Council Updates
Clean Air Council Urges Representative Fitzpatrick to Reject House's Anti-Transit Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives is currently considering H.R.
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Clean Air Council Urges Representative Meehan to Reject House's Anti-Transit Bill
Sullivan County Residents Testify at Public Hearing on Compressor Station
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (“PA DEP”) held a public meeting and hearing at the Muncy Valley Fire Hall on Wednesday, February 15 from 6:30 - 9:30PM to listen to comments on the proposed M1-S Compressor Station planned for Davidson Township, Sullivan County. Approximately 100 people attended the hearing, the third of its kind ever held in Pennsylvania.
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Clean Air Council Petitions EPA to Find that PA DEP is Failing to Properly Regulate Marcellus Shale Air Pollution
PHILADELPHIA, PA – February 16, 2012 Today the Clean Air Council submitted a petition to the U.S.
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EPA Finds Thousands of Issues at Shale Plant; DEP Finds None
Below find an article from the Observer Reporter which outlines "minor" issues found at MarkWest facilities.
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News
Philadelphia EV Owners Get Public Garage Charging Stations
Exciting New Changes in the Air for Philadelphia’s Largest Earth Day Event
For Immediate Release Contact: Katie Edwards, Clean Air Council
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Local Residents and Environmental Groups Join for Legal Battle Against GenOn’s Portland Generating Station
GenOn has chosen to fight the EPA’s ruling that its Portland coal-fired plant is polluting two states
Philadelphia – On February 2nd, local families affected by pollution from GenOn Energy’s Portland Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania, will join the fight against the energy giant. Residents, who live and work in the area affected by the plant’s pollution, will formally seek to intervene through the Sierra Club and Clean Air Council in support of the EPA’s finding that the Portland coal-fired power plant is polluting the State of New Jersey’s air.
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MAPLE Coalition Opposes GenOn Pollution Lawsuit to Protect Public Health over Corporate Profit
For Immediate Release
January 10, 2012
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Pa. Power Plant Owner Appeals Emissions Cleanup Order
Posted: Jan 11, 2012 12:25 AM EST Updated: Jan 11, 2012 12:43 AM EST
By BRUCE A. SCRUTON
GenOn Energy, owner of a Pennsylvania power plant that is under federal orders to clean up its smokestack emissions, has filed an appeal of that order.
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