On August 28th NRG announced the Huntley coal plant will retire. Huntley currently pays a total of $6 million in revenue our local municipalities. 75 workers work at the facility, which operates on the Niagara River. NRG’s facility can’t make a profit on burning coal. Low natural gas prices have made it nearly impossible for […]

On August 25th 2015 NRG announced the retirement of the Huntley Coal plant in the Town of Tonawanda. The facility employees 79 workers and contributes significant revenue to our local municipalities including the Town of Tonawanda, Erie County and millions to the Kenmore Tonawanda School District. The company cited economic reasons for the retirement. “We […]

The EPA recently reached an agreement with the NOCO Energy Corp for violations at NOCO’s facility in Tonawanda on Grand Island Blvd. NOCO operates a petroleum and chemical bulk storage terminal. This facility stores and distributes liquid petroleum, asphalt, fuel oil, gasoline, ethanol and other products containing regulated air pollutants. It also collects, blends and […]

NOCO Energy Corp operates a petroleum and chemical bulk storage terminal in Tonawanda. This facility stores and distributes liquid petroleum and products containing regulated air pollutants. There are 68 storage tanks at NOCO’s property, including 6 tanks that hold asphalt. Our members have complained numerous times to the Department of Environmental Conservation regarding smells by […]

On Thursday, May 7, over 200 Clean Air members, supporters, and community leaders joined us at the Hotel Lafayette to celebrate another incredible year of hard-fought victories for environmental health and justice and to honor this year’s winners of our Unsung Hero and Golden Gas Mask Awards. Our award winners, L-R: Diane Lemanski, Vince Mistretta, […]

The US Environmental Projection Agency and New York State reached a $12 million settlement with Tonawanda Coke Corporation. $7.9 million will be used for equipment upgrades for their facility to reduce emissions. $2.75 million will go to the Federal Gov’t and State of New York for civil penalties $1.3 million will be managed by the […]

Clean Air is proud to announce our partnership with the Kenmore – Tonawanda Teachers Association’s and the WNY Area Labor Federation First Book Program. First Book is a national organization that supports literacy for young people. On May 16th between 9 and noon, 4,000 new, free books will be available to families to pick up […]

We need DuPont to Do More to reduce harmful emissions in Tonawanda Tonawanda New York has the highest concentration of air regulated facilities in the state. DuPont is a major contributor to this air pollution. The DuPont Yerkes facility is the 3rd largest polluter in Erie County.  According to the most recent data from the EPA’s […]

Community Control Over Public Dollar$ is an informational Exposition on Participatory Budgeting in Buffalo. Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a fairly new way to make decisions about publicly funded projects. Participatory Budgeting gives ordinary people decision-making power over real money. PB is already working in over 1,500 municipalities around the world. It includes everyone in the community […]

“We have to move past the point where your zip code determines the quality of your life,”  stated Virginia Golden, Clean Air member in Slate Magazine in today’s article, America’s Unfair Rules of the Road: How our transportation system discriminates against the most vulnerable, sheds light on people living in Buffalo, New Orleans, Detroit, Johnson County […]