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| 2009-05-19 | |
| President Obama announced today that his administration will establish a uniform federal standard to reduce global warming pollution from cars and light trucks and improve vehicle efficiency. The standard, which will be the first-ever federal global warming standard for vehicles, will largely mirror the standard already adopted by Pennsylvania and 13 other states. | |
| 2008-03-13 | |
| The Bush EPA last evening announced a flawed new standard for ozone "smog" pollution, and called for sweeping changes to the Clean Air Act that threaten to fundamentally weaken one of the nation's most important environmental laws. | |
| 2008-02-08 | |
| A federal appeals court today ruled that the Bush administration's rule allowing coal-fired power plants to avoid making deep cuts in mercury pollution is unlawful. | |
| 2007-08-30 | |
| Philadelphia, PA - At a public hearing in Philadelphia today, residents and public health advocates called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen its proposed air quality standards for ozone "smog" pollution. | |
| 2007-03-22 | |
| PHILADELPHIA--Exposure to dangerous toxic pollution from industrial facilities threatens communities in Pennsylvania and across the country, according to a new report released today by PennEnvironment. | |
| 2006-11-22 | |
| HARRISBURG--In a monumental victory for Pennsylvania's environment and public health, the Pennsylvania Legislature was expected to conclude its "lame duck" session Wednesday without voting on measures that would have blocked the Pennsylvania Clean Vehicles Program and the Rendell administration's mercury reduction plan. | |
| 2006-11-02 | |
| HARRISBURG--The state's Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) voted 4-1 today to approve implementation of the Pennsylvania Clean Vehicles Program, which will bring cleaner cars to Pennsylvania. The program is supported by public health and citizens groups, including the Pennsylvania Parent Teachers Association, the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, and the American Lung Association of Pennsylvania. | |
| 2006-10-25 | |
| HARRISBURG--In a temporary but significant victory for Pennsylvania's environment and public health, the state House of Representatives left late Tuesday night for its Election Day recess without voting on Senate Bill 1025. This controversial legislation would block state regulators from implementing strong clean air standards for new cars and trucks contained within the Pennsylvania Clean Vehicles Program. SB 1025, which was passed by the Senate in February, could still be brought up for a vote in any "lame duck" session days that are convened in November after the election. | |
| 2006-10-17 | |
| HARRISBURG--In a disappointing turn of events for Pennsylvania's environment and public health, the state House Transportation Committee voted today in support of Senate Bill 1025. This controversial legislation would block state regulators from implementing strong clean air standards for new cars and trucks contained within the Pennsylvania Clean Vehicles Program. SB 1025, which was passed by the Senate in February, could now be voted on by the full House of Representatives before legislators leave for the election recess. | |
| 2006-09-21 | |
| PHILADELPHIA--The Environmental Protection Agency today finalized new national air quality standards for particle "soot" pollution that ignore the overwhelming medical and scientific consensus that the standards need to be substantially strengthened to protect Americans from this deadly air pollutant. | |
| 2006-09-13 | |
| Philadelphia, PA--With one of the most broadly supported public health proposals facing a potential veto by Philadelphia Mayor John Street, members of the medical community came out in force this morning to call for the passage of the Smoke-Free Workplaces legislation. | |
| 2006-06-15 | |
| PHILADELPHIA--After nearly five years of debate and inaction, Philadelphia City Council passed a much-needed and highly supported public health policy in the form of the Smoke-Free Workplace legislation by a vote of 9-6. | |
| 2006-04-05 | |
| PHILADELPHIA--Soot pollution causes 5,000 premature deaths, smog pollution triggers 300,000 asthma attacks, and 900,000 missed school days each year are due to air pollution in Pennsylvania, according to estimates from a new report released today by PennEnvironment. | |
| 2006-03-17 | |
| PHILADELPHIA--federal appeals court today stuck down a highly controversial air pollution rule that was a centerpiece of the Bush administration's environmental agenda. | |
| 2006-03-08 | |
| Philadelphia, PA--At a hearing held by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Philadelphia today, local citizens joined with religious groups, public officials, researchers and public health advocates from across the Mid-Atlantic region in sharply criticizing the Bush administration's proposed air quality standards for fine particle, or "soot" pollution. | |
| 2006-02-15 | |
| HARRISBURG--Today the Pennsylvania state Senate passed what amounts to the worst weakening of state-level clean air standards in recent memory. The Senate voted 27-20 for an anti-clean cars bill (Senate Bill 1025) despite the protests of public health and citizens groups, including the Pennsylvania Parent Teachers Association, the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, and the American Lung Association of Pennsylvania. | |
| 2006-01-16 | |
| PHILADELPHIA--Lancaster, York-Hanover, Harrisburg-Carlisle and Reading ranked 5th, 6th, 9th and 10th respectively nationwide for the worst chronic fine particle, or "œsoot" pollution among mid-sized metro areas in 2004; Pittsburgh ranked 1st nationwide for the most spikes in soot pollution; and Pittsburgh and Philadelphia ranked 2nd and 16th respectively for the worst chronic soot pollution, according to a new report released today by the PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center. Pennsylvania as a whole ranked second among states for the highest annual soot pollution levels. | |
