Clean Air Council » Blog Archive » DEP’s Environmental Justice Policy Must Better Serve Environmental Justice Communities
DEP’s Environmental Justice Policy Must Better Serve Environmental Justice Communities Philadelphia, PA (January 30, 2022) The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) claims to care about environmental justice. It has a policy in place that it claims ensures the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income […]
Clean Air Council » Blog Archive » Mini-grant Awardees 2021-2022
Mini-grant Awardees 2021-2022 Cobbs Creek Ambassador Clean up Along Cobbs Creek Park in 2020. This project/program was funded (in part) by the Pa. Department of Health’s Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant. Feet First Philly is Philadelphia’s only pedestrian advocacy group. The group is sponsored by Clean Air Council. For the second consecutive year, […]
Clean Air Council » Blog Archive » Clean Air Council Applauds Governor Wolf for Vetoing SCRRR-1
Clean Air Council Applauds Governor Wolf for Vetoing SCRRR-1 Harrisburg, PA (January 10, 2022) This afternoon, the General Assembly transmitted Senate Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution 1 (SCRRR-1) to Governor Wolf’s desk. The resolution, which would block the Environmental Quality Board’s (EQB) CO2 Budget Trading Program from taking effect, was quickly vetoed. The CO2 Budget Trading […]
New EPA Standards for Gas Industry Pollution Will Help Existing Air Monitoring Efforts
WATCH: New EPA Standards for Gas Industry Pollution Will Help Existing Air Monitoring Efforts Clean Air Council and its partner organizations are working hard to tell the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that Pennsylvania, and the entire nation, needs the strongest pollution standards possible to limit methane and smog-causing volatile organic compound (VOC) pollution, as […]
Clean Air Council’s Weekly Round-up of Transportation News
The Hub 12/24/2021: Clean Air Council’s Weekly Round-up of Transportation News Passengers board NJ Transit Bus Route 408 to Millville at the Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden on Dec. 10, 2021. The route operates between there and Philadelphia and Millville with a stop in Glassboro, the southern terminus of the proposed Glassboro Camden Line. […]
Clean Air Council » Blog Archive » Coalition of Environmental Organizations Appeal Permit Allowing Unlawful Levels of Air Pollution in Southwestern PA
Coalition of Environmental Organizations Appeal Permit Allowing Unlawful Levels of Air Pollution in Southwestern PA Photo courtesy of Mountain Watershed Assn ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA (November 5, 2021) – Yesterday, a coalition of environmental organizations appealed a decision by the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) to grant a permit for the construction of a […]