Political Influence

October 24, 2021

How Oil & Gas Industry Eliminated Restrictions on the Disposal of Wastewater on PA Roads

Millions of gallons of conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater is being dumped indiscriminately on Pennsylvania’s dirt and gravel roads
PA Environment Digest Blog, October 21, 2021

In 1996, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a report on the road

March 27, 2019

A Fracking-Driven Industrial Boom Renews Pollution Concerns in Pittsburgh

Once known as the Steel City, Pittsburgh is shedding its polluted past and embracing a rebirth built on health care, education, and technology. But the region’s surging fracking industry is attracting a $6 billion ethane plant and other petrochemical facilities,
June 13, 2018

Against Fracking in the DRB and the Proposed PennEast Pipeline

People Stand United Against Fracking and
the Proposed PennEast Pipeline

Delaware River Basin Commission Public Meeting June 13
Download the full Press Release as a pdf
See below for some of the comments submitted to the DRBC

West Trenton, NJ

January 14, 2018

FERC Will NOT Overrule NY's Denial for Constitution Pipeline Permit

FERC decision supports New York State DEC
By Robert Walton, UtilityDive, January 12, 2018

Finally, a FERC decision that does NOT support the oil and gas industry!

Dive Brief:

December 17, 2017

Help Save the Delaware River Basin

Your Donation Today Helps DCS in the Fight to Save the Delaware River Basin from the Threat of Fracking and Protect the Health of its Residents and the Quality of our Water and Environment, for Now and for Future Generations.

November 21, 2017

Mis-Representative Fritz

8.5% of Wayne County landowners want to force fracking on the rest of us
by James Barth, The River Reporter, November 8, 2017

Download this article as a pdf.

On October 31, Jonathan Fritz, PA 111th district’s state representative, organized …

April 10, 2017

Unbelievable! PA DEP Sues Towns in Favor of Frackers

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Sues Towns for Trying to Protect Their Environment
By InTheseTimes, April 4, 2017

In 2012, PA’s Act 13 made major changes to the rules governing the oil and gas industry.
In 2013, the PA Supreme

March 21, 2017

Tell the PA Attorney General to Investigate the DEP

Sign this petition telling PA Attorney General Shapiro to investigate the PA DEP
Petition by Pennsylvanians Against Fracking

Petition Background
New information from investigators at Public Herald shows Department of Environmental Protection has systematically handled fracking-related complaints with misconduct.

Investigators …

January 24, 2017

Hidden Data Suggests Fracking Created Widespread, Systemic Impact in PA

January 2, 2017

The Need for Realistic and Transparent Oil & Gas Analysis

When Post Carbon Institute examined the federal Energy Information Agency’s (EIA) reserves prediction of the Monterey Shale (in southern CA) the EIA reduced their numbers by 96%. Will we see something similar here?
Halt the Harm, December 20, 2016

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November 22, 2016

Don't Allow the Industry to Park Crude Oil Barges on the Hudson

Submit your comments to the Coast Guard here

oil-barge-spillA forward from Zephyr Teachout:

This weekend I went out on the Hudson River with John Lipscomb, the boat captain of Riverkeeper, to look at where the industry wants to get free …

October 20, 2016

Opinion: The Sun Sets on Western Slope Farms

A nationally known food journalist, cookbook author and part-time Western Slope resident, asks for help in saving her community from fracking
By Eugenia Bone, 5280, October 18, 2016

Please sign this petition to save the North Fork Valley

How many …

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