When it comes to toxic air pollution — how safe is safe enough?
Regulating toxic air pollution has proven to be particularly difficult to regulate since there is often no absolute safe level for an air pollutant that causes cancer or neurological damage. The only 100% safe solution would be to shut down all sources of toxic pollution from large factories, smaller industries such as dry cleaners and gas stations, and cars and trucks. Often the regulations of toxic air emissions are not based on the actual health threat but rather on what technology exists to lower emissions while still allowing the industry to operate.
Residents Have Had Enough: Environmental Racism and Injustice in Southern Delaware County
Along the Delaware River in the southern part of Delaware County refineries and incinerators have been poisoning the air for decades, negatively impacting residents’ health and quality of life. On […]
Member Perspective: The Start of the Clean Air Council
As I remember it — The Start of the Clean Air Council I’ve been a Clean Air Council member since the nonprofit first began to fight for everyone’s right to […]
Industry’s Dream Petrochemical Hub Would Be A Nightmare
Royal Dutch Shell’s 386-acre ethane cracker is set to power up this year about 25 miles outside of Pittsburgh in Beaver County. It was planned as the anchor for a […]
Staff Profile: Lois Bower-Bjornson, Southwestern Pennsylvania Field Organizer
My name is Lois Bower-Bjornson, and I’m the Southwestern Pennsylvania Field Organizer with Clean Air Council. I am the mother of four children – three boys and a girl. I grew […]
Clean Air Council Condemns EPA’s Dangerous Rollback of Methane Protections
PHILADELPHIA, PA (August 13th, 2020) – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its unlawful rollback of the 2016 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the oil and gas sector, […]
Clean Air Council Trains Resident Watchdog Groups in Southwestern PA
Clean Air Council’s successful community organizing campaign Neighbors for Clean Air trains residents with little background in advocacy to become environmental watchdogs in their community and region. The Neighbors for […]
Essay Contest Challenges High School Students to Imagine a Clean, Sustainable Future for Beaver County
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (BEAVER COUNTY, PA – April 30, 2020) On April 22, Earth Day, Clean Air Council, ReImagine Beaver County and partners announced an essay contest for high school […]
Allegheny County Health Department Finalizes Settlement with U.S. Steel, Minimal Improvements in Air Quality Expected
PITTSBURGH, PA (February 10, 2020) Monday, U.S. Steel and the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) finalized a settlement over enforcement actions and penalties it issued against U.S. Steel in 2018-2019 […]
Neighbors Spotlight: Julie Dicenzo
Hear how Southwest PA Neighbors for Clean Air group leader Julie DiCenzo became involved in environmental advocacy and how the Neighbors campaign has benefitted her and her community: Julie: I […]
