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Clean Water Action Applauds New Air Quality Standards as Win for Pennsylvania’s Environmental Justice Community
Clean Water Action and our roughly 80,000 Pennsylvania members applaud President Biden and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on finalizing a strengthened national ambient air quality standard for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) or soot.
Plastic Bags’ Days are Numbered in Pennsylvania
July 1, 2021 was a milestone date in Pennsylvania - one that put pollution from plastic bags on notice.
It marked the expiration of a statewide preemption that delayed implementation of any current policies to limit or ban single-use plastic bags. The legislature first tried to limit local plastic bag bans in 2017 through a standalone bill, which Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed. Lawmakers then added the preemption language into a budget-related bill called the fiscal code in 2019 and renewed it in 2020.
The absence of a renewal in this year’s state budget opens the door for cities and municipalities to