Feet First Philly Launches the Sixth Year of the Public Space Enhancement Mini-Grant Program
PHILADELPHIA, PA (August 1, 2025) Feet First Philly (FFP), a pedestrian advocacy project of the Clean Air Council, launched the sixth round of its Public Space Enhancement Mini-Grant program in […]
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES ROLLBACK OF ENDANGERMENT FINDING THAT ALLOWS CLIMATE PROTECTIONS
PHILADELPHIA, PA (July 29, 2025) – Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced today that the Trump Administration is proposing to repeal the 2009 finding that human-caused climate change […]
Grand Reopening of Wilcox Park in Trainer, PA Brings Community Together to Celebrate Green Infrastructure Partnership
TRAINER, PA (July 28, 2025) – Clean Air Council and partners are proud to announce that Wilcox Park in Trainer, PA has officially reopened! The newly revitalized community park at […]
Groups Sue EPA Over Toxic, Flesh-Dissolving Refinery Chemical That Threatens Fenceline Communities
WASHINGTON (July 9, 2025) – Community and environmental groups filed suit today to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address the threat of an unnecessary and dangerous chemical […]
House passes disastrous bill that will skyrocket pollution and the cost of living
PHILADELPHIA, PA (July 3, 2025) – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed their so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the most disastrous environmental legislation the country has seen in modern […]
“SAVE EPA”: ELECTED OFFICIALS AND GROUPS CALL OUT HOW TRUMP’S PLANS TO GUT THE EPA WILL HARM PENNSYLVANIA’S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
PHILADELPHIA, PA (June 16, 2025) Today, local officials and health and environmental groups joined in Love Park to express their “love” for EPA and how its protections for Pennsylvanians must […]
TRUMP’S EPA GUTTING PUBLIC HEALTH & CLIMATE PROTECTIONS TO PROP UP ANTIQUATED POWER PLANTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA (June 13, 2025) – This week, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced proposals to repeal two rules that protect Americans’ health and future prosperity: the 2024 Mercury and […]
CLEAN AIR COUNCIL DISPUTES TERMINATION OF EPA GRANT FOR COMMUNITY AIR MONITORING PROJECT
PHILADELPHIA, PA (Friday, April 11) – Yesterday, Clean Air Council filed a Dispute of the termination of a Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant which would have enabled the Council to […]
CLEAN AIR COUNCIL STATEMENT ON GOVERNOR SHAPIRO’S LIGHTNING PLAN ANNOUNCEMENT
HARRISBURG, PA (April 25, 2025) – This week, Pennsylvania legislators introduced six bills as part of Governor Shapiro’s “Lightning Plan,” which was announced in January. These bills include policies for […]
SEPTA Transit Riders Respond to Catastrophic Service Cuts With Powerful Organizing Campaign to Win More Transit Funding Statewide
PHILADELPHIA, PA (Thursday, April 10, 2025) SEPTA is bleeding, and we need to stop the damage. In the last decade, the funding formula for public transportation has remained stagnant, even […]
