Air Modeling and Citizen Science: Clean Air Council Releases Tool to Help Communities Fight Back and Protect Their Health
(MARCH 10, 2017) PHILADELPHIA, PA – In an effort to provide communities with tools to advocate for stronger air pollution laws and regulations, Clean Air Council released a white paper […]
Clean Air Council Statement on Scott Pruitt’s Undermining of Rulemaking for Existing Source Methane Pollution
PHILADELPHIA, PA (February 3, 2017) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced Thursday the termination of an information request about equipment and methane pollution from oil and […]
Clean Air Council Status Update on Legal Challenge to Mariner East 2 Water Permits
February 17, 2017 (Philadelphia, PA) Early today, the Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) denied the joint request of the Clean Air Council, Delaware Riverkeeper Network and Mountain Watershed Association for a […]
Clean Air Council’s Statement on U.S. Senate’s Vote to Confirm Scott Pruitt for EPA
Philadelphia, PA (February 17, 2017) – Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In response, Joseph Otis Minott, […]
Environmental Groups Appeal Permits for Mariner East 2 Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline
Contact: Joseph Otis Minott, Esq, Clean Air Council, 215-567-4004, ext. 116 Maya van Rossum, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, 215-801-3043 Melissa Marshall, Mountain Watershed Association, 724-455-4200, ext. 7 February 14, 2017 (Philadelphia, […]
RESIDENTS, GROUPS CALL ON POTTER TOWNSHIP TO DENY SHELL CRACKER PERMIT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 17, 2017 RESIDENTS, GROUPS CALL ON POTTER TOWNSHIP TO DENY SHELL CRACKER PERMIT Location: Potter Township Municipal Building, 206 Mowry Road, Monaca, PA Concerned residents and […]
Pennsylvania Gas Well Approval Process Threatens Public Health
For Immediate Release December 13, 2016 Contact Joseph Otis Minott, Esq. […]
Clean Air Council Statement on Nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
December 7, 2016 215-567-4004 ex. 116 joe_minott@cleanair.org “Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is a lifelong ally of corporate polluters. He has accepted more than $250,000 from the oil and gas […]
DC Circuit Court Hears Challenges to Clean Power Plan, CO2 Standard has Strong Legal Foundation in Clean Air Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 26th, 2016 The DC Circuit Court of Appeals’ will hear State of West Virginia v U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (No. 15-1363) Tuesday morning in order to […]
June 21 Information Session on Elcon Hazardous Waste Burner Proposal
Clean Air Council, League of Women Voters, Delaware Riverkeeper Network and concerned Bucks County residents have been following proposals to construct a hazardous waste burner in southern Bucks County for […]
