CLEAN AIR COUNCIL PRESS RELEASES (2004)

CURRENT PRESS RELEASES

2003 ARCHIVED PRESS RELEASES

Autumn, 2004

December 21, 2004 - TOXIC TOYS: Many Novelty Holiday Gifts Contain Mercury - Despite Safer Alternatives, Many Children's Stockings Are Filled with Dangerous Neurotoxins

December 17, 2004 - EPA Says 22 Pennsylvania Counties Not Meeting Air Quality Standards for Soot - Recent Bush Administration Moves Will Harm Cleanup

November 30, 2004 - Groups Ask Court To Overturn EPA-Industry Deal That Significantly Cuts Clean Air Monitoring of Polluters - New Rules Eliminate Requirement That Industry Monitor Its Pollution Output (press release issued by the Environmental Integrity Project) (36 KB - .pdf)

November 9, 2004 - New Program Will Significantly Reduce Mercury Pollution from Automobiles in Pennsylvania - Public Health and the Environment to Benefit from New Collaboration

October 22, 2004 - Clean Air Council Statement on Russian Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol - Statement of Arthur Stamoulis, Policy Analyst

October 21, 2004 - Local Scientists Speak Out to Protect Roadless National Forests - Science Letter Shows Federal Policies Out of Touch with Sound Science

October 19, 2004 - NEW REPORT: Forest Service Practices Threaten Public Lands - Allegheny National Forest at Risk of Logging, Drilling and Mining

October 1, 2004 - Inadequate Security Act Would Leave Region at Risk for Chemical Terrorism - Labor and Community Advocates Demand Tougher Congressional Action to Improve Security at Chemical Plants and Refineries

Summer, 2004

September 14, 2004 - Conservationists Announce One Million Comments in Support of Protecting America's National Forests - Opposition to Bush Admin's Repeal of Roadless Rule Strong in Pennsylvania

September 8, 2004 - Toxic Waste Sites in Pennsylvania Shortchanged on Federal Cleanup Funds - Franklin Slag, Crossley Farm and Havertown PCP Sites Get Zero Funding, Despite Requests for Millions by Regional EPA Staff

September 1, 2004 - Conservationists and Outdoor Enthusiasts Criticize National Forest Giveaway - Public Hearing Draws Wide Disapproval of Bush Administration Plans to Repeal the Roadless Area Conservation Rule

August 26, 2004 - NEW STUDY: PENNSYLVANIA POWER PLANTS LET OFF THE HOOK FOR TOXIC AIR POLLUTION - PA Worst in Nation for Arsenic Emissions; 3rd Worst for Lead and Chromium

August 19, 2004 - WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH: MERCURY IN FISH A SIGNIFICANT HEALTH RISK TO PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN - Women Advised to Limit Consumption of Certain Types of Fish

August 12, 2004 - NEW ANALYSIS: MORE THAN 7 OUT OF 10 LATINOS LIVE IN POLLUTED COMMUNITIES - Pollution Levels Are Impacting Public Health in Latino Communities in Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley

August 3, 2004 - Clean Air Council Press Statement On "Reel Danger" Report Concerning Mercury Levels In Fish - Statement of Michael Fiorentino, Esq.

July 12, 2004 - U.S. Forest Service Ends Popular Roadless Rule - New Policy Amounts to Zero Guaranteed Protection for Allegheny Forest's Roadless Areas

June 29, 2004 - PENNSYLVANIA CLEAN AIR, PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATES: EPA SAYS RESIDENTS OF 22 PA COUNTIES LIVING WITH DIRTY AIR - BUSH PLAN WOULD DO TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE

Spring, 2004

May 26, 2004 - Clean Air Council Applauds "Winds of Change" at PECO - All PECO customers will see the option to purchase wind energy on an enrollment form included in May's electric bill.

May 4, 2004 - Bush Administration Backtracks on Roadless Forest Promise: Press Release, Media Statement, Fact Sheet

May 4, 2004 - STATEMENT DURING MOTHERS OPPOSED TO MERCURY (MOM) PRESS CONFERENCE - Statement of Emily Linn

April 30, 2004 - LOCAL CITIZENS CALL ON EPA TO ISSUE STRONG MERCURY PROTECTIONS - Over 3,250 Households in Southeastern PA Submit Comments to EPA Urging a Reduction in Toxic Power Plant Emissions

April 22, 2004 - Clean Air Council Statement on Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman’s Earth Day Visit to Allegheny National Forest - Statement of Arthur Stamoulis, Policy Analyst

April 15, 2004 - 8.5 MILLION PENNSYLVANIANS
LIVING WITH DIRTY AIR - BUT BUSH PLAN KEEPS SUMMERS SMOGGY

April 7, 2004 - BUSH ADMINISTRATION SEEKS PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXEMPTIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS - Exemptions Would Cover Clean Air Act, RCRA, Superfund

Winter, 2004

March 19, 2004 - CIVIL RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS CALL ON GOVERNOR TO SHUT DOWN MOTIVA REFINERY IN DELAWARE CITY UNTIL PROVEN SAFE TO OPERATE - A steam accident sent two workers to the hospital where one is in critical condition

March 18, 2004 - Press Conference on Renewables Work: Job Growth from Renewable Energy Development in the Mid-Atlantic - Statement of Brooks Mountcastle, Harrisburg Director

March 12, 2004 - COMMUNITY GROUPS, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES: SENS. SPECTER AND SANTORUM VOTE AGAINST PENNSYLVANIANS THREATENED BY TOXIC WASTE - The vote to reinstate the Superfund "polluter pays" tax was defeated by 44 to 52

March 5, 2004 - COMMUNITY LEADERS DEMAND FUNDS NEEDED TO CLEAN UP BUCKS TOXIC WASTE SITE - Clean Up at Superfund Sites Nationwide Is Threatened if Upcoming Senate Budget Votes Fails

February 27, 2004 - Health & Environmental Exemptions Sought for Military Installations in Pennsylvania - Department of Defense Admits Exemptions Not Needed for Military Readiness

February 25, 2004 - DIVERSE MID-ATLANTIC GROUPS DENOUNCE BUSH'S PROPOSED MERCURY RULE AT EPA HEARING - PRESS CONFERENCE HELD TO REVEAL NEW COSTS OF INACTION, FURTHER EPA COLLUSION WITH INDUSTRY, AND NEW REPORT HIGHLIGHTING STATE-SPECIFIC DANGERS OF MERCURY

February 11, 2004 - Statement of Clean Air Council on Bush Administration's Mercury Proposal - Statement of Brooks Mountcastle, Harrisburg Director

February 9, 2004 - Krajewski, Rizzo and Community Leaders Demand Action at Franklin Slag Toxic Waste Site - Coalition Calls on Bush Administration to Make Polluters Pay to Clean Up

January 30, 2004 - BUSH MERCURY POLLUTION PROPOSAL THREATENS PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC HEALTH, FISH AND WILDLIFE - Bush administration proposes rolling back standards for toxic mercury emissions from coal fired power plants

January 29, 2004 - ELECTION YEAR POLITICS DRIVING WHITE HOUSE BUDGET ON ENVIRONMENT - Great Lakes Initiative, Everglades, Forests Funding Aimed at Presidential Battleground States

January 13, 2004 - PRESS CONFERENCE CALLING ON GOVERNOR RENDELL TO SHOW LEADERSHIP ON GLOBAL WARMING - Statement Of Brooks Mountcastle, Harrisburg Director

January 8, 2004 - EXPLOSIVE NEW EPA STUDY FINDS TOXIC CLEANUPS VASTLY UNDERFUNDED - Program faces a funding shortfall of almost $175 million.