Clean Air Council


14th of April 2023

Renovo Energy Center Will Not Be Built

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Alex Bomstein, Legal Director, Clean Air Council, abomstein@cleanair.org Jessica O’Neill, Senior Attorney, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future, oneill@pennfuture.org; Leigh Martinez, Director of Communications, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future, martinez@pennfuture.org,  […]


14th of March 2023

Federal Third Circuit Court Rules Citizens Air Quality Permit Challenge Against Adelphia Gateway’s Quakertown Natural Gas

Compressor Station May Go Forward Court Rejects Adelphia’s Attempt for a “Do-Over” in Federal Court After Losing at Commonwealth Court (WEST ROCKHILL TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY – March 14, 2023) Notch […]


22nd of February 2023

Big Pennsylvania Supreme Court Win for Environmental Advocates and the Public

HARRISBURG, PA (February 22, 2023) – Today, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court handed down a major decision in two suits where the public sought reimbursement for legal costs in environmental cases: […]


17th of February 2023

Groups Urge PA to Temporarily Halt Operations at  Shell Chemical Plant for Ongoing Air Pollution Violations

Pittsburgh, PA — A pair of environmental organizations today sent a letter to Pennsylvania urging the state to temporarily halt operations at a Shell plastics chemical plant northwest of Pittsburgh […]


2nd of February 2023

Environmental groups take legal action against PA chemical plant for air pollution violations

Pittsburgh, Pa. – Today, the Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council filed a notice of intent to sue a petrochemical plant in Beaver County, about 30 miles west of Pittsburgh, […]


15th of December 2022

Shell’s Beaver County Ethane Cracking Facility Emits Illegal Amount of Pollution, Puts Nearby Communities at Risk

Monaca, PA (December 15, 2022) –  Last night, The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a notice of violation to Shell Chemical Appalachia for exceeding their rolling yearly volatile […]


1st of December 2022

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Takes a Rare Step by Granting Environmental Coalition’s Petition to Protect Aquatic Life in the Delaware Estuary

PA, NJ, DE, NY – In a rarely taken step, today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted a legal petition filed by a coalition of leading environmental organizations regarding the […]


22nd of November 2022

Groups Appeal PADEP’s Extension of Illegal Power Plant Air Permit

RENOVO, PA (November 22, 2022) – Today, Clean Air Council, PennFuture, and the Center for Biological Diversity appealed an extension of Renovo Energy Center’s air pollution permit for a large […]


3rd of November 2022

Clean Air Council Criticizes Signing of Massive Methane Giveaway, HB1059

Harrisburg, PA (November 3, 2022) This afternoon, Governor Wolf signed 66 bills into law, including House Bill 1059, a roughly $2 billion tax credit package, over 90% of which goes […]


25th of October 2022

Clean Air Council Appeals Permit Exemption for Proposed Petrochemical Facility in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA (October 25, 2022) Today, Clean Air Council brought a legal challenge to a permit waiver for the Encina plastics processing facility proposed for Point Township, Northumberland County. […]


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