Help out the Clean Air Council by Throwing a House Party!!

For over forty years, Clean Air Council has protected everyone’s right to breathe clean air. This has only been possible thanks to over 8,000 individuals, families and businesses that have become members of the Clean Air Council. We need your help to increase that number by hosting a Clean Air Council Summer House Party.

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Berger Challenge 2009

For every dollar you contribute to Clean Air Council’s global warming programs before July 31, one dollar from the David Berger Foundation Challenge will match it. Your $50 gift today will become $100, $100 will be doubled to $200 -- and every dollar will be put to work immediately to address global warming. The Challenge goal is $10,000. Won’t you help us meet the challenge of the David Berger Foundation and make your gift today?

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A victory for renewable energy in Delaware!

On June 18th, the Delaware House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 85, allowing for Net Metering. The vote was unanimous with only two members absent! SB85 allows any electrical consumer in Delaware who installs a distributed renewable energy system to sell all of their excess energy back to the grid and get paid for it. In the past, customers forfeited all credit for excess energy production, reducing the incentive to install renewable energy systems. Clean Air Council staff helped draft the legislation and shepherd it through the legislative process.

For more information, contact Jim Black at jblack@cleanair.org.
Direct link to legislation here!

Pennsylvania Goes Smoke-Free!

On June 13, 2008, Governor Ed Rendell signed the Clean Indoor Air Act. Thanks to the many membersand friends of the Council that helped bring smoke-free legislation to Pennsylvania. Though the measure still unfairly allows workers in some industries to be exposed to tobacco smoke, it prohibits smoking in most public areas and workplaces, protecting the majority of citizens in Pennsylvania from tobacco smoke.

In September 2008, the bill will take full effect everywhere in the state except for in the City of Philadelphia, which will be permitted to preserve its pre-existing smoking ban – the Clean Indoor Air Worker Protection Law. Click here for a detailed comparison of the city-wide and state-wide legislation.

Tinicum-Fort Mifflin Trail

The Tinicum-Fort Mifflin Trail loop is a planned multi-use trail network serving as the hub for a regional trail system that includes the Cobbs Creek Bikeway, the Botanic Trail, and the East Coast Greenway. The 20-mile loop trail route connects Historic Bartram's Garden with Fort Mifflin, loops around the Philadelphia International Airport, connects with the trails within the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, and then back to Bartram's Garden via the Cobbs Creek Bikeway.

The Tinicum to Fort Mifflin segment of the trail is endangered by the proposed expansion of Philadelphia International Airport. Clean Air Council has submitted comments supporting the trail in response to the Federal Aviation Administration's draft Environmental Impact Statement for airport expansion. Read more about the Trail here.

Oppose Coal to Liquids
America is facing critical choices about its energy future; how do we fulfill our energy needs AND combat global warming? The coal industry wants to turn coal into a liquid transportation fuel. But liquid coal would have devastating impacts on our economy, our communities, and our environment.
Click here to view the NRDC film Crude Substitute: The Folly of Liquid Coal.

Waste Reduction Legislation
City Council recently trashed a bill that would dramatically reduce plastic bag waste in Philadelphia. Visit RecycleNOW Philadelphia’s website to send a letter to your Council Member expressing disappointment in their lack of support for commonsense environmental legislation.

Global Warming

The Council is working to promote aggressive solutions to climate change that also help the faltering economy.

Click here to check out our Global Warming section.

Clean Air Council Working to Increase Awareness of Global Warming in Delaware

Earlier in October, Environment America released its "Feeling the Heat" report in Wilmington, Delaware highlighting warmer than normal temperatures throughout the state in 2007 and 2008. Clean Air Council advocates for measures such as energy conservation and increased use of renewable wind energy in an effort to address these important global warming concerns.