“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 […]
Pennsylvania Board Delays Decision on Expanded Setbacks for Fracking and Drilling to Protect Local Residents
Clean Air Advocates Express Disappointment but Pledge to Continue Fight to Protect Communities from Pollution FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Harrisburg – A Pennsylvania government board voted today […]
Feet First Philly Funds 10 Public Space Enhancement Projects to Improve Walkability
[March 19, 2025 Philadelphia, PA] – Today, Clean Air Council and Feet First Philly, in partnership with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, announced the recipients of the fifth Public […]
EPA to Reverse Life-Saving Climate Protections
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 13, 2025) – Yesterday, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that EPA will “reconsider” dozens of environmental protections. EPA’s rules protect millions of Americans from […]
Clean Air Council Statement on Termination of EPA Environmental Justice Grant
PHILADELPHIA, PA (March 12, 2025) Today, Clean Air Council received notice that our EPA grant to monitor air quality and protect residents from harmful pollution from the Delaware City Refinery […]
Amicus Brief Supports Pennsylvania Green Amendment Obligations Requiring The Public Utilities Commission To Consider Climate Change Impacts of Projects
Marple Township, Delaware County, PA (February 27, 2025) – Green Amendments For The Generations, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future, and Clean Air Council, jointly filed an amicus brief […]
