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The Delaware County arm of the Clear Air Council has issued its final report on the Chester-Marcus Hook corridor air monitoring program, which shows that air quality in the area of its 30 monitors remains either good or moderate over time except when the area experiences wildfire fallout, and then it veers to the worst rating of “hazardous.”
Reprinted from Inside Climate News By Kyle Bagenstose October 30, 2026 In what might have been his last hearing as chair of Pennsylvania’s House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection committee, […]
The Clean Air Council will hold a virtual community meeting to share the data and results of its three-year air monitoring program along the Chester-Marcus hook industrial corridor. The meeting is Wednesday Nov. 11 at 6:30 p.m.
The Brookhaven Borough Council Monday night unanimously passed a resolution declaring its opposition to the construction of an LNG export terminal anywhere along the Delaware River waterfront in Delaware County.
Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living (CRCQL) is asking Delaware County residents to call or email Philadelphia City Council to NOT approve a new contract with Reworld/Covanta incinerator to burn a portion of its trash and to pass the “Stop Trashing Our Air Act.” City Council previously failed to enact the bill to stop doing business with Reworld.
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) has expanded its nationally recognized PHS LandCare program into Chester, Pennsylvania, bringing its proven vacant land stabilization and greening model to Delaware County for the first time.
Plaintiffs are continuing to press the Trump administration in federal court to restore $3 billion in grant funding for environmental and climate justice programs that would benefit underserved communities, as a Sept. 30 deadline nears.
On August 16, 2026, former state Sen. Franklin L. Kury, author of the Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution, passed away at the age of 89. The amendment guarantees the people of Pennsylvania the right to clean air, pure water and preservation of natural, scenic and historic sites.
Upper Darby Township has passed a comprehensive ordinance creating a Lead Poisoning Prevention and Lead Hazard Control program to reduce childhood lead exposure in the township’s older housing. The ordinance addresses lead-based paint hazards in properties built before 1978 when lead-based paint was banned in the United States.
The Monroe Refinery in Trainer, PA, is seeking approval for several large construction projects expected to begin in August 2026 and conclude in December 2029. The Clean Air Council is concerned about several aspects of the projects. Public comments on the projects are due by Monday.
