STATEMENT: Gov. Shapiro Announces Further Implementation of Grand Jury Recommendations To Protect Residents and The Environment From The Gas Industry
HARRISBURG, PA (November 2, 2023) – In 2020, the recommendations of Pennsylvania’s 43rd Statewide Investigating Grand Jury released a report on the systemic problems of the unconventional oil and gas […]
Physicians, Researchers, Impacted Residents Call for Increased Protective Buffers from Oil and Gas Infrastructure
HARRISBURG, PA (October 30, 2023)– Today, a number of speakers from environmental and public health organizations, as well as academia and industry gave testimony about House Bill 170 to members […]
ENCINA WITHDRAWS CRITICAL PERMIT APPLICATION FOR PROPOSED PETROCHEMICAL FACILITY
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA (October 20, 2023) – This week, Texas-based Encina withdrew a critical application for a permit that it needs to build a plastic waste processing facility in Point […]
Clean Air Council Responds to Federal Funding for Two Hydrogen Hubs in the Pennsylvania Region
PHILADELPHIA, PA (October 13, 2020) – Today, President Biden announced that $7 billion dollars in U.S. federal grants will fund multiple groupings (“hubs”) of hydrogen projects, two located partially in […]
Joseph Minott, Long-time Executive Director of Clean Air Council, to Retire at End of 2023
Philadelphia, Pa. (October 4, 2023) – Clean Air Council announces the retirement of its longtime executive director, Joseph Otis Minott, Esq. After an accomplished tenure as one of the region’s […]
Court Rejects Polluters’ Requests to Block EPA’s Good Neighbor Rule
Reductions in cross-state smog-forming emissions will go forward Environmental and health groups celebrated an important step toward clean air after a federal appeals court today denied the requests of states and industry […]
Environmental Groups Sue Pennsylvania’s General Assembly and Governor Josh Shapiro for Not Holding Oil & Gas Companies Accountable for Abandoned Wells
HARRISBURG, PA [August 23, 2023] — Today, PennFuture, the Sierra Club, Clean Air Council, Protect Penn-Trafford, and Earthworks filed a joint lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including Governor Josh […]
Feet First Philly Launches Fourth Year of Pedestrian Enhancement Mini-Grant Program
PHILADELPHIA, PA (August 1, 2023) Feet First Philly (FFP), a volunteer led pedestrian advocacy organization and a project of the Clean Air Council, launched the fourth round of their Public […]
Clean Air Council Celebrates EPA Proposal to Curb Carbon Pollution from the U.S. Power Sector
Philadelphia, PA (May 11, 2023) This morning, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposal for: (1) updated New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution […]
Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Plastics Plant in PA for Air Pollution Violations
Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council Sue Shell Polymers Monaca Plant Near Pittsburgh to Halt Illegal Emissions of Smog-Forming Pollutants Pittsburgh — The Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air […]
