 5, 2018) Today, Clean Air Council sent United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt a notice of the Council’s intent to sue the EPA for […]
Environmental Groups Appeal DEP Agreement with Sunoco Allowing Restart of Mariner East 2 Construction and Sue for Breach of Contract
PHILADELPHIA, PA (February 28, 2018) — On Wednesday, Clean Air Council, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, and Mountain Watershed Association, Inc. filed two new lawsuits against the Department of Environmental Protection […]
Clean Air Council launches campaign asking, “Where is Gov. Wolf on climate change?”
Today, Clean Air Council on behalf of 7000 contributors and 35,000 activists across Pennsylvania launched a new campaign imploring Gov. Wolf to step up and start to lead by […]
DEP Announces Suspension of Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Permits
Pennsylvania environmental groups applaud action and ask for continued accountability. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [January 3, 2018 – PHILADELPHIA, PA] The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) today announced it is […]
Impacted Residents, Health Experts and Environmental Advocates Urge Gov. Wolf to Advance Methane Pollution Standards for the Natural Gas Sector
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 14, 2017 Contact: Justin Wasser, Clean Air Council: 814-242-3156 Impacted Residents, Health Experts and Environmental Advocates Urge Gov. Wolf to Advance Methane Pollution Standards […]
DEP Announces Progress on Methane Protections: PA Environmental Groups Urge Further Action
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 30, 2017 Contact: Justin Wasser, Clean Air Council: 814-242-3156 DEP Announces Progress on Methane Protections Pennsylvania Environmental Groups Urge Additional Action Harrisburg, PA – […]
Hausfeld Files Suit on Behalf of Clean Air Council Against Federal Government for Knowingly Endangering US Citizens Through Climate Change Rollbacks
[Nov. 06, 2017-PHILADELPHIA] — On behalf of Clean Air Council and two Pennsylvania children, Hausfeld filed suit today in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against the federal government to […]
Trump’s Clean Power Plan “Repeal and Replace” is Ill-advised and Illegal, but Can’t Stop Clean Energy in Pennsylvania
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [October 9, 2017 – PHILADELPHIA, PA] Clean Air Council released the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s announcement that it plans to repeal the EPA’s […]