| 2005-11-29 | |
| By implementing the Clean Vehicles Program, Pennsylvania would join eight other states, including New York and New Jersey, which have already adopted these standards. With Oregon and Washington expected to adopt them in the near future, about one-third of the U.S. population will likely fall under these standards before the Clean Vehicles Program goes into effect. | |
| 2005-10-24 | |
| On behalf of PennEnvironment's citizen members I am writing to ask you to oppose legislation that will rollback efforts to reduce air pollution from automobiles and other mobile sources. In particular we are asking you to oppose HB 2140 and HB 2141 which are expected to be voted on in an unannounced Transportation Committee meeting being held off of the floor of the House tomorrow, Tuesday October 25. | |
| 2005-10-18 | |
| HARRISBURG--The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) took the first step today towards implementing the Pennsylvania Clean Vehicles Program, which would bring cleaner cars to the Commonwealth. Once fully implemented, the program will reduce smog-forming emissions in Pennsylvania by approximately 10 percent, global warming gas emissions by 30 percent and toxic benzene pollution, a known carcinogen, by up to 15 percent. | |
| 2005-09-08 | |
| PHILADELPHIA--As state officials debate a proposal to cut mercury emissions from Pennsylvania's coal-fired power plants, a new PennEnvironment report shows that Pennsylvania ranked 3rd in the nation for power plant mercury pollution in 2003 and was home to the first- and fourth-ranked counties nationally for power plant mercury pollution. | |
| 2005-08-16 | |
| HARRISBURG--State officials moved closer today to a mercury rule for power plants that could fall well short of protecting Pennsylvanians’ public health. | |
| 2005-06-16 | |
| States have long been the laboratories for innovative public policy, particularly on environmental and consumer protections. Over the last three decades, states have passed strong laws to protect the health, safety, and financial well-being of their citizens. But this initiative on the part of the states has led to a disturbing reaction: the increasing willingness of the federal government to preempt the right of states to enact stronger laws to safeguard their citizens. | |
| 2005-06-02 | |
| PITTSBURGH--Pennsylvania could save over $2.5 billion in lowered electricity bills through 2030 by implementing minimum energy efficiency standards for a set of 18 common products, according to a new report released today by PennEnvironment. The report also found that by reducing demand from the state's coal-fired power plants, energy efficiency standards could cut annual smog- and soot-forming emissions by 2,500 and 6,000 tons respectively by 2020. | |
| 2005-05-18 | |
| PHILADELPHIA--Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) signaled today that, while they plan to move forward with mercury pollution reduction requirements for power plants, they will likely not go as far as was requested by environmental and public health advocates. | |
| 2004-12-01 | |
| PHILADELPHIA--Ignoring the concerns of the environmental and public health community, as well as 600,000 citizens who submitted public comments on the issue, the EPA announced today that they will not even consider requiring power plants to reduce their mercury pollution by the maximum extent possible. If required to use the best currently available pollution controls, power plants could eliminate 90 percent of their mercury pollution by 2008. | |
| 2004-09-23 | |
| PHILADELPHIA--With the Bush administration poised to finalize weak air pollution standards for power plant smokestacks, a new Clear the Air survey released today by PennEnvironment shows massive air pollution problems across the U.S. | |
| 2004-09-14 | |
| ERIE--Standing beside a giant inflated model of a fish in Erie today, Mayor Filippi, Lake Erie Region Conservancy, Pennsylvania Chapter of Republicans for Environmental Protection, and Clear the Air called on the Bush administration to toughen up its mercury pollution regulations. The event was organized by PennEnvironment and was part of a nationwide tour sponsored by Clear the Air, a national campaign to clean up the nation's fleet of aging coal-burning power plants. | |
| 2004-06-10 | |
| Pollution from power plants causes 35,405 asthma attacks, 3,329 non-fatal heart attacks, and 1,825 premature deaths each year in Pennsylvania, according to a new Clear the Air report released yesterday by PennEnvironment. Pittsburgh, Johnstown, and Altoona rank 5th, 7th, and 18th respectively nationwide for the most premature deaths per capita from power plant pollution among metropolitan areas. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia rank 3rd and 4th respectively nationwide for most total premature deaths from power plant pollution among metropolitan areas. | |
| 2004-04-15 | |
| PHILADELPHIA--The Philadelphia City Council became the first major city in the nation to pass a resolution urging the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revisit its current mercury proposal. The EPA's current proposals have been criticized by environmentalists, public health groups, and sportsman's groups in Pennsylvania as not going nearly far enough in reducing mercury pollution. The resolution, introduced today by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, represents the first action by a major U.S. city against the Bush administration's proposed mercury rules. The resolution passed unanimously, 17-0, including the two Republican council members. | |
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