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Protecting everyone's right to breathe clean air | Philadelphia, PA | https://cleanair.org/
Driving on I-95 this weekend? 🍂 🦃

Check out construction updates and more at 95Revive.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We’re headed to Harrisburg tomorrow to demand our state leaders end their plans to use fossil fuels to power AI data centers across Pennsylvania, which would worsen our air quality and sicken our region. Follow our livestream and day-of updates on Instagram @cleanaircouncil.
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I-95 overnight construction update!

More information can be found at 95Revive.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
@councilmemberjg.bsky.social has introduced an amendment proposing to send all of Philly's trash to landfills rather than to the Covanata Incinerator, where trash is burned. More info in the graphics about the amendment, health impacts of burning trash, and ways to support.
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
PA leaders want to walk away from RGGI — our best shot to cut pollution, lower bills & create clean energy jobs. They call it “compromise.” We call it a sellout. #StayInRGGI
📍 Philly City Hall, Nov 6, 10AM www.facebook.com/events/11166...
November 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The cheapest and cleanest energy is the energy you don’t use! Join Clean Air Council and the Pennsylvania Utility Law Project for a webinar on Wed. 11/12 at 6pm to learn how PA’s energy efficiency law Act 129 helps save energy, cuts bills, & protects your health & the environment. bit.ly/aboutact129
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Congress must vote for SJRes76 and reverse EPA's dangerous rule to delay the common-sense methane protections. Strong standards to #CutMethane are necessary to cut waste, create jobs & boost energy security.
October 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🌽 Join Clean Air Council on Tues. 10/30 at 6 pm in Braddock to learn how to start your own compost bin! 🥦 Residents of Swissvale, Braddock, North Braddock, and Clairton have the opportunity to sign up for free compost bins. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP at bit.ly/GreaterValle....
October 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Join us on 10/22 at 6 pm for a webinar on #EnvironmentalJustice in #Pennsylvania, what the General Assembly is doing, and how you can engage in the fight. RSVP at bibit.ly/EJPAEvent

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October 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Mark your calendars! The Trick or Treat Trail Harvest Festival returns to the Cobbs
Creek Community Environmental Center on Sat, Oct. 25th, 1–4 PM! Enjoy a day of guided hikes, music, and seasonal treats. 🎃 🍁
October 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Clean Air Council’s summer trails interns Teresa & Alexander, who are medical students at Drexel University, spent the summer walking the Cobbs Creek Trail & documenting the trail’s infrastructure with a new mobile app, Trail Maintenance Toolkit. Read about our interns' experience: buff.ly/v0Np7sf
September 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Clean Air Council and partners are hosting an informational session to share the ways renewable energy projects can benefit McKean County and its residents, and how you can take action to support our energy future today! Register for the informational session at buff.ly/fkfD0Ox.
September 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
*NEW* research finds the U.S. federal government hands fossil fuel billionaires $35B in annual tax breaks + giveaways.

We're paying Big Oil to torch our climate + poison communities, rather than ensuring affordable renewable energy for all.

Learn more: buff.ly/bl5auvt
September 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Interested in composting? Join Clean Air Council on 9/27 for 12:30-2 pm for a composting workshop in Clairton to learn the basics of composting in your own backyard & offer a hands-on demo on best practices docs.google.com/forms/d/1WC0...
September 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The fracking industry has been allowed to drill dangerously close to PA homes, schools, hospitals, and waterways for years, & dozens of scientific studies now confirm this has harmed our health & environment. It’s past time for PA to update old laws.
September 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Thank you to the dozens who came out to Love Park yesterday to rally against the Trump's Climate Chaos Plan! Next month, the Trump Admin. plans to repeal the Endangerment Finding, which specifies that greenhouse gases (like carbon dioxide & methane) are critically dangerous to human health.
September 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
More air pollution. More heat-related illnesses. More deadly extreme weather. This is our future if the Trump admin carries out its #ClimateChaosPlan. Join us tomorrow @ noon for a rally @ Love Park to stand up to Trump's "Polluter First Agenda" RSVP at buff.ly/AA0GrIV #ActOnClimate
September 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Stand up to Trump’s “Climate Chaos” plan! Join us for a rally at Love Park on Tues. Sept. 9 at noon. Let's tell the EPA to keep the Endangerment Finding in place and protect us from dangerous pollution in Philly and beyond. buff.ly/zP3WZmu #ActOnClimate
August 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
New blog post! Last month, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a proposal to dismantle the Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding, which specifically states that greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, that are produced by vehicles & polluters are critically dangerous to human health.
August 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
BREAKING: Alterra Energy has withdrawn its proposal for a “chemical recycling” facility in Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania. If built, the facility would have produced dirty fuels and generated toxic byproducts.
August 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW BLOG POST! The Cobbs Creek Watershed Coalition works to protect not only Cobbs Creek itself, but also the neighborhoods that surround it, including the Elmwood Park Plaza. Neighbors have raised concerns that the parking lot has become a site for illegal auto repair activity.
August 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Want more information on Feet First Philly's & Philadelphia Department of Health Public Space Enhancement Mini-Grant Program? Join us for an online webinar all about it! On August 20th @ 12:00 PM, we will be discussing the application & awarding process, hearing from previous years awardees, & more!
August 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Cobbs Creek Watershed Coalition mini-grant recipient Black Girl Joy Ride, is hosting a free bike maintenance workshop and ride Saturday August 9th at Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Center located at 700 Cobbs Creek Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19143, bottom of the hill.
August 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The 6th round of Feet First Philly's Public Space Enhancement Mini-Grant Program is now open! The initiative funds projects aimed at improving Philadelphia’s pedestrian environment & public spaces, with mini-grant recipients receiving funding ranging from $500 to $2,000.
August 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
BREAKING: Yesterday, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the Trump Administration is proposing to repeal the 2009 finding that human-caused climate change endangers human health and safety, called the “Endangerment Finding.”

Read Clean Air Council’s statement at buff.ly/AxFlwGp.
July 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM