Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania moms join members of Moms Clean Air Force across the country to demand stronger protections for soot pollution.

In February 2023, more than 60 Moms Clean Air Force staff and members, representing 18 states and DC, testified before EPA at a hearing on proposed federal standards for soot pollution. EPA’s soot proposal doesn’t go far enough to protect our children and communities from avoidable harms. Soot pollution is extremely dangerous and no amount of it is safe for us to breathe.

Moms Clean Air Force Senior National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik, Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer, Pennsylvania coordinators Vanessa Lynch and Brooke Petry, and 2 volunteers offered testimony. In her comments, Rachel connected the dots between EPA’s soot rule and the petrochemical development near her home:

“The ethane cracker plant [in Beaver County] is newly operational but has already had multiple flaring events during which thick black smoke billows from flames hundreds of feet high. These events go on for hours, often lasting through the night. Besides worrying about the long-term consequences of being exposed to the high levels of [soot] in my region day after day, I worry about the consequences of the short-term high levels of exposure. Our region was already ranked the 22nd worst for short-term particle pollution cities by the American Lung Association before the ethane cracker plastic factory was operational.”

Moms Clean Air Force hosts important conversation about plastic incineration in Pennsylvania.

On February 15, 2023, Moms Clean Air Force sat down with a panel of experts to talk about the $1.1 billion plastic incineration facility coming to Point Township, Pennsylvania. Panelists included Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer, The Climate Reality Project’s Josephine Gingerich, Jason Hallmark, and Sandy Field, and Clean Air Council’s Susan Sunhee Volz.

During the conversation, panelists explained how pollution from plastic incineration can affect our health and our communities. We also talked about how Pennsylvanians can take action to protect their families.

Pennsylvania moms join Moms Clean Air Force members across the country to urge EPA to finalize strong methane standards that protect children’s health.

On January 10, 11, and 12, 2023, more than 60 Moms Clean Air Force staff and members from 21 states and Washington, DC, spoke out at EPA’s virtual public hearing about its updated proposal to cut methane and other harmful pollutants from new and existing oil and gas operations. The updated proposal from EPA would reduce methane pollution from sources covered by the rule by 87% below 2005 levels. It would also strengthen leak detection and repair requirements, continue to require equipment not to emit methane, address high-emission incidents with a new monitoring response program, and require that abandoned wells are subject to inspections until they are closed.

At the hearing, Moms applauded the updated rule but called on EPA to make it even stronger by fully eliminating pollution from routine flaring and ensuring frontline communities have the tools they need to hold polluters accountable.

Moms Clean Air Force Senior National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik, Pennsylvania coordinators Vanessa Lynch and Brooke Petry, Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer, Kids Clean Air Force member Nor Petry-Sebok, and four Supermoms offered testimony.

Parents celebrate Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

July 1, 2022, marked the start of Pennsylvania’s formal participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). RGGI is a multi-state effort designed to cut carbon pollution from fossil-fuel-fired power plants across participating states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

Because Pennsylvania is the third largest greenhouse-gas-polluting state and is home to the third dirtiest power sector in the nation, we have an outsize responsibility to reduce our carbon pollution. States currently participating in RGGI have, in fact, reduced power sector carbon dioxide pollution by 45% since 2005. They have also reduced harmful pollutants, like mercury, soot, sulfur dioxide, and heavy metals, that come from burning dirty fuels like coal in power plants.

For more than two years, Pennsylvania Moms have been advocating for the commonwealth’s participation in RGGI. Thousands of Moms Clean Air Force members submitted public comments in favor of quickly moving forward with Pennsylvania linking to the program. We had countless meetings with state legislators and hosted a webinar, featuring Representative Donna Bullock and Dr. Frederica Perera, about the benefits of RGGI for Pennsylvania’s children and families, as well as opportunities for environmental justice community benefits.

Moms Clean Air Force is relieved that Pennsylvania has taken this step to prioritize cleaning up the air our children breathe, and we will continue to advocate for RGGI to be implemented fully—and for potential RGGI proceeds to be invested meaningfully and equitably.

Pennsylvania moms and kids join Moms Clean Air Force members across the country to support strong standards for tailpipe pollution from trucks.

On April 12, 13, and 14, dozens of Moms Clean Air Force staff and members from 18 states and Washington, DC, spoke out at EPA’s virtual public hearing about its proposal to clean up tailpipe pollution from heavy-duty trucks and buses. EPA’s trucks proposal is a welcome step forward but doesn’t go far enough. At the hearing, moms asked EPA to further strengthen the standards for heavy-duty vehicle pollution, to better protect children, people with asthma, older adults, and other vulnerable groups from the health harms of air pollution.

Moms Clean Air Force Senior National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik, Pennsylvania coordinators Brooke Petry and Vanessa Lynch, Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer, and Kids Clean Air Force member Caia Farrell offered testimony.

Read Patrice’s testimony HERE, Brooke’s HERE, Vanessa’s HERE, and Rachel’s HERE.

Pennsylvania moms join Moms Clean Air Force members across the country at a virtual EPA hearing to support restoring the legal foundation of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards.

On February 24, 2022, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania joined dozens of Moms Clean Air Force staff and volunteers from 15 states and DC to deliver testimony at EPA’s public hearing on its proposal to restore the appropriate and necessary finding of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. The mercury standards, finalized in 2012, are a public health necessity. They protect communities across the country from mercury and other harmful air pollution from power plants.

Moms Clean Air Force Senior National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik, Pennsylvania coordinators Vanessa Lynch and Brooke Petry, and three volunteers from across the state offered testimony. In her comments, Patrice talked about growing up with pollution from the coal plants in her community:

“I have lived my whole life in Southwestern, Pennsylvania, and grew up living two miles downwind from the coal-fired Cheswick power generating station. As I drive to visit my mother who still lives there, I see the plumes from the stacks of the Cheswick plant float over the river toward the playground I played on as a child. I missed a lot of school due to chronic bronchitis, and now as an adult, I have respiratory problems. My mother has a chronic cough and respiratory problems. My father had COPD and a heart attack requiring quintuple bypass surgery before he passed about a year ago. It is well-known that the Greater Pittsburgh Area has some of the worst air pollution in the nation according to the American Lung Association.”

Read Patrice’s testimony HERE, Vanessa’s HERE, and Brooke’s HERE.

West Deer Township Board of Supervisors blocks new well pad development.

In December 2021, the West Deer Township Board of Supervisors denied the conditional use and land development permit applications for Olympus Energy’s proposed Dionysus deep well site. This major victory for West Deer came after four months of public hearings during which West Deer residents provided ample evidence that the well pad would substantially affect the health, safety, and welfare of the community.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch worked with the Concerned Residents of West Deer to provide information to community members and support public comment. In response to the Board of Supervisors’ unanimous vote to block the development, she issued the following statement:

“After months of diligent work, West Deer families were heard loud and clear: the Dionysus well pad is not in the best interests of their community. Industrial processes such as oil and gas operations should not be placed where children live, learn and play. It is the duty of every adult in the community to protect the health of children, who can’t speak for themselves.”

Pennsylvania moms join Moms Clean Air Force members across the country to tell EPA to finalize strong methane regulations.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania joined 38 Moms Clean Air Force staff and volunteers from 13 states and DC to deliver testimony at EPA’s 3-day public hearing about the proposed rule to cut methane and other harmful air pollutants from new and existing oil and gas operations in November and December 2021.

Methane is the main component of natural gas and a potent greenhouse gas accelerating climate change. Quickly and significantly reducing methane is one of the best levers we have to slow the rate of climate change and help clean up the air. If finalized, EPA’s proposed rule would establish the first national standards limiting methane pollution from the nation’s nearly one million existing oil and gas operations.

Moms Clean Air Force National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik, Pennsylvania organizers Brooke Petry and Vanessa Lynch, and seven superparents offered testimony.

Pennsylvania moms join Moms Clean Air Force members across the country to tell EPA to set strong near-term standards for climate pollution from cars.

In August 2021, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania joined more than 30 Moms Clean Air Force staff and volunteers from 13 states and DC to deliver testimony at EPA’s public hearing about strengthening near-term greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and light trucks.

Transportation is the largest source of climate pollution in the US, making up 29% of all carbon dioxide pollution. Cars and light trucks account for 58% of all transportation-related climate pollution, and 17% of total US climate pollution. The EPA’s proposal to cut climate pollution from cars in the near terms seeks to repair years of backsliding from the auto industry. Moms spoke out in favor of acting with urgency to accelerate the transition to zero-pollution vehicles.

Moms Clean Air Force National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik and field organizer Vanessa Lynch offered testimony.

“My children’s school is located less than 500 feet from the heavily trafficked State Route 228. Studies have shown that the highest daytime exposures of traffic pollution are within 500 feet of a busy road… Closing school windows and doors can help to lessen the traffic pollutant exposures, but the reality is that fine particles, ultrafine particles, gases, and vapors are able to readily penetrate the indoors, where they can be breathed in by young lungs… I can’t control the air my son breathes and depend on Administrator Regan and the EPA to do your jobs.” –Patrice Tomcik

“In order to set us on the path to 100% zero-emissions new vehicle sales by 2035, the near-term standards for climate pollution must be as strong as possible. And in order to protect families like mine from the most dire impacts of climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency must take bold and ambitious action at every opportunity to protect our children’s health and future.” –Vanessa Lynch

Let’s Get Rolling Electric Bus Tour arrives in Pittsburgh.

On July 29, 2021, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a press event at the City-County Building in Pittsburgh calling on Congress to make meaningful investments in electric school bus, transit, and trucking fleets. The event was part of a nationwide push to upgrade old school and transit buses with better technology to reduce our families’ exposure to harmful diesel exhaust and climate pollution.

Transportation is the largest source of global warming pollution in our country, which makes electrification of buses, cars, and trucks critical to solving the climate crisis. Electrifying our nation’s bus fleets will also clean up the air for everyone inside the bus, where harmful fumes may be concentrated higher than outside the bus.

US Representative Mike Doyle (PA-18), State Rep. Austin Davis (LD-35), and Pittsburgh City Councilperson Erika Strassburger joined Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch for the event.

Watch the replay HERE.

Pennsylvania moms urge Governor Wolf to close loopholes in the proposed methane rules.

On June 23, 2021, Moms Clean Air Force’s Pennsylvania Chapter and the Environmental Health Project held a press conference urging Governor Tom Wolf to act now to strengthen his proposed methane and volatile organic compound rules for the oil and gas industry. Pennsylvania’s oil and gas industry vents and leaks more than 1.1 million tons of methane—a potent greenhouse gas—each year. Cutting methane pollution from the oil and gas industry is the quickest, most cost-effective way for Pennsylvania to reduce climate-warming pollution and protect the health and well-being of our kids.

Pennsylvania moms call on EPA to set strong standards for methane pollution.

In June 2021, Pennsylvania moms joined Moms Clean Air Force staff and volunteers from across the country to participate in EPA’s listening sessions on its upcoming oil and natural gas methane rule. The listening sessions were a unique opportunity for environmental justice and frontline communities to weigh in ahead of the proposed rulemaking. Moms advocated for at least a 65% reduction in methane pollution from oil and gas operations, compared to 2012 levels, no later than 2025.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizers Vanessa Lynch and Brooke Petry and National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik offered testimony. Vanessa offered her personal experience with oil and gas operations in her community:

“I have witnessed firsthand the impacts the oil and gas industry has had on my community. A well pad with eight gas wells has been fracked in a medium-density residential area of my local township, which basically means there are houses, children, parks, daycare centers, assisted living facilities, and schools located nearby. Additionally, six more gas wells have been approved to be fracked in the future. We did not ask for fracking to come to our community, but we will suffer the burden of the health and safety risks for years to come.”

Read Vanessa’s full testimony HERE.

Brooke has asthma and so does her daughter. In her testimony, she connected the dots between methane pollution and respiratory disease:

“In Philadelphia, the childhood asthma rate is more than double the national average, and we have the dubious distinction of being one of the top 10 asthma capitals in the US. As I am sharing these comments, our air quality forecast for the entire week is rated “poor,” and the main culprit for this week’s dangerous air quality is a familiar foe: ground-level ozone. We know that where there are oil and gas operations, you can find methane leaking along with toxic pollutants such as benzene. This pollution is harming the health of millions of people living near those operations, but also those who live all across the state as pollution travels hundreds of miles. With ever-rising temperatures, these dangerous pollutants mix with heat and sunlight, forming ground-level ozone at levels that are unsafe for many people to breathe and which can cause asthma attacks.”

Read Brooke’s full testimony HERE.

Pennsylvania moms tell the Office of Management and Budget to oppose the EPA’s attack on particle pollution standards.

On November 23, 2020, Moms Clean Air Force met by phone with the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to oppose the Trump administration’s efforts to ignore the science on particle pollution, or deadly soot. Trump’s EPA proposed to retain the current National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particle pollution last spring despite overwhelming evidence that the current standard puts lives at risk. Particle pollution causes heart disease, diabetes, and lung disease, among other grave health impacts that can make people more vulnerable to the coronavirus.

Moms Clean Air Force Project Manager Patrice Tomcik spoke about air pollution in her hometown of Gibsonia, near Pittsburgh, during the meeting:

“I know firsthand about polluting industries because my community is completely surrounded by polluting sources. Upwind to the west of our home is an interstate connector and to the north is a steel plant. To my south and east are a cluster of coal-fired power plants that contribute to making Pennsylvania’s power sector the fifth dirtiest in the nation. To compound the air pollution problem are multiple unconventional natural gas wells in my children’s school district with the closest ones a half mile away.

“I am very worried about what my children are breathing into their lungs every day. My youngest son had cancer, and I know his immune system is compromised. As a mother, I try to make his home environment as healthy as possible, but I know that I can’t control the air my son breathes, and I depend on the EPA to do their job and implement the most comprehensive and meaningful air pollution standards that fully protect his health.”

Read more about our meeting with OMB HERE.

Pennsylvania state legislators join our 2020 Stay In and Speak Out for Climate Action.

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Moms are not meeting in person with our lawmakers. But that doesn’t mean we’re on pause. Instead, we’re asking legislators across the country to join us for virtual events and conversations with their constituents to talk about air pollution, climate action, and what we can do to fight the climate crisis where we live.

On August 26, State Rep. Sara Innamorato joined Pennsylvania field organizer Vanessa Lynch, the Clean Air Council’s Lois Bower-Bjornson, and their children to talk about air pollution and public health, holding corporate polluters accountable, and climate change. Watch the replay here.

Then, on October 14, Pennsylvania State Sen. Katie Muth joined Vanessa, project manager Mollie Michel, and their children for a conversation about air pollution from the oil and gas industry, environmental justice, corporate influence over the legislature, and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Pennsylvania moms fight for stronger protections against oil and gas operations.

In June 2020, 18 members of Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania from across the state participated in the Department of Environmental Protection’s virtual public hearing on a new rulemaking covering existing sources of oil and gas pollution. Oil and gas operations are leaking, venting, and flaring dangerous climate pollution at alarming rates, making our air less healthy to breathe and the climate crisis worse. As the second-largest natural gas-producing state in the nation, Pennsylvania has a responsibility to step up and become a national leader in reducing harmful methane and air pollution from existing oil and gas infrastructure.

In advance of the public hearings, Pennsylvania Moms and partners hosted a webinar about the proposed rule and held a press conference to deliver more than 30,000 written comments on the rulemaking to DEP.

Tell Governor Wolf to cut climate pollution to protect Pennsylvania’s children.

Pennsylvania Moms join members of Moms Clean Air Force across the country to demand stronger protections against deadly soot.

In May 2020, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania joined more than 65 Moms Clean Air Force staff and volunteers from 18 states and DC to deliver testimony at the EPA’s virtual public hearing on PM 2.5, or deadly soot. In April 2020, Trump’s EPA proposed to retain the current standards for particle pollution, ignoring science and putting thousands of lives at risk. Even in the midst of a national public health emergency from COVID-19, moms participated in the public hearing in record numbers. It’s one of many ways Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania is continuing to engage in serious and consequential advocacy and outreach during the coronavirus pandemic.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania’s organizer Vanessa Lynch offered testimony, as did members from around the state including Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Lehigh Valley.

Parents demand answers to rare childhood cancers—pushing Governor Wolf to commit $3 million to studies exploring potential health impacts of the natural gas industry.

In November 2019, parents and families of children who have been diagnosed with rare pediatric cancers from some of the most heavily fracked counties in southwestern Pennsylvania joined Moms Clean Air Force and Physicians for Social Responsibility at the state Capitol for a public health symposium. While numerous state legislators were in attendance during a presentation on the impacts of oil and gas on children’s health, Governor Wolf was noticeably missing. After the presentation, the group of parents marched to Governor Wolf’s office to demand an investigation into the rare cancers that have impacted one too many children in their community. In response, Governor Wolf committed $3 million to investigations to explore the health impacts of natural gas on Pennsylvania children and families.

Governor Wolf commits to limiting carbon pollution from Pennsylvania’s power sector.

With the fifth dirtiest power sector in the nation, cutting carbon emissions from Pennsylvania’s electric utilities is critical to moving on a path to climate safety. On October 3, 2019, Governor Tom Wolf took a bold step toward achieving this goal by signing an executive order to direct the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to develop a rule to put a limit on carbon pollution from the state’s power sector. Mollie Michel, Project Manager for Moms Clean Air Force, issued the following statement:

“This laudable action from Governor Wolf to reduce climate pollution from Pennsylvania’s energy sector is an important step toward protecting our kids from dangerous climate impacts. Today’s action recognizes that the climate crisis is a grave threat to the health and future of our children. We applaud Governor Wolf for his commitment to doing right by our children.”

Pennsylvania joins the U.S. Climate Alliance.

On April 29, 2019, Pennsylvania became the 24th state to join the U.S. Climate Alliance, committing Pennsylvania to the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. In his comments, Governor Wolf acknowledged climate change as the most critical environmental threat facing the world and reiterated his ambitious goals for Pennsylvania to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 26% by 2025 and 80% by 2050 from 2005 levels.

“At a time when the federal government is unraveling vital air pollution protections, we applaud the steps that Governor Wolf continues to take on climate action in the Commonwealth and are heartened that Pennsylvania is now a member of the U.S. Climate Alliance.”

—Mollie Michel, Project Manager for Moms Clean Air Force

Pennsylvania commits to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050.

In January 2019, Moms Clean Air Force was proud to be present as Governor Wolf signed an executive order establishing the first statewide goal to reduce greenhouse gas pollution in Pennsylvania. The commonwealth will aim to achieve 26% reductions by 2025 and 80% reductions by 2050. This will be accomplished in part by procuring enough renewable energy to offset at least 40% of the commonwealth’s annual electricity use.

Pennsylvania moms celebrate state methane pollution cuts from new sources of oil and gas pollution.

In June 2018, after continued pressure from Pennsylvania moms, Governor Wolf upheld his commitment to cleaning up Pennsylvania’s air by regulating methane emissions from new oil and gas infrastructure. The protections are among some of the strongest in the country.

Moms Clean Air Force played a critical role in this victory. We led multiple press conferences throughout the state to encourage Governor Wolf and state legislators to support methane safeguards, garnering media hits in target markets; we hosted a Mama Summit in Harrisburg with legislators, health experts, faith leaders, environmental justice advocates, and moms urging Governor Wolf to finalize the methane regulations; we led hundreds of meetings with legislators in our home districts and in Harrisburg; we conducted “frackland tours” for Governor Wolf’s policy aids so they could see firsthand the impacts that fracking has on frontline communities; we collected thousands of names to add to a coalition petition of 10,000+ signatures encouraging Governor Wolf to act on methane; and we created a video to encourage Governor Wolf to move forward on standards for existing sources of methane pollution.

This victory highlights Governor Wolf’s leadership in enacting protections that will benefit future generations. However, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania is keeping the pressure on so that Governor Wolf will move forward quickly to protect our families from the more than 11,000 existing wells and associated oil and gas infrastructure that are putting our kids and families at risk now.

Our mayors are pledging climate action.

At the local level, cities such as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are among leading U.S. cities to pledge support for climate action and their commitment to meeting the goals of the Paris Climate Accord despite President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the agreement and his administration’s denial of climate change. Pennsylvania moms have met with both mayors and their staff urging them to act on climate to address air pollution and protect our children’s health.

Advocating for stronger protections against pollution from oil and gas operations.

For several years, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania has been working to urge Governor Tom Wolf to enact the strongest possible controls to cut methane and other toxic pollutants from oil and gas operations across the state. In 2018, Moms celebrated a huge milestone when the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) finalized stronger permitting requirements for new and modified sources of methane pollution to protect families.

But we didn’t rest on our laurels; we immediately started working to push forward new rules to cut pollution from the tens of thousands of existing oil and gas operations throughout the commonwealth. Governor Wolf presented his final state methane rules in late 2021, and they are likely to be enacted in the spring of 2022.

Although these state safeguards are not as protective as anticipated, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania has begun work to support EPA’s federal rules for new and existing oil and gas operations. Ten Moms members from Pennsylvania gave testimony at the public hearings for EPA’s proposed methane rulemaking in 2021.

Pennsylvania’s children deserve the strongest possible rules to cut oil and gas pollution from existing sources. We have a moral responsibility to ensure our kids have safe places to live, learn, and play.

Educating the public on methane pollution and public health.

For years, Pennsylvania Moms have been working to educate the public on the impact of harmful pollution from oil and gas development on public health. In 2020, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania—along with other partners—launched the Health First PA coalition to further this work. Over the last two years, the Health First PA Coalition has presented three webinars on methane: Methane Pollution and Public Health, Methane Pollution: What Experts Say About Climate Change and Public Health, and Young Climate Leaders: Methane Pollution and Health.

Pennsylvania moms have also continued to spread the word about the harmful impacts of methane pollution on our children’s health at Pittsburgh Earth Week 2020, in a compelling public service announcement featuring kids, in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s June 2020 public hearings on a rulemaking covering existing sources of oil and gas pollution, and in webinars with various stakeholders.

Fighting petrochemical buildout and protecting frontline communities.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania is engaged in initiatives to reduce and curtail the petrochemical buildout in the Ohio River Valley while working on community protections from existing petrochemical operations. With a focus on community and health impacts of petrochemical and plastic pollution, Moms in Pennsylvania will fight to protect frontline communities at all levels of government and through meaningful community engagement.

Educating policymakers on the dangers of methane leaks—and how natural gas companies can fix them.

In Pennsylvania alone, leaking methane from oil and gas infrastructure emits the equivalent greenhouse gases of nearly 2.8 million cars on the road each year. Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania is working to educate lawmakers and their staff on the dangers of methane leaks and how to detect them through a new, innovative virtual reality tool provided by Environmental Defense Fund. In September 2018, Moms Clean Air Force Project Manager Patrice Tomcik held a demonstration at the Pennsylvania State Capitol during which 58 people stopped by to learn about the issue and 22 used the methane virtual reality tool to “see” the scope of methane leaks from oil and gas infrastructure in Pennsylvania.

Working to transition Pennsylvania’s school bus fleets to electric.

Millions of children still ride diesel-powered school buses, exposing them to harmful diesel pollution that can trigger asthma attacks and interfere with their ability to learn. Pennsylvania moms have hit the road to build support for clean, electric school buses. We are working with local school districts to ensure they are taking advantage of federal funds from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program to transition their bus fleets to all-electric.

Learn more about electric school buses HERE.

Advocating for children with asthma.

In Philadelphia, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania sits on the Asthma Committee for the Philadelphia School District’s GreenFutures program, which works with partners to research asthma rates and identify asthma triggers in Philly’s public schools. We work to educate health care professionals, parents, and teachers about the connection between air quality and asthma, particularly in children. We also help support parents in sharing their concerns about air quality and asthma with their lawmakers, as well as provide advocacy training to parents to fight for stronger air quality regulations and a safer environment. Please contact us for user-friendly asthma education materials and information about advocacy training and support.

Our children are exposed to fracking and methane pollution.

Pennsylvania has a long history of fossil fuel extraction with coal, oil, and fracked natural gas and thus a long history of air pollution problems. Pennsylvania is the second largest natural-gas-producing state in the country and a significant contributor of natural gas pollution—methane. With tens of thousands of oil and gas operations leaking pollution that harms our children and contributes to climate change, Pennsylvania can do better, and moms are taking action.

Research shows that the methane leaking from natural gas infrastructure in Pennsylvania is over five times more than what companies report to the state. Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania is using an innovative virtual reality tool to demonstrate to lawmakers how to detect methane leaks, how much money can be saved by fixing these leaks, and how simple fixes and training for those working in fracking operations can help protect the children and families of Pennsylvania.

Studies have found that living close to natural gas operations is associated with negative health impacts, including asthma attacks, birth defects, respiratory diseases, neurological diseases, and even cancer. Children, with their developing organ systems, are especially vulnerable to these health impacts. Methane pollution safeguards would help clean up the air and protect Pennsylvania children’s health while reducing the effects from climate change.

Pennsylvania resident Jane Worthington and her family live with natural gas infrastructure in their community. Read her story here.

Our state must prioritize actions to reduce carbon pollution across the entire economy.

In July 2022, Pennsylvania officially began its participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a multi-state effort designed to cut carbon pollution from fossil-fuel-fired power plants across participating states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. While this action is monumental, it is imperative that Pennsylvania build off this momentum and prioritize efforts to reduce climate pollution across the economy.

Pennsylvania needs to be a leader in carbon emissions reductions and climate action, as well as 21st century energy and transportation solutions. By reducing carbon pollution, toxic pollutants like mercury, soot, sulfur dioxide, and heavy metals that come from burning dirty fuels like coal in power plants will also be reduced. These reductions in air pollution can improve public health by lowering asthma attacks, heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer, and even premature death.

Pennsylvania moms want carbon limits with measurable goals in all sectors across the economy to address climate change and protect our children’s health.

The Ohio River Valley is the site of the new Cancer Alley.

As the fossil fuel industry transitions away from coal-powered production, particularly in the Ohio River Valley, Pennsylvania has become the site of various petrochemical buildout projects. The Appalachian region in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, along the Ohio River, is being targeted for the next big expansion of ethane cracker plants. Ethane cracker plants are industrial facilities that create the building blocks for plastics manufacturing. They produce dangerous air pollution that puts nearby communities at higher risk for neurological problems, respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, and various other health issues. 

Construction has already begun on an ethane cracker plant in southwestern Pennsylvania, and without intervention and advocacy, Pennsylvanians will be disproportionately affected by the dangerous pollutants emitted by these ethane cracker plants.

Our children are breathing smog.

Air quality is a problem in many areas of Pennsylvania. Smog, or ground-level ozone, is created in the atmosphere when heat and sunlight combine with different types of pollution, including emissions from oil and gas operations. Smog irritates the lungs, triggers asthma attacks, interferes with normal lung development, and increases the risk of respiratory infections. Of the 36 counties that monitored air quality in 2020 for ozone levels, 24 had code orange ozone days—indicating the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Pennsylvania has two cities—Philadelphia and Pittsburgh—among the top 25 dirtiest cities for year-round particle pollution, according to the 2022 State of the Air Report by the American Lung Association. Particle pollution comes from cars, trucks, power plants, wildfires, and other sources. It can trigger strokes, heart attacks, asthma attacks, and premature death.

Moms Clean Air Force advocates at the local, state, and federal levels for safeguards that will curb this air pollution and help protect our kids from harmful pollutants.

Past Events

May 2023

On May 9–10, Moms Clean Air Force Moms Clean Air Force National Field Director Patrice Tomcik, Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer, and Pennsylvania coordinators Vanessa Lynch and Brooke Petry joined dozens of Moms Clean Air Force staff and members in 16 states and Washington, DC, to testify at EPA’s virtual public hearing on proposed federal standards for pollution from cars and trucks. Read Patrice’s testimony here, Rachel’s here, Vanessa’s here, and Brooke’s here.

On May 9, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Brooke Petry joined our partners at PennEnvironment for a press conference about the new report “Pennsylvania’s Dirty Dozen,” which identifies the largest climate polluters in the commonwealth. The event at City Hall in Philadelphia also featured state Representatives Chris Rabb and Joe Hoehenstein, Philadelphia Councilmembers Kendra Brooks and Jamie Gauthier, Clean Air Council’s Russell Zerbo, and PennEnvironment’s Stephanie Wein.

On May 9, Moms Clean Air Force National Field Director Patrice Tomcik, Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer, and Pennsylvania coordinators Vanessa Lynch and Brooke Petry joined dozens of Moms Clean Air Force staff and members in 15 states and Washington, DC, to testify at EPA’s virtual public hearing on the proposal to strengthen the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. Read Patrice’s testimony here, Rachel’s here, Vanessa’s here, and Brooke’s here.

On May 2–3, Moms Clean Air Force National Field Director Patrice Tomcik, Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer, and Pennsylvania coordinators Vanessa Lynch and Brooke Petry joined dozens of Moms Clean Air Force staff and members in 18 states and Washington, DC, to testify at EPA’s virtual public hearing on proposed federal standards for greenhouse gas pollution from heavy-duty trucks. Read Patrice’s testimony here, Rachel’s here, Vanessa’s here, and Brooke’s here.

April 2023

On April 26, Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer joined Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania for a town hall meeting about environmental health at the Beaver Area Memorial Library.

In honor of Earth Month, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinators Brooke Petry and Vanessa Lynch joined our partners across the commonwealth for an environmental lobby day in Harrisburg.

On April 23, Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer hosted a booth at the Baden Earth Day celebration on the Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse Grounds.

On April 20, Moms Clean Air Force was invited to Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence to celebrate Earth Day. They were joined by environmental advocates and Indigenous leaders from across the country.

On April 20, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Vanessa Lynch attended an Evening with the Women of the Allegheny County Delegation, an event featuring state Representatives Emily Kinkead, Jess Benham, Sara Innamorato, Anita Kulik, Latasha D. Mayes, Abigail Stansbury, and Mandy Steele, and state Senator Lindsey Williams.

On April 20, Moms Clean Air Force gave a “lunch and learn” presentation on our work on air pollution and public health in Pennsylvania to state Department of Health staff.

On April 11, Moms Clean Air Force participated in a press conference with local officials about the DERAIL Act and protections from petrochemical pollution. Speakers at the event in Pittsburgh included Congresswoman Summer Lee, State Senator Lindsey Williams, Conservation Voters of PA’s Katie Blume, 412 Justice’s NaTisha Washington, Moms Clean Air Force’s Vanessa Lynch, Penn Environment’s Zach Barber, and Group Against Smog & Pollution’s Patrick Campbell.

March 2023

On March 23, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Brooke Petry attended the Green Philly Symposium.

On March 16, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Vanessa Lynch attended a press conference celebrating air monitoring grants from the Inflation Reduction Act with Congresswoman Summer Lee, State Representative Sarah Innamorato, and Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Erika Strassburger. Watch the replay.

On March 14, Moms Clean Air Force Senior National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik and Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer attended the Pennsylvania Bipartisan House Policy Committee Hearing on the Impact of the Norfolk Southern Train Derailment. Rachel spoke to several news outlets covering the hearing about the connection between East Palestine train derailment and the buildout of petrochemical facilities in the Ohio River Valley.

On March 9, Moms Clean Air Force joined a briefing by some of Pennsylvania’s top public health experts and community activists about EPA’s proposal to reduce soot pollution. The event was sponsored by PennEnvironment, Moms Clean Air Force, and our partners across the commonwealth.

On March 9, Moms Clean Air Force showed up in force for the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing about the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. No one from the community was invited to testify at the hearing, so three Moms members from East Palestine came to put a face to the disaster. Moms Clean Air Force staff and members from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Louisiana, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC, also attended. Watch our Moms in action.

On March 3, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Brooke Petry participated in the Fridays for Future Climate Strike in Philadelphia.

February 2023

On February 23, Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer joined our partners at Eyes on Shell for a webinar about pollution from the Shell ethane cracker facility in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Panelists shared a report card on Shell’s first 100 days in operation and ways to help hold the company accountable for violations, equipment malfunctions, and pollution. Watch the replay.

In February, Moms Clean Air Force Senior National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik, Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer, Pennsylvania coordinators Vanessa Lynch and Brooke Petry, and 2 volunteers joined more than 60 Moms Clean Air Force staff and members across the country to testify at the EPA hearing on proposed federal standards for soot pollution. Read Patrice’s testimony here, Rachel’s here, Vanessa’s here, and Brooke’s here.

On February 15, Moms Clean Air Force hosted a virtual panel discussion about plastic incineration. Panelists explained what plastic incineration is and how it affect people’s health and environmental justice communities. Panelists also discussed the $1.1 billion dollar facility coming to Point Township, Pennsylvania, and how Pennsylvanians can take action. Watch the replay.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Brooke Petry attended Congresswoman Susan Wild’s tele-town hall on February 15.

January 2023

On January 20, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Brooke Petry rallied at City Hall in Philadelphia with our partners at PennEnvironment, Penn Future, and Physicians for Social Responsibility to celebrate two years of climate progress under the Biden administration. The event focused on the need to continue to advocate for standards to cut air pollution and address climate change. Watch the replay.

On January 17, Moms Clean Air Force joined PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center, Clean Air Council, Environmental Defense Fund, the Evangelical Environmental Network, Environmental Health Project, and Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania for a webinar about EPA’s new proposal to reduce methane pollution from the oil and gas industry. Speakers shared details about the proposal, what it means for Pennsylvania, and how they could take action to protect our health and climate. Watch the replay.

On January 10, 11, and 12, more than 60 Moms Clean Air Force staff and members from 21 states and Washington, DC, spoke out at EPA’s virtual public hearing about its updated proposal to cut methane and other harmful pollutants from new and existing oil and gas operations. Moms Clean Air Force Senior National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik, Pennsylvania coordinators Vanessa Lynch and Brooke Petry, Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer, Kids Clean Air Force member Nor Petry-Sebok, and four Supermoms offered testimony.

December 2022

On December 2, Moms Clean Air Force joined Fridays for Future Philadelphia to write chalk messages about climate change in Rittenhouse Square.

November 2022

On November 21, Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer attended the Shell Accountability Campaign launch. This campaign is a combined effort of community members and organizations to press Shell to respond to demands for the company to take greater responsibility for the negative health effects of their Monaca, Pennsylvania, ethane cracker plant.

On November 16, Moms Clean Air Force joined our partners in Pennsylvania to host a PA ❤ RGGI rally in Philadelphia’s Love Park. The rally came as the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court considers the merits of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Watch the replay.

On November 4, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Brooke Petry attended the Fridays for Future weekly climate strike at Philadelphia City Hall to spread the word about the importance of voting in the 2022 midterm elections.

October 2022

On October 24, Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer joined the Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community (BCMAC) for a virtual conversation about the impacts of ethane cracker plants on frontline communities.

Moms Clean Air Force Senior Policy Analyst Patrice Tomcik and Petrochemical Strategy Advisor Cynthia Palmer attended the Break Free From Plastic National Summit Against Petrochemicals in Port Arthur, Texas, from October 21 to 23.

On October 13, Pennsylvania Moms joined Red Wine and Blue for a virtual conversation about how our climate, health, and kids’ future is powered by your vote.

On October 11, Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer joined a discussion about how fossil fuels and petrochemical development are affecting the physical and mental health of both children and adults.

On October 6, Moms Clean Air Force joined advocates from environmental justice, public health, and environmental organizations in Pittsburgh as part of a nationwide day of action to call on President Biden to take immediate action to cut methane pollution from the oil and gas industry. Speakers included PA State Representative Sara Innamorato, Moms Clean Air Force’s Patrice Tomcik, Protect Penn’s Gillian Graber, Clean Air Council’s Lois Bower-Bjornson, Fractracker’s Shannon Smith, and pediatrician Dr. Deborah Gentile. Watch the replay.

On October 6, Moms Clean Air Force joined advocates from environmental justice, public health, and environmental organizations outside the White House as part of a nationwide day of action to call on President Biden to take immediate action to cut methane pollution from the oil and gas industry. Speakers included Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania’s Vanessa Lynch, GreenLatinos’ Dharma Santos-Santiago, and Natural Resources Defense Council’s Lissa Lynch. Watch the replay.

Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer hosted a Get Out the Vote event in Beaver County.

September 2022

On September 27 and 28, Senior National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik, Pennsylvania state coordinator Vanessa Lynch, and Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer joined Moms Clean Air Force staff and members from across the country to speak out at EPA’s virtual public hearing about its proposed Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention rule, which will better protect the health and safety of communities vulnerable to chemical disasters by strengthening existing safeguards and introducing new ones. Read Patrice’s testimony HERE, Vanessa’s HERE, and Rachel’s HERE.

On September 23, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Vanessa Lynch attended the Global Youth Climate Strike in Pittsburgh.

On September 23, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Vanessa Lynch and Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer attended the Global Youth Climate Strike at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

On September 21 and 23, Moms Clean Air Force joined Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania and the Breathe Collaborative for a tour of Shell’s recently constructed ethane cracker, its associated infrastructure, and neighboring sites along a heavily industrialized stretch of the Ohio River.

On September 20, Moms Clean Air Force joined the Climate Action Campaign and Penn Environment in Philadelphia to launch Solutions for Pollution, a campaign calling on the Biden administration to advance 20 protections across federal agencies that could cut climate pollution and protect children’s health. Watch the replay.

On September 7, Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer presented at the monthly Eyes on Shell meeting with Breathe Project’s Michele Fetting and Clean Air Council’s Terrie Baumgardner.

On September 3, Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer attended the Big Knob Grange Fair in Rochester. She shared information about Moms’ petrochemical work in Pennsylvania and ways parents can get involved.

August 2022

On August 19, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania state coordinator Brooke Petry joined Senator Bob Casey and our Pennsylvania partners for a conversation about the Inflation Reduction Act at the Walnut Street Cafe in Philadelphia.

On August 12, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania state coordinator Brooke Petry traveled to Washington, DC, to join our partners on Capitol Hill to show support for the Inflation Reduction Act, ahead of the House vote.

On August 11, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Vanessa Lynch joined Allegheny County Councilwoman Anita Prizio, Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Erika Strassburger, and Holly Jensen, a travel ER nurse, for a press conference to call on the Biden administration and Pennsylvania’s federal elected officials to support a new round of stronger federal clean car standards from EPA. Watch the replay.

On August 9, Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer hosted a reading of Every Breath We Take at the B. F. Jones Memorial Library in Aliquippa.

On August 5, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Brooke Petry participated in a rally outside Senator Bob Casey’s office in Philadelphia in support of the Inflation Reduction Act. Watch the replay.

July 2022

On July 21, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Brooke Petry attended the Health Solutions to Pollution Rally outside the EPA building in Philadelphia hosted by our partners at Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light, Clean Air Council, and Physicians for Social Responsibility. Together participants told EPA and Congress to act boldly on climate.

On July 17, Moms Clean Air Force attended the Ohio Valley River Fest at Monaca Riverfront Park to spread the word about the effects of petrochemical pollution on our health.

June 2022

On June 14, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Brooke Petry attended a webinar about school bus electrification hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Electric School Bus Experience Project.

On June 11, Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer attended the 43rd Annual Garrison Day Show and Sale in Beaver, Pennsylvania. She partnered with the Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community to raise awareness about the environmental and health impacts of ethane cracker plants.

On June 2, Moms Clean Air Force joined Penn Environment for Pennsylvania’s largest annual citizen lobby day for climate action. Hundreds of Pennsylvanians from across the commonwealth held Zoom lobby meetings with state legislators and their staff to advocate for state legislation to help fight climate change.

On June 1, Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer presented the community health impacts of ethane cracker facilities at the Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community’s Eyes on Shell meeting.

May 2022

On May 26, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Brooke Petry attended a webinar titled “Access and Equity in Asthma Care” hosted by the Allergy and Asthma Network.

On May 22, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Vanessa Lynch attended a spring picnic and info session hosted by the Concerned Residents of West Deer (CROWD). During the info session, Vanessa gave a presentation on the health impacts of fracking. Read more about the event and CROWD’s work.

On May 18, Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer joined Alan Septoff, Information Systems Director for Earthworks, and Marie DeMarco, Health Educator & Medical Advocacy Coordinator, Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania, for a virtual presentation of Earthworks’ Oil and Gas Threat Map. The Oil and Gas Threat Map shows information about those living within a half mile of oil and gas facilities in Pennsylvania and other states, including increased risk of cancer and respiratory health problems. Watch the replay.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Vanessa Lynch attended a reading from the book Amity and Prosperity by Eliza Griswold, an exposé about fracking’s impact on a small Pennsylvania town.

On May 10, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Brooke Petry attended a webinar hosted by Penn Future and Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania on Bucks County’s recovery from Hurricane Ida. The discussion included State Senator Steve Santarsiero and local elected officials.

On May 6, Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer attended the Shell Pennsylvania Chemicals Project Virtual Community Meeting for updates on the ethane plant.

Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer attended the Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community’s Eyes on Shell community meeting the first week of May.

April 2022

On April 30, Pennsylvania Moms co-hosted an Earth Month litter cleanup event at Emmerling Park in Indiana Township.

On April 24, Moms Clean Air Force Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer attended the Baden Earth Day celebration and shared opportunities to volunteer with Moms to hold the petrochemical industry accountable in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

On April 23, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania cosponsored the annual Earth Day litter walk in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia led by Ya Fav Trashman.

On April 20, Senior National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik gave testimony at EPA’s virtual public hearing for the Cross State Air Pollution Rule, which will help clean up ozone pollution that knows no borders. Read her testimony HERE.

On April 19, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Brooke Petry spoke at the Tuesdays with Toomey rally in front of Senator Pat Toomey’s Philadelphia office. She was joined by Annie Regan, Campaign Coordinator of ReImagine Appalachia, and they spoke about climate, jobs, and justice. Watch the replay.

On April 16, Kids Clean Air Force North Carolina members shared their thoughts about clean air and climate change in Moms Clean Air Force’s Youth Voices Talk Climate Change program. This event was organized by Pennsylvania coordinator Vanessa Lynch. Watch the replay.

On April 12, 13, and 14, dozens of Moms Clean Air Force staff and members from 18 states and Washington, DC, spoke out at EPA’s virtual public hearing about its proposal to clean up tailpipe pollution from heavy-duty trucks and buses. Moms Clean Air Force Senior National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik, Pennsylvania coordinators Brooke Petry and Vanessa Lynch, Ohio River Valley coordinator Rachel Meyer, and Kids Clean Air Force member Caia Farrell offered testimony. Read Patrice’s testimony HERE, Brooke’s HERE, Vanessa’s HERE, and Rachel’s HERE.

On April 9, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Brooke Petry hosted a cleanup at FDR Park in South Philadelphia with Penn Environment in honor of Earth Month.

On April 6, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Vanessa Lynch attended a stakeholder meeting about the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) formula program hosted by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

March 2022

On March 23, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Brooke Petry attended a webinar about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative hosted by the Climate Reality Project.

February 2022

On February 24, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Brooke Petry participated in a tele-town hall with Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon.

On February 24, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania joined dozens of Moms Clean Air Force staff and volunteers from 15 states and DC to deliver testimony at EPA’s public hearing on its proposal to restore the appropriate and necessary finding of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. Moms Clean Air Force Senior National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik, Pennsylvania coordinators Vanessa Lynch and Brooke Petry, and three volunteers from across the state offered testimony. Read Patrice’s testimony HERE, Vanessa’s HERE, and Brooke’s HERE.

On February 9, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Vanessa Lynch was the guest speaker at a meeting hosted by Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light and the PA Jewish Earth Alliance. Vanessa, who lives in a township with a well pad and 8 fracked gas wells, talked about the impact of methane pollution from oil and gas operations on communities and on our families’ health.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Vanessa Lynch presented at a Pennsylvania legislative Climate Caucus meeting about state and EPA methane regulations, particularly about their impact on Pennsylvania communities near oil and gas operations.

January 2022

On January 26, Moms Clean Air Force National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik joined a Halt the Harm panel to discuss how methane and related emissions are impacting health for frontline community members in Pennsylvania and how our comments to the EPA can improve air quality locally, given strengthened regulations at the federal level. Other panelists addressed the methane pollution impacts in Colorado and New Mexico.

December 2021

On December 15, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania coordinator Vanessa Lynch attended the West Deer Board of Supervisors meeting during which the proposed well pad for the community was denied. Read the press statement.

On December 10, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizers Vanessa Lynch and Brooke Petry attended a Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania conference titled “Cradle to Grave: The Reverberating Health Hazards of Oil and Gas Industry.” The virtual event tackled the issue of how workers’ exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals and radioactivity can spread to their family, throughout their community, and beyond.

On December 9, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch provided testimony at the Pennsylvania Air Quality and Technical Advisory Committee’s meeting regarding the Department of Environmental Protection’s final methane and VOC regulations. Vanessa outlined the shortfalls of the regulations, which exempt an estimated 63,000 low-producing wells, include no provisions to move to nonpolluting pneumatic controllers, and continue to use wells’ production levels as a means for determining the need for leak detection and repair.

On December 8, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch attended Preparing for Petrochemicals, a virtual community meeting about the Shell petrochemical plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

On December 2, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch attended a webinar about the transportation and orphan wells provisions in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania joined 38 Moms Clean Air Force staff and volunteers from 13 states and DC to deliver testimony at EPA’s 3-day public hearing about the proposed rule to cut methane and other harmful air pollutants from new and existing oil and gas operations in November and December 2021. Moms Clean Air Force National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik, Pennsylvania organizers Brooke Petry and Vanessa Lynch, and seven superparents offered testimony. Read Patrice’s full testimony here, read Vanessa’s here, and read Brooke’s here.

November 2021

On November 30, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch attended Health Effects Institute’s Abandoned and Orphaned Oil and Natural Gas Wells webinar.

On November 18, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Brooke Petry joined Environment America and Penn Environment in Philadelphia for the launch of a new campaign calling on UPS to electrify its delivery truck fleet. Watch the replay.

On November 17, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch attended the final West Deer Board of Supervisors public hearing about the Dionysus well pad. The board will make a decision about the well pad by mid-December.

On November 16, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch attended the PA Environmental Justice Advisory Board’s quarterly meeting.

On November 10, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch traveled to Harrisburg to attend an open information session for the state legislature on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Moms Clean Air Force cosponsored the event along with the Evangelical Environmental Network, PennFuture, and Natural Resources Defense Council.

On November 4, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Brooke Petry attended a virtual film screening of “Our Environment and Us” hosted by the Pennsylvania Office of Environmental Justice and the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus.

On November 3, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Brooke Petry attended a Climate Reality Project virtual information session about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and offered her expertise during Q&A.

October 2021

On October 28, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Brooke Petry attended a historic press conference, during which Governor Wolf announced the establishment of the Pennsylvania Office of Environmental Justice. She was invited to attend by State Representative Donna Bullock, chair of Pennsylvania’s Legislative Black Caucus. Watch the replay. Read Moms’ response to the announcement HERE.

On October 21, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch moderated a Health First PA webinar titled Air Pollution: Public Health Impacts and Solutions for Pennsylvanians. Panelists included Dr. Kelly A. Kuhns, Wehrheim School of Nursing; Dr. Marilyn Howarth, Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine; and Ms. Hui Yang, PhD candidate at Penn State University. Watch the replay.

On October 19, Moms Clean Air Force National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik testified at the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s public hearing on the proposed reinstatement of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rulemaking.

On October 18, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Brooke Petry attended a webinar about Clean Air and Asthma hosted by Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania.

On October 1, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch joined moms from across the country in a meeting with the Office of Management and Budget about the proposed EPA methane rule for new and existing sources.

September 2021

On September 21, Pennsylvania moms participated in the Protecting Moms and Babies Against Climate Change Lobby Day. Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizers Vanessa Lynch and Brooke Petry, along with National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik, met with Representative Houlahan’s staff to advocate for important Black maternal health provisions in the Build Back Better Act, including programs specifically focused on easing the impacts of climate change on Black mothers and babies.

On September 14, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch joined Etna Mayor Tom Rengers, Allegheny County Councilmember Anita Prizio, Sharpsburg Council President Brittany Reno, and PennEnvironment’s Ashleigh Deemer for a press conference calling on Congress to address the increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather events plaguing Pennsylvania by supporting the ambitious climate and clean energy investments included in the Build Back Better Budget. Watch the replay.

On September 1, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch attended the state Independent Regulatory Review Commission’s virtual meeting. During the meeting, the commission voted in favor of Pennsylvania linking to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The vote was a big step forward for cutting carbon pollution in Pennsylvania.

August 2021

On August 25, National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik and field organizer Vanessa Lynch joined more than 30 Moms Clean Air Force staff and volunteers from 13 states and DC to deliver testimony at EPA’s public hearing about strengthening near-term greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and light trucks. Read Patrice’s testimony here. Read Vanessa’s testimony here.

On August 24, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch participated in a public meeting on the Environmental, Health, and Local Impacts of Ethane Processing and Distribution, hosted by the US Department of Energy.

On August 5, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania talked to elected officials and community organizers about the importance of environmental justice and why it must be centered in any conversation about environmental advocacy. The program featured Heather McTeer Toney, Climate Justice Liason for EDF and Senior Advisor to Moms Clean Air Force; State Rep. Summer Lee; State Rep. Malcom Kenyatta; Sabirah Mahmud, Climate and Racial Justice Organizer for Philly Earth Alliance & the Black and Brown Coalition Philadelphia; and Ethan Story, Community Advocate for the Center for Coalfield Justice. Watch the replay.

July 2021

On July 29, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted an electric transit press event at the City-County Building in Pittsburgh. The event was part of Moms’ nationwide Let’s Get Rolling Tour, calling for federal funding to help localities upgrade old school and transit buses with better technology to reduce our communities’ exposure to harmful diesel exhaust and climate pollution. Watch the replay.

June 2021

On June 30, Pennsylvania moms hosted an information session about West Deer’s proposed Leto and Dionysus well pads, public health concerns, and how to get involved. Watch the replay.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania and Environmental Health Project held a press conference on June 23 to urge Governor Tom Wolf to act now to close loopholes in his proposed methane and volatile organic compound rules for the oil and gas industry. Watch the replay.

Pennsylvania moms joined Moms Clean Air Force staff and volunteers from across the country to participate in EPA’s listening sessions on its upcoming oil and natural gas methane rule. National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik and Pennsylvania organizers Vanessa Lynch and Brooke Petry offered testimony. Read Patrice’s testimony here, Vanessa’s here, and Brooke’s here.

On June 10, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania field organizers Vanessa Lynch and Brooke Petry attended Penn Environment’s Virtual Climate Action Lobby Day to advocate for Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

On June 2, National Field Manager Patrice Tomcik, based in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, joined more than 40 Moms Clean Air Force staff and volunteers from 16 states and DC to deliver testimony at EPA’s first climate-related public hearing since President Biden took office. The hearing was about EPA’s proposal to restore long-standing state authority to protect residents from climate pollution from cars. Read Patrice’s testimony.

May 2021

On May 20, Mollie Michel, Moms Clean Air Force Project Manager for Communications & Strategic Partnerships, based in Philly, joined Delaware Interfaith Power & Light for a panel discussion of the health impacts of air pollution in local communities. Mollie was joined on the panel by Dr. Steph Lee, MD, MPH, FAAP, Physicians for Social Responsibility PA; Dr. David Donohue, MD, Progressive Health of Delaware; and Rep. Larry Lambert, Delaware General Assembly. Watch the replay.

April 2021

On April 29, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a special screening of Curious, by Philadelphia-based performing arts group Ants on a Log. This fun-filled, hourlong, kid-friendly screening ALSO featured guest appearances by climate champs Representative Sara Innamorato and Representative Malcolm Kenyatta, important video messages from Pennsylvania youth who have experienced dirty air in their communities, and a special story time. Watch the replay.

On April 29, in advance of the anticipated release of the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) final rule leading to Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the Clean Power PA coalition held a press conference with legislators, advocates, and affected Pennsylvanians to discuss RGGI’s benefits. Watch the replay.

On April 24, Pennsylvania Moms hosted a litter cleanup event for Earth Day.

On April 8, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch attended a meeting of the Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee of the Department of Environmental Quality. Committee members discussed the timelines for advancing both methane and RGGI regulations. Additionally, the DEP presented the changes they are making to the RGGI rulemaking to address environmental justice concerns.

On April 5, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch attended the Environmental Justice in Pennsylvania conference. It was the first environmental justice conference held by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in 11 years and represented the DEP and Environmental Justice Advisory Board’s effort to realign their work to engage environmental justice communities.

March 2021

Moms Clean Air Force hosted a virtual press conference on March 11 to call on Pennsylvania’s federal leaders to push for a transition to cleaner and pollution-free vehicles. State Representative Patty Kim, State College Mayor Ron Filippelli, Carlisle Borough Councilman Joel Hicks, and Pamela Frank, CEO, ChargEVC, joined Moms Clean Air Force Project Manager Mollie Michel in calling for US Clean Car Standards and a transition to pollution-free vehicles. Watch the replay.

On March 4, Moms Clean Air Force and partners sponsored a panel discussion of young climate leaders from Pennsylvania. The panelists discussed the serious impacts of methane pollution on climate change and the negative consequences of the oil and gas industry on public health. Watch the replay.

January 2021

On January 7, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania and partners hosted an important conversation about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and how it might benefit Pennsylvania’s children, families, & environmental justice communities. Panelists included Frederica Perera, PhD, Director of Translational Research and Founding Director of the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health; Laura Jacko, mom and climate advocate; and State Representative Donna Bullock (195th District), Chair, Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus. Watch the replay.

October 2020

On October 29, in the third installment of the Roadmap to Oil & Gas Protections webinar series, co-sponsored by Moms Clean Air Force, Food & Water Watch, and the Environmental Integrity Project, members of three different communities where new or updated oil and gas ordinances and engagement have become more protective shared important lessons learned. Watch the replay.

On October 20, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania and the HealthFirst PA coalition hosted a discussion between medical professionals about how pollution from the oil and gas industry impacts the health of families and contributes to climate change. The conversation also covered how strong protections from methane oil and gas pollution can help clean up our air and how to make your voice heard by your elected leaders. Watch the replay.

On October 14, Pennsylvania State Sen. Katie Muth joined Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch, project manager Mollie Michel, and their children for a conversation about air pollution from the oil and gas industry, environmental justice, corporate influence over the legislature, and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative as part of our 2020 Stay In and Speak Out for Climate Action. Watch the video HERE.

On October 8, in the second installment of the Roadmap to Oil & Gas Protections webinar series, co-sponsored by Moms Clean Air Force, Food & Water Watch, and the Environmental Integrity Project, Attorney John Smith shared a firsthand account of the legal essentials that have paved the way for ensuring local land use protections.

On October 8, Pennsylvania field organizer Vanessa Lynch hosted a storytime segment during the Children’s Environmental Health Day livestream. She used a video from her Moms Read For Our Future series: Kate, Who Tamed the Wind.

September 2020

On September 30, Moms Clean Air Force Ohio organizer Tracy Sabetta, Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch, and West Virginia organizer Leah Barbor sat down to discuss energy policy in their states and ways moms are working to ensure climate safety for our children. Watch the video here.

On September 29, Moms Clean Air Force chapters in DC, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia hosted watch parties for the first presidential debate. After receiving hundreds of emails and tweets from our members, debate moderator Chris Wallace strayed from the planned debate topics and spent 10 minutes questioning the candidates about their climate policy. It was the first time a debate moderator had asked a question about climate change during a presidential debate in 12 years.

On September 24, Lisa Graves Marcucci from Environmental Integrity Project, Robin Martin from Food & Water Watch, and Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch launched the Roadmap to Oil and Gas Protections webinar series. In this first installment in the series, they demystified local government engagement, explained how to ensure local land use rules are understood and implemented effectively, and discussed best practices for organizing as a community in order to become part of the decision-making process.

On September 3, Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch hosted a very special bilingual Moms Read for Our Future with Iowa organizer Karin Stein. Vanessa and Karin read Senorita Mariposa in both English and Spanish and led a bilingual singalong activity. Watch the storytime here and the singalong here.

Moms Clean Air Force Ohio organizer Tracy Sabetta and Pennsylvania organizer Vanessa Lynch sat down to discuss the largest public corruption case in Ohio history and Tracy’s work with coalition partners on the repeal of House Bill 6, which imposed energy bill rate hikes for Ohioans in order to bailout a corrupt energy company. Watch the video here.

August 2020

On August 26, Pennsylvania State Rep. Sara Innamorato joined Pennsylvania field organizer Vanessa Lynch, the Clean Air Council’s Lois Bower-Bjornson, and a few of our youngest activists to discuss air pollution, climate change, and how the representative is working to protect our families from these threats that impact health and well-being as part of our 2020 Stay In and Speak Out for Climate Action. Watch the video here.

July 2020

Pennsylvania field organizer Vanessa Lynch held a press conference with coalition partners from Evangelical Environmental Network and Environmental Health Project on July 27 to discuss the loopholes in the DEP’s proposed methane rulemaking and release the over 32,000 comments the coalition collected. Moms Clean Air Force contributed 4,200 of those comments. Watch the press conference here.

June 2020

On June 25, Pennsylvania field organizer Vanessa Lynch and Project Manager Patrice Tomcik joined Moms Clean Air Force organizers from across the country to offer comment in a meeting with OMB officials on the EPA’s proposed methane rule.

On June 23, 24, and 25, 18 members of Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania participated in the Department of Environmental Protection’s virtual public hearings on a new rulemaking covering existing sources of oil and gas pollution. Oil and gas operations are leaking, venting, and flaring dangerous climate pollution at alarming rates, making our air less healthy to breathe and the climate crisis worse. As the second-largest natural gas-producing state in the nation, Pennsylvania has a responsibility to step up and become a national leader in reducing harmful methane and air pollution from existing oil and gas infrastructure.

On June 17, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania and partners hosted a virtual conversation about Pennsylvania’s oil and gas methane air pollution problem. The webinar provided background on the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s proposed rule to reduce harmful methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from existing oil and gas operations and information about how to submit public comments and participate in three virtual public hearings on the rule. View the webinar here.

In June Pennsylvania field organizer Vanessa Lynch and West Virginia field organizer Leah Barbor launched Moms Read for Our Future, a weekly virtual story and craft time.

April 2020

Project manager Mollie Michel participated in a Facebook Live roundtable with Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, the Citizens Climate Lobby, Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania, Penn Environment, Clean Air Council, and the Public Interest Law Center. Participants discussed keeping our air clean and protecting communities from environmental deregulation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Watch the video here.

Field organizer Vanessa Lynch participated in town halls with Rep. Conor Lamb, Rep. Sara Innamorato, and Rep. Summer Lee, asking each legislator what they were doing to reduce air pollution and protect Pennsylvanians’ respiratory health in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania joined with organizations across the state for an online teach-in on April 19. See field organizer Vanessa Lynch’s presentation on fracking here.

March 2020

Pennsylvania field organizer Vanessa Lynch co-hosted a public webinar titled “Methane Pollution and Public Health,” which explored the need for state-level protections from the oil and gas industry’s harmful methane and volatile organic compound (VOC) air pollution that puts public health at risk and contributes to climate change. Watch the webinar here.

February 2020

On February 6, Moms Clean Air Force moms and kids met with Representative Fitzpatrick to talk about the importance of climate action to protect children’s health.

October 2019

Members of Moms Clean Air Force from around the country, including Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas, testified in Dallas at the only public hearing on the EPA’s proposed repeal of the methane rule. Read more here.

August 2019

Pennsylvania organizer Mollie Michel attended the Pennsylvania State Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing about the June explosions at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery in Southwest Philly. Read her press statement.

July 2019

Members of Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended the sixth annual Play-In for Climate Action on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

March 2019

On March 18, members of Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania traveled to Washington, DC to testify in support of the lifesaving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) at EPA’s hearing on their proposal to undermine MATS.

February 2019

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania co-hosted a meet and greet with Pennsylvania State Representative Lindsey Williams with Clean Air Council and Penn Environment.

January 2019

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania field organizer Mollie Michel and volunteers met with members of Congress in DC about the dangerous nomination of Andrew Wheeler to head EPA. On January 16, Moms Clean Air Force members (including kids!) attended Wheeler’s nomination hearing to make it clear that as an ex-coal lobbyist, Wheeler is unfit to run EPA. View photos from the meetings and hearing here.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania co-hosted a meet and greet with Pennsylvania State Representative Summer Lee with Clean Air Council and Penn Environment.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania co-hosted a meet and greet with newly elected Pennsylvania State Representative Sara Innamorato with Clean Air Council and Penn Environment

Pennsylvania Moms attended a press conference during which Governor Wolf announced his executive order to cut greenhouse gas emissions 26% by 2025 and 50% by 2050.

Oil & Gas Specialist Patrice Tomcik co-hosted a Fox Chapel Area Cares community meeting with the Environmental Integrity Project.

December 2018

Oil & Gas Specialist Patrice Tomcik tabled at an event sponsored by Breathe Project titled “Protecting Our Communities: Environmental Challenges from Fossil Fuel Extraction in SWPA.”

November 2018

Moms Clean Air Force hosted a community education event for the Fox Chapel Area School District.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended the League of Women Voters Shale Gas Symposium.

October 2018

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania tabled at the Interfaith Power and Light conference on Facing the Climate Crisis: Called to Save Our Sacred Home.

Field organizer Mollie Michel spoke on a panel in Philadelphia titled “Clean Energy Panel: Impacts of Environmental Rollbacks on PA” hosted by PennFuture.

Oil & Gas Specialist Patrice Tomcik attended the O’Hara Township council planning session to give some ideas for strengthening their amendment to the oil and gas ordinance. The council members said they are open to ordinance changes. Community members asked about bonding and areas that would be open for oil and gas development.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania partnered with Physicians for Social Responsibility for a methane program “PA Health Check Up: Health Impacts of Unconventional Gas Development Industry from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia” in Pittsburgh and Philly. Field organizer Patrice Tomcik was a presenter.

Oil & Gas specialist Patrice Tomcik gave a presentation on the petrochemical buildout in Pennsylvania to United Methodist Women.

September 2018

Field organizer Patrice Tomcik was trained on how to use the Environmental Defense Fund’s methane virtual reality tool. Patrice showed legislators and staffers how to use it during a virtual reality tool demonstration held at the Pennsylvania State Capitol.

Members of Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania testified in support of Clean Car Standards at a hearing in Pittsburgh.

Field organizer Patrice Tomcik partnered with Lois Bjornson of Clean Air Council to host a Frackland tour. Attendees included M. P. Tomei, the Director of Outreach for state Senator Daylin Leach, and Richard Fox, Executive Director for state Representative Mike Carroll.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania presented at a back to school event in Fox Chapel.

August 2018

Field organizer Mollie Michel spoke at Philadelphia’s Beat the Heat Rally & Press Conference along with representatives from the Philadelphia Office of Sustainability, PennFuture, PennEnvironment, Interfaith Power & Light, and others.

July 2018

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a telepresser focused on the state release of the Moms Clean Air Force methane public health report: Face to Face with Oil and Gas: Voices from the Front Lines of Oil and Gas Pollution.

Members of Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended the fifth annual Play-In for Climate Action on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

June 2018

Governor Tom Wolf has kept his promise to Pennsylvania families to help clean our air by removing harmful air pollution with a June 7 announcement on finalized methane general permits. The general permits—GP-5 and GP-5a—call for, among other provisions, accelerated leak detection and repair of methane emissions from new sources of oil and gas operations and infrastructure and are a critical step to protecting the health and welfare of Pennsylvania children and communities. This has been a fight that Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania has dedicated 3 1/2 years to, and we won’t stop until the methane source rules are in place for the thousands of existing oil and gas operations.

Moms Clean Air Force and PennEnvironment hosted a public forum to archive Philadelphians’ ideas and opinions regarding the potential changes in Clean Car Standards.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania tabled at the American Lung Association Expo.

May 2018

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended a rally for Clean Air and a Clean Budget in Harrisburg.

Field organizer Mollie Michel spoke at press conference about the School District of Philadelphia/EPA Region 3 launch of its anti-idling campaign.

Field organizer Mollie Michel testified at a Philly City Council hearing regarding indoor air quality in public schools and childhood asthma rates.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania embarked on a kayak trip on the Schuylkill with Defend Our Future to view and learn more about the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery and its toxic past and present.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania participated in a press conference and petition delivery to Indiana Township Supervisors.

April 2018 

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a Mama Summit at the Capitol in Harrisburg along with Defend Our Future, Deep Green Philly, United Methodist Women, State Rep. Leanne Krueger-Braneky, and others to demand that the Pennsylvania General Assembly put the health of Pennsylvanians before the interests of the oil and gas industry.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania tabled at the March for Science.

Field organizer Patrice Tomcik presented on fracking at a meeting of the United Methodist Women district heads in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

March 2018

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania joined PennEnvironment, Clean Air Council, Philadelphia City Council members, and health care professionals to rally for clean air at Philadelphia City Hall.

February 2018

Field organizer Patrice Tomcik spoke at a press conference for the release of Penn Environment’s “Toxic Ten” report, highlighting the 10 active facilities emitting the most toxic air pollution in Allegheny County, which contribute to the health risks posed by air pollution.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania helped organize a health summit titled “Fracking in Fox Chapel: What to Expect.” Speakers included Patricia Demarco, PhD, Ryan Hamilton, Esq, James Fabisiak, PhD, John Stolz, PhD, Ned Ketyer, MD, and Lois Bjornson, Impacted Mother.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania co-hosted a press conference at Governor Wolf’s Philly office to call on him to enact stronger rules in Pennsylvania for methane pollution. Partnering with Defend Our Future, the event brought Moms & Millennials together to call on the Governor to #ActOnClimate by curbing methane pollution from natural gas operations.

January 2018

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a health summit in Sewickley Hills titled “When Fracking Is Your Neighbor.”

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania joined Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability, Councilwoman Reynolds-Brown, and PennEnvironment for a Clean Power Plan Citizens’ Hearing in Philadelphia.

December 2017

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended a holiday-themed rally at Philly EPA focused on EPA budget cuts and the Clean Power Plan repeal.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania spoke at a press conference and testified at DEP’s Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania, accompanied by nine elementary school kids, paid a visit to Mayor Jim Kenney’s office to deliver holiday thank you cards and pictures to thank him for his commitment to protecting the standards of the Paris Climate Accord.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania held a health summit on the Impacts of EPA Budget Cuts at Philadelphia City Hall.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended the United Methodist Women fracking tour and presentation.

November 2017

On November 30, Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania tabled at an event titled “The Real Health, Economic, and Climate Crisis Costs of Fossil Fuels to Southwestern Pennsylvania and Next Steps.”

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania co-hosted a press conference in Philadelphia to highlight a landmark report, co-authored by Clean Air Task Force (CATF) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), that demonstrates the specific health risks from airborne pollutants caused by oil and gas operations impacting African American communities in Pennsylvania.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania testified at the Adams Township public hearing on an oil and gas ordinance for compressors.

Field consultant Christine Dolle spoke at #StillIn Philadelphia Day of Action.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended the League of Women Voters Public Health Shale Gas Symposium.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania  attended the Bell Acres Health Summit: What to Expect When Fracking Is Your Neighbor.

Field consultant Patrice Tomcik served as a panelist at the People vs. Oil & Gas Summit in Pittsburgh.

October 2017

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania participated in a lobby day in Harrisburg to stop bad environmental amendments from being attached to the Pennsylvania Severance Tax.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended the Philadelphia Department of Public Health Community Health Improvement Plan Meeting.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania partnered with PennEnvironment and others for the Clean Cars 5th Birthday Party at Philadelphia City Hall.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania spoke at an Oil & Gas Threat Map press conference in Pittsburgh.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended the PA Conference for Women.

September 2017

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania members traveled to Washington, DC, to meet with lawmakers and urge them to protect EPA’s budget.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a Play-In for Climate Action in Philadelphia featuring Ants on a Log.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organized, participated in, and spoke at a press conference and lobby day in Harrisburg focused on methane pollution and health.

August 2017

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania participated in a press conference holding Governor Wolf accountable for a bad budget, which threatens environmental and public health protections.

Moms Clean Air Force spoke at the North Hills Healthcare townhall.

Moms Clean Air Force participated in the “GASP for Clean Air! Sources, Symptoms, and Solutions” exhibit.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended the “Beat the Heat” People’s Climate Hearing in Philadelphia.

July 2017

Field consultant Patrice Tomcik testified at the Wilmington Township public hearing regarding health impacts to children when placing natural gas operations near where they live, learn, and play.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a Play-In for Methane Protections in New Wilmington.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania members attended the 2017 Play-In for Climate Action in Washington, DC, where they met with Senator Casey and Senator Toomey’s staff.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania members testified at an EPA Public Hearing on the Oil and Gas New Source Performance Standards: Proposed Three-Month Stay and Two-Year Stay held at the William Jefferson Clinton-East U.S. EPA building in Washington, DC.

June 2017

Field consultant Christine Dolle, Clean Air Kids, and a volunteer participated in State Rep. Leanne Krueger-Braneky’s Climate Alliance Resolution Press Conference in Harrisburg.

Field consultant Christine Dolle and Clean Air Kids attended the “Officials Announce Further Steps in Commitment to Fight Climate Change” press conference at Philadelphia City Hall. Mayor Jim Kenney officially became the 100th mayor to join “Mayors for 100 Percent Clean Energy.”

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended and spoke at a Climate Alliance Resolution Press Conference featuring Rep. Leanne Krueger-Braneky.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended a workshop on Health, Air Quality, & Philly’s Energy Future hosted by Physicians for Social Responsibility and Philly Thrive.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended the Pennsylvania DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting in Harrisburg.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a “Fresh Air” lesson at Sister Cities Park.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania organizer Christine Dolle spoke at a town hall event: “(With or Without) Senator Pat Toomey.”

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania participated in a press conference in Harrisburg holding Governor Wolf accountable for promises to cut oil and gas pollution.

May 2017

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania participated in the Walk for Green Jobs and Justice.

Field consultant Christine Dolle was nominated for a Free Library of Philadelphia “Reading Hero” award by her local children’s librarian for the series of “Every Breath We Take” book readings she conducted in South Philadelphia branches this past fall.

Moms Clean Air Force hosted a press conference and lunchbox art installation in Philadelphia on World Asthma Day to highlight the 77,000 kids who miss school every day because of asthma. Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown gave remarks at the press event.

Moms Clean Air Force hosted a Pittsburgh World Asthma Day press conference. Speakers included Deborah Gentil, MD, Director of Allergy/Asthma Clinical Research, Pediatric Alliance; Chelsa Wagner, Allegheny County Controller; and Rachel Filippini, Executive Director GASP.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania co-sponsored “Making the Connection” with Dr. Stephanie Lovinksy-Desir, a pediatric pulmonologist and assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center, who discussed her research on physical activity, black carbon exposure, and airway inflammation in urban youth.

Moms Clean Air Force co-sponsored a presentation in Butler, PA, “Butler County: Protecting Your Family’s Health when Fracking is Your Neighbor”.

April 2017

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania spoke at Greenfield Earth Day.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania co-sponsored the People’s Climate March in Pittsburgh.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania co-sponsored FutureFest 2017.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania co-sponsored the March for Science in Pittsburgh.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended an air pollution parade press conference at Governor Wolf’s Pittsburgh office.

Field consultant Patrice Tomcik spoke at a press conference focused on the Penn Environment release of a new report on high ozone and particulate matter in cities.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania provided comments for the state DEP environmental justice listening tour in Greene County.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended a town hall for Senator Casey.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended and tabled at Run for Clean Air.

March 2017

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a Mama Summit in Harrisburg. Parents and concerned citizens united to tell state leaders that we’re paying attention to their actions and to call for limits on air pollution from the oil and gas industry.

February 2017

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania field consultant Christine Dolle and two “super volunteers” attended a meeting with Congressman Pat Meehan (R) in Springfield.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended a town hall meeting at Senator Reschenthaler’s office.

Moms Clean Air Fore Pennsylvania tabled at Air Quality Expo in Clariton.

Moms Clean Force Pennsylvania and partners held a press event outside the EPA building in Philadelphia to thank U.S. Senator Bob Casey for his vote of “no” against the nomination of Scott Pruitt and hold Senator Pat Toomey accountable for protecting our children’s health!

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania participated in a group meeting with Senator Toomey at the Pittsburgh Federal building.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended Pennsylvania Green & Healthy Schools Forum in Harrisburg.

Moms Clean Air Force parents and kids gathered outside Senator Toomey’s Philadelphia office to make it clear: We love clean air!

January 2017

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended “The Future of Climate Action in 2017:  A Discussion with Senator Casey” at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania field consultant Christine Dolle attended and spoke at a startup meeting for Indivisible Philadelphia.

Moms Clean Air Force hosted “Community Listens: Natural Gas Impacts in Southwestern PA”—a community listening session with event tables, an education panel, and opportunities to record thoughts and stories about natural gas development that will be given to Governor Wolf, EPA, and Senators Casey & Toomey.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania participated in the Women’s March on Philadelphia, part of a network of marches held across the country.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania members traveled to Washington, DC, to speak to their senators about the nomination of Scott Pruitt to head EPA, a nomination that threatens our kids’ health.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania participated in a “Day Against Denial” event—“Tell Our Senators: No Climate Deniers in the Cabinet”—in Philadelphia.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended a Tuesdays with Toomey event in Philadelphia to raise awareness around clean air and kids’ health.

December 2016

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended an Adams Township planning commission meeting.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania testified at a DEP AQTAC meeting in Harrisburg.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended a Mars court hearing in front of DEP Environmental Hearing Board in Erie.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended Beaver ethane cracker DEP Shell water discharge NPDES application meeting and hearing.

Moms Clean Air Force joined “What Clean Air Advocates Can Do, Post-election” at Philadelphia’s DiSilvestro Recreation Center in the South Philadelphia Health and Literacy Center.

November 2016

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania, along with partners, met with Rep. Jordan Harris to discuss climate and clean energy issues.

Field organizer Christine Dolle tabled as part of Philly CUSP’s (Climate & Urban Systems Partnership) “Climate City” at Franklin Institute’s speaker series “The Waterways of a Changing Climate.”

Field organizer Christine Dolle tabled at the Ants on a Log children’s musical “Curious:  Think Outside the Pipeline!”

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania members attended a rally in Solidarity with Standing Rock.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended PennFuture’s Post-Election Forum: The Future of Pennsylvania’s Environment, where Senator Bob Casey delivered the keynote, remarking, “One of the things that moved me was the impact on children. I feel duty-bound and determined to keep fighting on this issue.”

September 2016

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a back-to-school press event focused on methane at Fort Cherry supervisors meeting to raise awareness about a third well pad that was to be voted on directly after press event. The third well pad was approved by the Mt Pleasant supervisors.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a Read-In of “Every Breathe We Take” at Beaver County Library.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania member Amy Nassif hosted a GOTV house party.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania tabled at the 11th annual Greenfest Philly.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a Play-In for Clean Air at Dilworth Park. Attendees included Senator Bob Casey, Mayor Jim Kenney, and state Representative Donna Bullock.

August 2016

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania held a Play-In for Pollution Control in Beaver. Families gathered at the Irvine Park Gazebo for some fun play time and to raise awareness around air pollution.

June 2016

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a “School’s Out Food Drive” contributing to the over 4,542 pounds of food collected by Moms Clean Air Force chapters nationwide.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania tabled at a Guster concert in Philadelphia.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended Health & Shale Gas Development: State of the Science hosted by Environmental Health Project.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania participated in a Clean Power Plan Lobby Day.

May 2016

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania tabled at Philadelphia Art in the Open Family Day.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania participated in an Asthma Workshop with James Blaine Elementary parents.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended League of Women Voters’ THRIVE: Sustainable Energy, Jobs & Economic Development.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania led a press conference in Harrisburg highlighting the impacts methane pollution has on the health of unborn babies, pregnant women, and children. Moms Clean Air Force members met with staff from Senator Vance’s office, Sam Robinson from Governor Wolf’s office, and Senator Haywood’s legislative director. Discussion centered around the need for stronger protections for our children’s health, including moving forward with Chapter 78 and 78a.

National Field Director Gretchen Dahlkemper and Field Organizer Patrice Tomcik provided important voices for presentations at the Democratic Senate Policy Committee hearing regarding unconventional natural gas extraction under the Lake Erie Watershed.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania served as a co-facilitator for the Healthy School Summit.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a World Asthma Day Mama Summit in front of Philadelphia City Hall.

April 2016

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended the Philly Climate Story art exhibition.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania participated in Environmental Day at Mars Elementary school.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted “Arm Yourself with Knowledge”, a community outreach education program in New Wilmington.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted an Earth Day event at Smith Playground.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended “Power Up with the Sun in Butler County” Solar education program.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended “Arm Yourself with Knowledge” community outreach education program in New Wilmington.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended Greenfield Elementary School Earth Day.

Moms Clean Air Force participated in the Run for Clean Air.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a “Read-in” at Fairmount Water Works Museum.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania co-sponsored the Josh Fox film “How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things That Climate Can’t Change” at the Carnegie Lecture Hall in Pittsburgh.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania co-sponsored “SouthWest Environmental Health Project Spring Tour 2016,” which presented new information on the physical, mental, and environmental impacts of unconventional gas development.

Patrick Tomcik served as panelist at “Waterfall Vision” activist panel and art exhibit at 707 Gallery in Pittsburgh. The exhibit featured artist Jennifer Meyers and Shaun Silfer with discussions about the impact gas development is having on the environment.

March 2016

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania co-sponsored “Arm Yourself with Knowledge,” a community program and interactive panel discussion on unconventional gas development—fracking—in an informal setting.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania co-sponsored a film screening and panel discussion on climate justice and faith.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a “Read-In” at Sheppard Elementary for Literacy Day.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority public hearing about the proposals for the Southport facility including possible expansion of the PES oil refinery.

Moms Clean Air Force attended a press conference at Pittsburgh DEP highlighting Marsha Haley, MD, published paper, “Adequacy of Current State Setbacks for Directional High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus, Barnett, and Niobrara Shale Plays.”

February 2016

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended the Green Gala at Comcast Center.

Moms Clean Air Force hosted a Valentine’s Day gathering at Smith Playground, where parents and caregivers learned more about air pollution, climate change, and children’s health while children made “I Love Clean Air” Valentines to be sent to key officials as part of a heartfelt ask for strong clean air standards.

January 2016

Moms Clean Air Force hosted a press conference on fracking pollution and children’s health and met with Governor Wolf’s office, which announced a pledge to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.

Moms Clean Air Force hosted a Pittsburgh State of the Union Watch Party.

December 2015

Moms Clean Air Force attended “Your Concerns About Air Quality, a public event for anyone living with or concerned about unconventional oil and gas development.

Moms Clean Air Force delivered signatures asking Governor Wolf to set regulations for methane emissions to his office in Pittsburgh.

Moms Clean Air Force participated in the Building Blocks for Climate Action Rally and March at the Pitt Student Union, along with a broad array of organizations and groups, friends and family united on the final day of global action.

Moms Clean Air Force attended the Beaver County Proposed Ethane Cracker public meeting. The meeting began with a presentation by the Clean Air Council, which discussed fence-line monitoring and other health-based standards.

November 2015

Field organizer Patrice Tomcik served as a panelist at PennFuture’s Conservation Summit in Harrisburg. Patrice spoke about the impacts of air pollution from the fracking industry, the experiences of the Mars Parent Group, and gas development impacts on the health and safety of Pennsylvania’s children.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended and tabled at the Pennsylvania Shale & Public Health Conference.

October 2015

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a press conference in Erie in advance of the DEP Clean Power Plan public listening session. Moms met with Pennsylvania DEP Secretary Quigley to discuss America’s Clean Power Plan and the need to regulate methane from existing sources.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania attended the Pennsylvania Green and Healthy Schools meeting in Harrisburg and rejoined the steering committee for 2016.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania met with Dr. Albert Presto, Mechanical Engineer from Carnegie Mellon University, to discuss his research on air emissions around unconventional gas well pads and compressor stations.

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania partnered and attended the Philadelphia screening and discussion of “Merchants of Doubt.”

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania spoke at a press event for the release of “Dangerous and Close: Fracking near Pennsylvania’s Most Vulnerable Residents.”

May 2015

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania members gathered in Harrisburg for the second annual Pennsylvania Mama Summit. Pennsylvania parents spoke about the health impacts of pollution in this traditional coal state currently booming with fracking activity, as well as their concern for global warming and the state’s impact on the entire globe. Moms, teachers, scientists, and health professionals visited more than 100 legislative offices—including meeting with Governor Wolf—asking them to cut carbon and methane pollution.

July 2014

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a Play-In to support America’s Clean Power Plan in Pittsburgh.

May 2014

Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania members gathered at the state capitol in Harrisburg to call on elected officials to take climate action. During the event, four female elected officials spoke about their journey to public office and took questions from the audience. The bipartisan panel included Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner, Cumberland Commissioner Barb Cross, Rep. Kate Harper, and Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper. The theme that emerged from the panel, and the spirit that pervaded the day, was, “Don’t assume someone else is taking care of your issue!” It was a perfect lesson in activism and something our Mama Summit participants were doing already. By being there, they were taking charge of their children’s health and future.

March 2014

Students from Philadelphia traveled to Washington, DC, to meet with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to deliver hundreds of comments in support of EPA’s carbon rule on new power plants. That afternoon the students and Moms met with the offices of both Senator Casey and Senator Toomey to share why they are concerned about climate change and its impact on their futures.

September 2013

As a key member of Philadelphia’s Urban Sustainability Forum (USF), Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania hosted a USF forum on children’s health and air pollution. Health experts from University of Pittsburgh, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Drexel University, and Physicians for the Underserved spoke about the devastating impacts of toxic air pollution on our children’s health.

2023

• My ChesCo, Pennsylvania’s Dirty Dozen: Uncover the State’s Largest Climate Polluters
• NorthCentralPA.com, More Pa. districts look to upgrade school buses with EPA grants
• Heartland Signal, More Pennsylvania districts look to upgrade school buses with EPA grants
• Public News Service, More PA Districts Look to Upgrade School Buses with EPA Grants
• Planet Philadelphia, Podcast of Earth Day radio show 4/21/23; Mike Weilbacher, Wild Philly & Patrice Tomcik, Moms Clean Air Force
• Pennsylvania Capital-Star, After latest Norfolk Southern derailment, W. Pa lawmakers call for rail accountability
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, It’s time to get rid of ‘bomb trains,’ local officials and environmentalists say
• PA Environment Digest Blog, DEP Issues Three More Air Quality Violations To Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Related To Emergency Flaring, Exceeding 12-Month Air Pollution Limits
• Press release, STRONG PETROCHEMICAL RULES ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY WITH EPA PROPOSAL, BUT MORE SAFEGUARDS ARE NEEDED TO PROTECT PEOPLE LIVING NEAR FACILITIES
• Globe Echo, The Thread That Ties The Recent Chemical Spills Together
• MSN, The thread that ties the recent chemical spills together
• Vox, The thread that ties the recent chemical spills together
• Wellsboro Gazette, Environmentalists, advocates urge Shapiro to stay the course on carbon compact
• Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Environmentalists, advocates urge Shapiro to stay the course on carbon compact
• Press release, Pennsylvania Moms Applaud School Board’s Move to Give Scranton Kids a Clean Ride to School
• CBS Pittsburgh, Residents want answers about loud bang, orange glow at Beaver County Shell cracker plant
• WKBN First News 27, Moms have more questions than answers at derailment hearing in Pa.
• Spectrum News 1, Commissioner, organizer share opinions of Norfolk Southern response to derailment
• Press release, Moms from Beaver County & SW Pennsylvania Who Are Impacted by Toxic Pollution Will Attend Bipartisan House Policy Hearing on the Ohio Chemical Disaster; Contact Us for Interviews
• Press release, Pennsylvania Moms Impacted by Toxic Pollution Will Attend EPW Senate Hearing on Ohio Train Derailment & Chemical Disaster; Contact Us for Interviews
• Pittsburgh Union Progress, Environmental groups give Shell cracker plant ‘F’ grade for first 100 days in operation
• Pittsburgh Business Times, Watchdog groups pan Shell Polymers’ early days in operation
• Press release, THIS WEEK: Scores of Moms in Pennsylvania and Nationwide Testify at EPA Soot Hearing, Expressing Deep Disappointment in Proposed Rule that Falls Short of Protecting Our Health
• Press release, February 21, 22, & 23: Scores of Moms in Pennsylvania and Nationwide Testify at EPA Soot Hearing, Expressing Deep Disappointment in Proposed Rule that Falls Short of Protecting Our Health
• Press release, Moms speak out about Ohio train derailment, calling on EPA and government to protect communities from petrochemical pollution
• Press release, Pennsylvania Clean Air Activists Discuss the Dangers Of Chemical Recycling – And How to Take Action
• Tribune-Review, Letter to the editor: EPA must protect our children

2022

• Penn Live & The Patriot News, Pennsylvanians support measures to stop greenhouse gas emissions that pollute the air | Opinion
• Pittsburgh’s Action News 4, ‘Important that people are watching’: Beaver Co. resident on Shell’s air emissions violation
• PA Environment Digest Blog, Beaver County Residents And Allies Launch New Shell Ethane Plant Accountability Campaign
• Pittsburgh Business Times, Environmental groups present Shell plant with list of demands
• Pittsburgh Business Times, Environmental groups cheer tighter methane emission rules
• PA Environment Daily Blog, EPA Unveils Proposed Methane Pollution Reduction Standards Covering Oil & Gas Facilities, Including Conventional Oil & Gas Wells
• Press Release, Pennsylvania Moms Applaud Improvements to EPA Methane Rule
• Press Release, Pennsylvania Moms Breathe Easier as EPA Awards Electric School Bus Funding to 11 School Districts in the Commonwealth
• Dissident Voice, Shell’s $6 Billion ‘Cracker’ Plant Part of ‘Ponzi Scheme for Natural Gas,’ Critic Says”
• The Defender, Shell’s $6 Billion ‘Cracker’ Plant Part of ‘Ponzi Scheme for Natural Gas,’ Critic Says
• Halt the Harm Network, Titans of Plastic – Panel discussion on the story by EHN
• Pittsburgh Independent, Shell Oil gaslights over public health concerns: “We don’t have an impact”
• The Intelligencer, Op-Ed: We need strong standards for polluting trucks
• PA Environment Digest Blog, PA Environmental Council/Environmental Defense Fund + 12 Other Groups: HB 2644 Unjustifiably Limits Bonding For Oil & Gas Wells, Risks Eligibility For Federal Well Plugging Funds
• Politico, Will EPA’s truck rule do enough to blunt childhood asthma?
• Pittsburgh City Paper, New map shows 1.4 million Pennsylvanians live half mile or less from active oil or gas well
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Kiley Bense: When people have to choose health or jobs, everyone loses
• Press Release, Pennsylvania Moms Celebrate Participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
• Newsbreak, Moms become climate activists as they worry about the Earth their kids will inherit
• ABC News, Moms become climate activists as they worry about the Earth their kids will inherit
• Good Morning America, Moms become climate activists as they worry about the Earth their kids will inherit
• PA Environmental Digest Blog, Appalachian Voices: Appalachian Groups Urge Biden, Congress To Ensure Climate Action Helps Energy Transition Communities
• Honest Columnist, Fighting Off a Petrochemical Future in the Ohio River Valley
• Biz News Post, Fighting Off a Petrochemical Future in the Ohio River Valley
• Resilience, Fighting Off a Petrochemical Future in the Ohio River Valley
• Yes!, Fighting Off a Petrochemical Future in the Ohio River Valley
• Philadelphia Inquirer, My daughter and I have asthma. Stricter auto pollution standards are a breath of relief
• Press Release, EPA Restores State Authority to Limit Tailpipe Pollution and Protect Public Health, Allowing 17 States and DC to Lead on Cleaner Cars, Climate Action, and Environmental Justice
• Solutions, Climate hope — and cleaner air for millions — as Pennsylvania puts a price on carbon
• PA Environment Digest Blog, PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Feb. 9 Webinar On Methane Emissions And Our Health
• DeSmog, Living Closer to Oil and Gas Drilling Linked to Higher Risk of Pregnancy Complications, New Study Finds
• Press Release, Pennsylvania Moms Applaud Governor Wolf’s Veto of Senate’s Anti-Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Resolution

2021

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Methane safeguards are necessary
• Press Release, West Deer Township Supervisors Unanimously DENY Deep Well Pad Application Based on Evidence Provided by Concerned Residents
• WESA, Pennsylvania DEP adjusts proposed methane rule, but critics say it’s not enough
• State Impact Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania DEP adjusts proposed methane rule, but critics say it’s not enough
• Bradford Era, Pa. releases final rule to cut methane leaks from oil, gas wells
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pa. releases final rule to cut methane leaks from existing oil and gas well sites
• BCTV, Pennsylvanians Make Voices Heard During EPA Methane-Rule Hearing
• Public News Service, Pennsylvanians Make Voices Heard During EPA Methane-Rule Hearing
• WESA, Seeking solutions: Pollution and mental health in western Pennsylvania
• Environmental Health News, Seeking solutions: Pollution and mental health in western Pennsylvania
• Press Release, Pennsylvania Moms Applaud Important Actions for Environmental Justice by Governor Wolf and Lawmakers
• FOX 66, Gov. Wolf signs executive order prioritizing environmental justice
• Air Quality News, Parents join forces to advocate for clean air
• Public News Service, PA Groups Call for Infrastructure Deal That Benefits Appalachia
• Environmental Health News, How joining a climate program could save Western Pennsylvania kids’ lives and lungs
• KDKA, Local Leaders And Activists Calling For Federal Investments In Clean Transportation
• BCTV, Groups Urge Wolf Administration to Strengthen Methane Emissions Rule
• Public News Service, Groups Urge Wolf Administration to Strengthen Methane Emissions Rule
• Press Release, Moms Speak Up at EPA Listening Sessions for Methane Rulemaking, Voicing Need for Federal Methane Pollution Protections
• Press Release, At the Biden EPA’s First Climate-Related Public Hearing, 40 Moms Clean Air Force Members From Across Country to Speak Up, Demand Cleaner Cars
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Other Voices: Methane pollution standards needed
• Center Square, Environmentalists urge Pennsylvania to broaden pending methane rule
• ABC News, Earth Day 2021: Moms become climate activists as they worry about the Earth their kids will inherit
• Good Morning America, Earth Day 2021: Moms become climate activists as they worry about the Earth their kids will inherit
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Reinstate methane pollution safeguards
• Press Release, US Senators Working to Protect Communities from Oil and Gas Methane Pollution
• WHYY, Pa. elected officials calling for feds to support transition to cleaner cars
• WESA, Pa. elected officials calling for feds to support transition to cleaner cars
• StateImpact Pennsylvania, Pa. elected officials calling for feds to support transition to cleaner cars
• KYW Newsradio, The race to decarbonize
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Strong rules
• Trib Live, Robert Sroufe: Pa. can reap financial, health benefits from RGGI
• Press Release, Pennsylvania Parents Support Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)

2020

• Pittsburg Post-Gazette, Letters to the Editor
• BCTV, DEP Holds Hearings on Joining Climate Program
• Across Pennsylvania Patch, DEP Holds Hearings on Joining Climate Program
• Press release, Pennsylvania Parents Give Testimony at Public Hearing on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
• Public News Service, DEP Holds Hearings on Joining Climate Program
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, RGGI is good for children’s health
• PA Environment Digest Blog, Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bill Taking Away DEP’s Authority To Adopt A Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants
• Press release, Pennsylvania Moms Applaud Governor Wolf’s Continued Commitment to Climate Action
• PA Environment Digest Blog, EQB Votes 13 To 6 To Approve Proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations Covering Power Plants For Public Review
• Press Release, Pennsylvania moms eager to amplify public participation as Environmental Quality Board advances Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
• Erie News Now, EPA to relax greenhouse gas emission requirements
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, EPA announces controversial rules on methane emissions
• PA Environment Digest Blog, EPA Finalizes Methane Emission Standards For Oil & Gas Industry; Does Not Affect DEP Methane Proposal
• Press Release, Trump’s EPA Guts Oil and Gas Methane Pollution Protections When Pennsylvania’s Families Need Them the Most
• StateImpact Pennsylvania, DEP urged to close ‘loopholes’ in new regulation on VOCs and methane
• WHYY, Pa. DEP urged to close ‘loopholes’ in new regulation on VOCs and methane
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Protect our climate and our children
• Observer-Reporter, Hearings enable residents to speak on methane emissions
• Public News Service, DEP Holds Virtual Hearings on Emissions Rule
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Cut Pollution
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, We need to protect the air we breathe
• Philadelphia Observer, Some cracker plant workers return; local shop selling online
• Press Release, Pennsylvania Moms are outraged at EPA’s attack on the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards in the midst of a global respiratory pandemic: Sabotaging these standards is an unforgivable assault on our health
• Erie News Now, Pandemic Has Unprecedented Impact on Schools and on Future of 55 Million Children
• Next Pittsburgh, Phipps Conservatory will host April symposium on air quality in Pittsburgh
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Protect the health of our kids, families

2019

• Press Release, Pennsylvania Methane Pollution Standard Advanced by DEP Environmental Quality Board; Moms Clean Air Force Applauds this Important Step Toward Establishing Statewide Methane Protections for Existing Sources of Oil and Gas Pollution
• KYW Newsradio, What Philly-area teens really think of Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’
• Press Release, Moms Clean Air Force’s Pennsylvania Chapter Applauds the Introduction of the 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019
• Public News Service, “EPA Holds Only Hearing on Eliminating Methane Regulations
• The Keystone Paper, “Climate on Tap” held at Kutztown Tavern
• Press Release, Pennsylvania Moms Testify to Oppose Trump’s Plan to Gut Critical EPA Methane Safeguards for Families
• Press Release, Moms Clean Air Force Applauds Governor Wolf’s Decisive Action on Climate
• Public News Service, PA Pushback on EPA Plan to Eliminate Methane Regulations
• The Philadelphia Inquirer, Trump administration’s rollback on methane limits could have a negative impact on Pa.
• Press Release, Moms Clean Air Force Opposes Trump’s Plan to Gut Critical EPA Methane Safeguards for Pennsylvania Families
• Press Release, PA Moms Join Members of Congress on Capitol Hill as Part of Sweeping Movement for Climate Solutions
• The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia refinery that caught fire is city’s biggest single polluter
• Press Release, Moms Applaud New Bill to Cut Methane Pollution and Protect Pennsylvania Families
• KDKA News Radio, 1Thing: Join Moms Clean Air Force To Unite Against Air and Climate Pollution
  
• Energy Foundation, Pennsylvania Moms Demand a Clean Energy Future
• KYW News Radio, Mother Nature’s growing battalion of Philly parents
• Truthout, EPA Decides Not to Regulate Fracking Wastewater as Pennsylvania Study Reveals Recent Spike
• Nation of Change, EPA decides not to regulate fracking wastewater as Pennsylvania study reveals recent spike
• PBS, Do We Still Need the Clean Air Act?
  
• BCTV, Moms Tell EPA “Keep Clean Air Regs”
• Penn Live, Don’t roll back the mercury standard | Opinion
• Public News Service, Moms Tell EPA “Keep Clean Air Regs”
• Erie Times-News, Pa. power sector needs to reduce carbon emissions

2018

• Press Statement, Pennsylvania’s Children Have Gained Dramatically from Toxic-Limiting Rule Now Under Threat
• Spit That Out!, The Budget Activist: How to Lobby Your Elected Officials
• Press Release, Moms Clean Air Force Responds to Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s Visit to Marcellus Shale Conference in Pittsburgh
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Our children are counting on us
• PRX, Clean Rides for Kids
• KYW Newsradio, Climate change advocates demand Trump administration lay out clean air standards
• Insurance News Net, Advocates Rally for Climate Action in Center City
• Montgomery News, LETTER: Value our children’s health over industry
• Pennsylvania Council of Churches Ministry of Public Witness, Report Puts Human Face on Impacts of Oil and Gas Pollution
• Public News Service, Report Puts Human Face on Impacts of Oil and Gas Pollution
• Pennsylvania Telepresser Audio Recording, NEW REPORT: Trump Administration Attacks on Methane Safeguards Threaten Rural and Urban Families, Adds to Pollution Burden of Vulnerable Populations
• Press Release, NEW REPORT: Trump Administration Attacks on Methane Safeguards Threaten Rural and Urban Families, Adds to Pollution Burden of Vulnerable Populations
• BCTV, Trouble in the Air: Pennsylvania’s Health at Risk with High Numbers of Dirty Air Days in 2016
• The Philadelphia Citizen, Do Something: Stand Up for Clean Air 
• 90.5 WESA, Parents Concerned About Fracking Near Fox Chapel Schools
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Efforts to curb methane pollution from future sources are good news
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pennsylvania adopts new controls for cutting methane from shale gas wells
• Press Statement, Pennsylvania Families Cheer Gov. Wolf’s Action to Combat Oil and Gas Air Pollution
• Pennsylvania Business Central, Fracking riles residents in Pittsburgh’s northeastern suburbs
• Video, Mama Summit 2018
• KYW Newsradio, Advocates for electric buses cite cutbacks in cost, pollution
• WPXI News, Residents upset about expanded fracking in Fox Chapel neighborhood
• WPXI News, Parents upset with drilling sites in Fox Chapel School District
• Trib Live, Fracking riles residents in Pittsburgh’s northeastern suburbs
• Metro New York Online, Philly needs more electric buses, environmental group says
• Plan Philly, Philly parents rally for a smog-free spring
• The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philly has a smog problem. Will Pruitt’s EPA say so?
• The Philadelphia Citizen, DO SOMETHING: SPEAK UP, BE HEARD
• Grid Philly, A Mom Finds an Unlikely Ally
• Evangelical Environmental Network, Protecting Your Kids In Frackland
• KDKA News Radio, PennEnvironment Releases Allegheny County’s Toxic Ten List
• WPXI-TV Pittsburgh, ‘Toxic Ten’ worst air polluters in Allegheny County revealed
• Univision Philadelphia, Niños hispanos son más propensos de sufrir de problemas respiratorios
• University City Review, Political Updates On The State & Local Level
• BCTV, Fracking Linked to Low Birthweight Babies

2017

• Public News Service, Fracking Linked to Low Birthweight Babies
• 1 Thing Blog, Fracking Linked to Low Birthweight Babies 
• PA Environment Digest Blog, Environmental Advocates Urge Gov. Wolf To Advance Methane Pollution Standards For Natural Gas Sector
• BCTV, Report: Oil, Gas Pollution has Outsized Impact on African-Americans in PA
• The Philadelphia Tribune, Donna Bullock tackles pollution on African-American families
• Public News Service, Report: Oil, Gas Pollution has Outsized Impact on African-Americans in PA
• Maren’s List, Nov 16: Fracking info session
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Environmental groups map well sites and schools, claim risk to children
• Pennsylvania Cable Network, News Clip
• EcoWatch, 2.9 Million Children Are Threatened by Toxic Air Pollution From Oil & Gas Development
• Environment Guru, 2.9 Million Children Are Threatened by Toxic Air Pollution From Oil & Gas Development
• Pennsylvania Cable Network, News Clip 
• Public News Service, Report: Proposed EPA Cuts Threaten Health, Safety in PA
• My Informs, REPORT: PROPOSED EPA CUTS THREATEN HEALTH, SAFETY IN PA
• bctv.org, Report: Proposed EPA Cuts Threaten Health, Safety in PA
• The Times-Herald, Activists chide US Rep. Ryan Costello for clean air vote 
• Pittsburgh City Paper, Pittsburgh-area activists demand Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf keep campaign promise to protect water and air quality 
• Rabble Vid, Crowd gathers outside Governor’s office protesting provisions in budget
• The Times Herald, Activists chide US Rep. Ryan Costello for clean air vote
• The Mercury News, Activists chide Rep. Costello for clean air vote
• MyInforms, ACTIVISTS CHIDE REP. COSTELLO FOR CLEAN AIR VOTE
• 21 WFMJ, Wilmington Township supervisors approve controversial oil and gas ordinance
• New Castle News, Wilmington OKs much-debated fracking ordinance
• New Castle News, Wilmington supervisors approve long-debated oil and gas drilling ordinance
• Philly.com, Pennsylvania needs to fill climate change leadership void
• Pittsburgh Channel 11 News, News Clip
• Governing, Advocating for the Environment When Your Rural Town Won’t
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The air in our region is far from clean enough
• New Castle News, Protest to precede Wilmington fracking ordinance hearing
• Public News Service, EPA Holds Hearing on Methane Rule
• Planet Philadelphia, Christine Dolle, Field Organizer of Pennsylvania Moms Clean Air Force
• Trib Live, Western PA families headed to D.C. for Moms Clean Air Force demonstration
• GoErie, Repurpose, don’t raze, Millionaire’s Row building: Letters to the editor
• The Allegheny Front, ON HEALTH EFFECTS, BLAME THE TRUCKS, NOT THE FRACKING?
• Pennsylvania Cable Network, U.S. Climate Alliance
• CBS Philly, Mayor Kenney Makes Good On Pledge To Honor Paris Climate Agreement, Despite U.S. Withdrawal
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Donald Trump fails to show leadership on climate issues
• NBC Philadelphia, Local Reaction to President Trump’s Decision on Paris Accord
• CBS Philly, Women’s Achievement Awards Nominee: Paige Wolf
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Asthma at ‘epidemic’ levels in region’s schools, experts say on World Asthma Day
• Public News Service, World Asthma Day Highlights Attacks on Clean-Air Standards
• Neritam, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT SCHOOLS AND TRAFFIC POLLUTION
• Delco Times, Letter to the Editor: Clean energy is the future, despite Trump’s rhetoric
• The Philadelphia Sunday Sun, A breath of fresh air… PennEnvironment and Moms Clean Air Force group fight to keep Philadelphia breathing clean air
• Observer-Reporter, Don’t support Senate Bill 175
• Observer-Reporter, DEP ‘listens’ to environmental concerns at Waynesburg hearing
• Philly.com, Philadelphia’s air among smoggiest in northeast U.S, says study
• My Informs, PHILLY ONE OF THE SMOGGIEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY, NEW REPORT SAYS
• The Daily Pennsylvanian, Report: Philadelphia is the second smoggiest city in the northeast
• CBS Philly, Philly One of the Smoggiest Cities In The Country, New Report Says
• Observer-Reporter, Don’t support Senate Bill 175
• A Child Grows in Philadelphia, The Idiocy Of Explaining The Importance Of Clean Air
• Philly.com, Letters: Protect children, not polluters
• Pennsylvania Legislative Services, “Mama Summit” Calls for Clean Air Protections
• Spit That Out!, Why is Styrofoam Still Ubiquitous – At Our State Capitol?
• Public News Service, Families Demand Cleaner Air for PA
• The Huffington Post, Physician Diagnoses New Health Risk: Explosions at Drilling Sites
• Earthworks, Lax state permitting of oil and gas operations undermines air quality & public health
• Planet Philadelphia, Fossil Fuels and Your Health: Physicians for Social Responsibility Report
• Realtor.com, We Come Clean About the Least Polluted U.S. Cities (and the Dirtiest)
• The Center for Public Integrity, Questions and answers about schools and traffic pollution
• Yahoo! News, Questions and answers about schools and traffic pollution
• McClatchy DC, Trump White House is leaving the public in the dark. Is it growing pains – or a plan?
• The Sacramento Bee, Trump White House is leaving the public in the dark. Is it growing pains –
• SF Bay, White House touts transparency — as Trump shuts out public comment
• The Ledger, Trump White House is leaving the public in the dark. Is it growing pains – or a plan?
• Spit That Out Blog, Tuesdays with Toomey: A Growing Grassroots Movement
• ArcaMax, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• Herald Net, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• Myrtle Beach Online, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• Bradenton Herald, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• The Modesto Bee, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• Ledger-Enquirer, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• The Telegraph, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• The Bellingham Herald, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• The Olympian, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• Idaho Statesman, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• The Wichita Eagle, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• Lexington Herald Leader, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• Star-Telegram, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• The Sacramento Bee, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• The Charlotte Observer, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• The State, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• McClatchy DC, EPA nominee didn’t just sue the agency, he also asked industry for the money to do it
• Times Leader, Pennsylvania Daybook
• Public, Rally in Philadelphia will JoinNationwide Protests Against Trump’s ‘Climate Denial Cabinet’
• Philly.com, Deserving of clean air and water
• CBS Philly, Tuesdays With Toomey

2016

• Press Statement, PennFuture Joins Partners to Release Statement Ahead of Trump’s PA Visit
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Perhaps frackers will learn from this gas-leak technology
• National Geographic, Living in the Shadow of Fracking
• WPXI, Neighbors present concerns over fracking in court
• PA Environment Digest, 100 Elected Officials, Nearly 100 PA Organizations Support EPA Clean Power Plan
• Chestnut Hill Local, ‘A brutal year’ for Mt. Airy artist/author/radio host
• The Cranberry Eagle, Adams supervisors mull gas well plans
• Philly.com, Kids’ health at stake
• Public News Service, Parents Oppose Permit for Gas Well Near School 
• CBS Pittsburgh, Another Gas Drilling Site Near Ft. Cherry Schools Approved Despite Protests From Parents
• Observer-Reporter, Range Marcellus pad approved near Fort Cherry schools
• Pittsburgh City Paper, City Paper’s live coverage of Donald Trump’s visit to Pittsburgh
• Group Against Smog & Pollution, Local Nonprofits Demand Strong Permit for McConway and Torley Steel Foundry
• Philadelphia Business Journal, Greenfest Philly 2016
• American Towns, 11th Annual Greenfest Philly
• CBS Philly, PA Public Officials Join Clean Air Advocates Outside City Hall
• ABC 6 WPVI-TV Philadelphia, MOMS CLEAN AIR FORCE HOST A PLAY-IN
• Newsworks, Kids stage play-in for clean air at City Hall
• CBS Philly, Mayor Kenney, Senator Casey Join Clean Air Advocates Outside City Hall
• Pittsburgh City Paper, What you need to know about Pittsburgh news this week
• 90.5 WESA, Parents Want Stricter Air Quality Monitoring At Future Beaver Co. Shell Ethane Cracker
• Beaver County Times, Environmental group rallies against air pollution in Beaver County
• Pittsburgh City Paper, Review: “Driftless” at Pittsburgh’s New Hazlett Theater
• Public News Service, Trading Health for Jobs?
• Pittsburgh City Paper, Activists call for coal reform at federal hearing in Pittsburgh
• Philly.com, Southport refinery expansion proposal draws fire
• Berks Community Television, Map Displays Methane Threats in PA
• Public News Service, Map Displays Methane Threats in PA
• PA Environment Digest, Clean Power Coalition Disappointed By House Vote On Bill To Slow Regulatory Process
• Allied News, Pair raising awareness about drilling
• Capitol Recap, Mothers, Faith Leaders Call on State to Put the Health of Pregnant Women and Their Babies First
• The Sharon Herald, Pair raising awareness about drilling
• York Daily Record, Let’s make frackers clean up their messes (column)
• The Huffington Post, Marching for Clean Air in Philadelphia
• StateImpact Pennsylvania, Alliance of moms, religious groups criticize efforts to block new oil and gas rules
• Delaware County News Network, State Rep. Krueger-Braneky rips rewrite of fracking regulations
• Kidsburgh, Healthy Schools Summit
• Delaware County Times, State rep rips rewrite of fracking regulations
• WHYY Newsworks, Alliance of moms, religious groups criticize efforts to block new oil and gas rules in Pa.
• Times Leader, Pennsylvania Daybook
• Public News Service, Call for Action on World Asthma Day
• Observer-Reporter, Reducing methane emissions makes sense
• Rad Awards, Rad Award Nominations 2016: See the full list of nominees here!
• Press Release, 35,000 Pennsylvania Mothers are Angry as Pennsylvania Lawmakers put Polluters Before Kids
• Philadelphia Sun Times, Former President Bill Clinton In Philly Thursday To Help Hillary’s Campaign
• CBS Philly, Former President Bill Clinton In Philly Thursday To Help Hillary’s Campaign
• Pittsburgh City Paper, Health researchers say fracking too close to schools, residences
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Environmental groups look for greater distance between wells and people
• Observer-Reporter, Kudos to Wolf on methane emissions
• The Citizens’ Voice, Activists want Wolf’s plan to reduce methane emissions to become reality
• Erie Reader, Pennsylvania Continues to Lead on America’s Clean Power Plan
• Endeavor News, Do we care about clean air?
• Pollution Online, PennFuture: Coalition Lauds Wolf’s ‘Bold Leadership’ On Proposed Methane Rule
• The Scranton Times-Tribune, Wolf wants to reduce drilling methane emissions by 40 percent
• PennLive, While the world fights climate change, Pa. protects the fossil fuel industry: Gretchen Dahlkemper
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, State wants to crack down on emissions at shale well sites
• The Citizens’ Voice, Wolf pursues methane emissions reduction plan
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Wolf announces plan to reduce methane emissions at gas wells
• PennLive, Environmentalists, shale coalition respond to Gov. Wolf’s new rules for methane emissions
• PR Newswire, PennFuture: coalition lauds Wolf’s “bold leadership” on proposed methane rule
• StateImpact Pennsylvania, Wolf to target methane emissions from oil and gas industry
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, CMU creates device, app to monitor home air pollution

2015

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Methane from gas drilling is a public health worry
• Pittsburgh City Paper, PennEnviroment report finds hundreds of fracking operations near Pennsylvania schools, day-care centers 
• Pittsburgh City Paper, PennEnvironment releases report on fracking near schools, nursing homes and hospitals
• Fox 43, Parents call on U.S. Senators to take action on climate change policies
• ABC 27 News, National organization pushes for clean power plan in York
• StateImpact Pennsylvania, EPA hears comments on proposed methane rule for oil and gas
• Your Erie, Pope talks climate change; PA politicians react
• Trib Live, EPA officials hear from supporters, opponents of methane emissions rules
• Go Erie, Faith leaders in Erie respond to pope’s message on environment
• PennLive, It’s time for Sen. Pat Toomey to make a stand on climate change, prioritize health: PennLive letters
• The Scranton Times-Tribune, Letters to the Editor 9/23/2015
• Daily Local News, Sen. Casey moderates discussion on climate change
• CBS Philly, Local Group Wants Cleaner Air For Kids
• Pittsburgh City Paper, GASP to hold event on pollution and autism tomorrow night
• The Cranberry Eagle, Concerned parent pursues gas fight
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The EPA’s power plan will be good for future generations
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rally urges elected officials to support Obama’s Clean Power Plan
• Marcellus.com, Rally urges elected officials to support Obama’s Clean Power Plan
• Citizens’ Call, A Choice of Ice Cream or Public Policy to ‘Beat the Heat’ of Climate Change
• NBC 10, News Clip 
• NBC 10, News Clip
• Quench NJ, Parents, health professionals call for solutions to protect children from fracking pollution near schools and playgrounds
• Pittsburgh Business Times, Parents, health professionals call for solutions to protect children from fracking pollution near schools and playgrounds
• Congoo, Parents, health professionals call for solutions to protect children from fracking pollution near schools and playgrounds
• Black Radio Network, Parents, health professionals call for solutions to protect children from fracking pollution near schools and playgrounds
• Yahoo, Parents, health professionals call for solutions to protect children from fracking pollution near schools and playgrounds
• Market Watch, Parents, health professionals call for solutions to protect children from fracking pollution near schools and playgrounds
• World News Network, Parents, health professionals call for solutions to protect children from fracking pollution near schools and playgrounds
• PR Newswire, Parents, health professionals call for solutions to protect children from fracking pollution near schools and playgrounds
• WPXI Pittsburgh, Natural gas drilling again allowed in Middlesex Township
• Earthjustice, A Child’s Bout With Asthma Stresses Need For Strong Smog Protections
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Regulate methane in Pennsylvania
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Consider the gas drilling pollution we can’t see
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, New DEP rules for shallow oil and gas wells draw industry ire
• Philly.com, GreenSpace: If we clean up the air, kids’ lungs will benefit
• Public News Service, Guarded Praise for New Pennsylvania Fracking Regulations
• The Rick Smith Show, March 11, 2015 Show
• NewsWorks, EPA plan to tighten ozone standard meets resistance
• SEE News, Great Lakes Day in Washington, DC
• Grid Magazine, Haunted by an Industrial Future
• Fox 43 News, WPMT-HAR (FOX) – Harrisburg, PA FOX43 News at 5PM
• Penn Live, On climate change and Keystone, Toomey and Casey seemed to change course, but not really
• Philly Mag, “You Can’t Do It Safely.”

2014

• York Dispatch, Groups urge Wolf to work on clean energy
• NorthcentralPA.com, Pennsylvania State Senate Passes Climate Action Roadblock
• Greentech Media, Pennsylvania State Senate Passes Climate Action Roadblock; Bill Passed Today Will Interfere With Key
• Gnomes National News Service, Pennsylvania State Senate Passes Climate Action Roadblock; Bill Passed Today Will Interfere With Keystone State Scientists, Put Families At Risk
• Digital Journal, Pennsylvania State Senate Passes Climate Action Roadblock; Bill Passed Today Will Interfere With Keystone State Scientists, Put Families At Risk
• Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light, Protecting my family with my whole body, soul, and heart
• Montgomery Media, State Rep. McCarter hosts global warming hearing in Cheltenham
• Go Erie, Protect our kids from carbon pollution: Gretchen Dahlkemper-Alfonso
• PR Newswire, PennFuture: Many voices in support of EPA’s Clean Power Plan on day one of two-day public hearing in Pittsburgh
• Tribune-Review, EPA talks on pollution limits trigger protests, arrests Downtown
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, EPA hearings on controversial carbon emissions regulations continue in Pittsburgh
• ThinkProgress, Moms, Nurses Laud New EPA Carbon Pollution Plan: ‘Ultimately, It Will Save Lives’
• Zimbio, Gina McCarthy Announces New Regulations
• Delco Daily Times, Letter: Pa. high court decision on fracking was for all of us
• Delco Daily Times, Letters: Pa. DEP urged to cut carbon dioxide emissions

2013

• The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pros and cons on proposed carbon emission rules
• The Philadelphia Inquirer, Parents forum on air hazards
• The Philadelphia Inquirer, Longer pollen seasons nothing to sneeze at
• Parents Magazine, Clear the Air
• The Allegheny Front, Obama Climate Plan Tough on Power Plant Emissions
• Rock Hill Herald, Pennsylvania groups hold news conference supporting new carbon pollution standard as cornerstone of President’s climate action plan
• Philly.com, Will Obama’s climate plan boost Pa., N.J.?
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Climate activists try to get attention of government, citizens

2012

• Lancaster Online, Demonstrators gather at Joe Pitts’ Lancaster office
• Main Line Parent, Support Moms Clean Air Force
• The Philadelphia Inquirer, Parents’ groups urge action on climate for children’s sake
• Roxborough-Manayunk Patch, Philadelphians Speak Out Against Killer Soot Pollution
• NewsWorks, Moms push for tighter soot regulations
• The Philadelphia Inquirer, The soot chronicles: EPA takes testimony today in Philly
• WICU12/WSEE, Moms Clean Air Force Comes to Erie
• Public News Service, PA Mom’s Concerns About Living in a Toxic Pennsylvania