CLEAN AIR COUNCIL PRESS RELEASES (2003)

CURRENT PRESS RELEASES

2004 ARCHIVED PRESS RELEASES

Autumn, 2003

December 9, 2003 - United States Leads the World in Global Warming Pollution - Pennsylvania Pollutes More than 105 Countries Combined; PA Worst in U.S., Behind Just Texas and California

December 4, 2003 - Press Conference On Toxic Neighbors Study
Statement Of Brooks Mountcastle, Harrisburg Director

December 4, 2003 - NEW STUDY: PENNSYLVANIA THIRD WORST IN NATION FOR TOXIC POWER PLANT POLLUTION - Coal-Fired Plants are Nation's Worst Source of Toxic Mercury; Technology Exists Today to Drastically Cut Emissions

December 4, 2003 - EPA TO PROPOSE ROLLBACK OF MERCURY RULE FOR POWER PLANTS; PENNSYLVANIA HAS THIRD-HIGHEST MERCURY EMISSIONS - New report shows Coal-Fired Plants are Nation's Worst Source of Toxic Mercury

November 18, 2003 - THE ENERGY BILL WILL KEEP PENNSYLVANIA AIR DIRTY - Study shows how Energy Bill will impact Asthma Cases, Hospitalizations, Emergency Room Visits, and More

November 17, 2003 - Press Conference Statement Concerning Environmental Impacts of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) - Statement by Joseph Otis Minott, Executive Director

November 17, 2003 - BENSALEM TOWNSHIP TEST DRIVES COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS FUEL - First Municipality In Bucks County Willing To Try Alternative Fuel Vehicles In Its Fleet

November 14, 2003 - Clean Air Council Statement on the Energy Bill - Statement by Joseph Otis Minott, Executive Director

November 5, 2003 - PA DEP SECRETARY KATHLEEN MCGINTY APPOINTS CLEAN AIR COUNCIL TO AQTAC BOARD - Michael Fiorentino To Take Seat on DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee

October 30, 2003 - CLEAN AIR COUNCIL LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE - Clean Air Council's "CLEAN ENERGY CHALLENGE" website teaches students a new path for a healthier future

October 30, 2003 - Clean Air Council Statement on the U.S. Senate's Global Warming Vote - Statement by Arthur Stamoulis

October 28, 2003 - STATEMENT OF CLEAN AIR COUNCIL ON POWER PLANT POLLUTION IN PENNSYLVANIA - Statement by Arthur Stamoulis

October 27, 2003 - CITIZEN GROUPS FILE SUIT TO PRESERVE CRUCIAL CLEAN AIR ACT PROTECTIONS - EPA action increases air pollution and public health risk

Summer, 2003

September 15, 2003 - CLEAN AIR COUNCIL STATEMENT ON THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND AIR POLLUTION - Statement by Arthur Stamoulis

September 10, 2003 - GOT ETHANOL? - Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities Program Receives More Than $130,000 to Build The State's First Ethanol Fuel Station

September 3, 2003 - CLEAN AIR COUNCIL STATEMENT ON SMOG IN THE PHILADELPHIA REGION - Statement by Arthur Stamoulis

August 29, 2003 - Clean Air Council Statement on the Bush Administration's Decision Not to Regulate Greenhouse Gases - Statement by Joseph Otis Minott, Esq.

August 27, 2003 - BUSH EPA TO GUT CRITICAL AIR QUALITY PROTECTIONS - Unprecedented Clean Air Act Rollback Must Be Challenged

August 19, 2003 - PHILADELPHIANS STILL BREATHING UNHEALTHY AIR: NEW REPORT RANKS LOCAL AREA 13TH WORST FOR UNHEALTHY AIR - Congress Poised to Weaken Clean Air Laws and Slash Funding for Transportation Options, Despite Initial Progress on Air Quality with 8.8% Reduction in High Ozone Days.

August 6, 2003 - HERITAGE FORESTS CAMPAIGN'S
NATIONAL WHISTLE STOP TOUR PULLS INTO PITTSBURGH: Local Groups Stump for America's Last Wild Forests.

August 6, 2003 - Statement On The Roadless Area Conservation Rule - Statement by Arthur Stamoulis

June 25, 2003 - PHILLY REGION BAKING IN AIR POLLUTION: Air Quality Experts Speak Out on What Philadelphia-Area Residents Need to Know About Air Quality Alerts.

June 19, 2003 - CANNED TUNA MORE DANGEROUS THAN PREVIOUSLY SUSPECTED: Pregnant Women, Young Children Warned Not to Eat "White" Albacore Tuna Due to High Mercury Levels.

June 10, 2003 - Press Conference Concerning The Release Of "Fishing For Trouble" - Statement by Michael Fiorentino

Spring, 2003

June 11, 2003 - ABINGTON ART CENTER SHOWS CREATIVITY IN PURCHASING ITS FIRST VEHICLE, A NATURAL GAS-POWERED VAN - Abington Art Center Chooses The Vehicle Less Traveled In With The Help of $7,000 In Philadelphia Clean Cities Funding.

May 1, 2003 - 2003 OZONE SEASON SET TO BEGIN: Clean Air Council Reminds Citizens, Especially Children, Elderly, And People With Respiratory Diseases To Regularly Consult Daily Air Quality Reports And Ozone Forecasts.

Winter, 2003

March 3, 2003 - CLEAN AIR COUNCIL AND ALLIED ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SUE BUSH ADMINISTRATION OVER CLEAN AIR ROLLBACKS: New EPA rules would affect industrial facilities and coal- and oil-fired power plants.

February 27, 2003 - SENATOR SPECTER CALLED TO STAND UP FOR CLEAN AIR, OPPOSE BUSH ADMINISTRATION PROPOSAL TO INCREASE AIR POLLUTION INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS TODAY: Clean air and public health advocates oppose the Administration's "Clear Skies Initiative" air pollution plan.

February 12, 2003 - CLEAN AIR COUNCIL BACKS REAL POWER PLANT POLLUTION REDUCTION: Environmentalists praise Senators for introducing the Clean Power Act, the leading Senate plan to clean up power plants and address global warming.

February 3, 2003 - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINDS AMERICANS CARRY INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS IN THEIR BODIES: Public Health Experts Alarmed by Wide-Spread Exposure to Chemicals Linked to Cancer, Birth Defects, and Other Health Problems.