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Communities in Western PA Need the EPA’s Proposed Methane Rule Clean Air Council staff has been working with local organizations in Western Pennsylvania to encourage state and local governments to require the gas drilling industry upgrade pollution controls using widely available technology. The Council worked with Protect Penn-Trafford (Protect PT), a local organization in Westmoreland […]
The Council Celebrates Executive Director Joseph Minott’s 40 Years Leading the Council and Commitment to the Environment
This summer the Clean Air Council is celebrating Executive Director and Chief Counsel, Joseph Minott’s 40 years of leading the Clean Air Council! It is rare to have such strong and stable leadership like what Joe has provided for almost his entire career. Joe is a sought after environmental voice and leader across the state […]
CATF joins cross-sector collaborative to decarbonize Pennsylvania, advance carbon capture and hydrogen – Clean Air Task Force
HARRISBURG – Clean Air Task Force (CATF) joined Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and more than 50 elected officials, labor unions, companies, environmental organizations, and academic institutions this week to launch the Pennsylvania Energy Horizons Cross-Sector Collaborative, collectively committing to decarbonize the Keystone State by advancing critical climate solutions like carbon capture and hydrogen. “Pennsylvania has […]
In display of North American progress on methane, Mexico and U.S. announce joint effort to tackle methane emissions from oil and gas
WASHINGTON — President Biden and President Lopez Obrador met at the White House yesterday to discuss the urgent need to tackle methane emissions from oil and gas in both countries, issuing a joint statement (Spanish version) that they will work together to develop an implementation plan to eliminate all routine flaring and venting from their respective […]
Four lessons from effective altruism that we can apply to climate change – Clean Air Task Force
Armond Cohen Last month, effective altruist and climate philanthropy expert Johannes Ackva of Founders Pledge sat down with climate and energy journalist David Roberts to discuss the principles of effective altruism and the way they can be applied to climate action on the podcast Volts. Ackva and Roberts had an enlightening discussion that we highly […]
EU clean tech ambition spreads beyond Western Europe in latest Innovation Fund announcement – Clean Air Task Force
BRUSSELS – Yesterday, the EU Innovation Fund announced its second round of large scale projects, with an additional four carbon capture and storage and three hydrogen projects getting funding. “This kind of funding helps to unlock the kind of economy-wide decarbonisation that is needed to achieve higher climate ambition,” said Lee Beck, Global Director, Carbon […]
superhot rock energy – Clean Air Task Force
Bruce Hill While the decarbonization debate rages on, the seeds of a quiet geothermal energy revolution are being sown. As described in our October 2021 report, superhot rock energy holds the potential to tap into earth’s inexhaustible heat resources to generate widely available, affordable, energy dense, zero-carbon, firm power and hydrogen at scale — energy […]
Meet Jim Morris, Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief, Public Health Watch
Jim Morris is the Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief of Public Health Watch, a nonpartisan investigative news site focused on the prevention of illness, injury and premature death. Public Health Watch’s coverage of health inequities, environmental injustice and the impact of pollution on communities includes this in-depth look at toxic air pollution in Harris County, Texas. […]
Supreme Court takes key tool out of EPA’s toolbox, but multiple options remain for agency to regulate climate pollution – Clean Air Task Force
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court issued its opinion today in West Virginia v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ruling that the pollution control system EPA employed as the basis for the 2015 Clean Power Plan was outside its authority to regulate emissions from power plants. While the opinion “takes a key tool out of EPA’s […]
CATF to provide testimony before U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis – Clean Air Task Force
WASHINGTON — Sarah Smith, Chief of Programs at Clean Air Task Force, will testify this week at a Congressional hearing on the importance of cutting methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, highlighting the urgent need to rapidly reduce methane emissions to immediately slow the rate of global warming while limiting harmful air pollution […]