The Tonawanda Coke Corporation operated a coke manufacturing facility at 3875 River Road Tonawanda, New York since the late 1970’s.  For decades, Tonawanda Coke caused tremendous quality of life issues in the community including air and water pollution, workers’ safety and health issues, employee fatalities, and now a legacy of contamination. Tonawanda Coke purchased the […]

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has begun remediation on a portion of the former American Axle site in the Delavan Grider community in Buffalo. Watch coverage on Channel 2 News. The site at 1001 East Delavan Ave. is one of almost 400 contaminated sites in New York State that contain PCBs. PCB’s […]

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The Advocacy Institute, in partnership with the Clean Air Coalition, is returning to Western New York on June 10th!  Join us for a powerful day of training, sharing updates on the political landscape in Albany, and connecting with other groups from the region working on legislative campaigns at the state level.   We’re offering two sessions — one in […]

NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR THE 2019 ANNUAL AWARDS! Each year our organization recognizes the work of our members and supporters at our Annual Dinner. Our work is based on the principle that no one can accomplish anything alone. We work with many people in many neighborhoods who deserve recognition. Who should we shine the light on […]

We would like to announce that Community Organizer, Brian Borncamp will be transferring out of his position at Clean Air to a position in the private sector. Brian has been a member of Clean Air since 2013, actively involved in the advocacy and implementation of participatory budgeting. In 2016 Brian joined the Clean Air staff supporting member […]

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Join us at our Annual meeting to celebrate and prepare for another year of organizing! Our membership and partners will come together from across the region to learn from each other, share success and challenges, and vision for 2019! Clean Air Annual Meeting Thursday, January 31st 2019 5-7pm.  Refreshments served at 5pm. Meeting starts at […]

Buffalo, NY – Organizations from West Virginia to Montana, Pennsylvania to Kentucky, comprising of thousands of members, joined with The Clean Air Coalition today to show their support for workers organizing a union drive at Tesla Gigafactory 2. Shortly after local Channel 4 WIBV broke the news of an organizing drive today, a joint letter […]

An Open Letter from Coal Communities In Support of Buffalo’s Tesla Workers: We represent organizations from West Virginia to Montana, Pennsylvania to Kentucky, who live, work, and organize in coal communities. For more than a century, our communities have been instrumental in powering the national economy, and have made heavy sacrifices to provide cheap electricity […]