August 11, 2019

Oil is a Horrendously Bad Investment

By Phillip Doe, Colorado


This Bank, the world’s 8th largest, estimates the opportunity cost of continued fossil fuel investment at $24 trillion, and that doesn’t include climate and health. Thus oil is a horrendously bad investment strategy even if their …

July 22, 2019

Babies Born Near Oil and Gas Wells Are Up to 70% More Likely to Have Congenital Heart Defects

Researchers at the University of Colorado studied pregnant women who are among the 17 million Americans living within a mile from an active oil or gas well
By Julia Conley, Common Dreams, July 19, 2019

“In most places, detecting a

July 11, 2019

Still Wasting Away – Frack Waste is a BIG Problem

The failure to safely manage oil and gas waste continues
By Melissa Troutman, Earthworks, June 18, 2019

Download the full report – Still Wasting Away – as a pdf
Read the Earthworks press release
Download Earthworks comments on the EPA’s

July 1, 2019

Tell PA DEP: Deny Elcon’s Hazardous Waste Permit Application

DCS Director Barbara Arrindell’s Comments to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection:


I am writing for an environmental organization, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability (DCS). As the Director, I have overseen many explorations of the negative effects of both water and …

April 17, 2019

“Amity and Prosperity”, by Eliza Griswold, Wins Pulitzer Prize

A classic American story, grippingly told, of an Appalachian family struggling to retain its middle class status in the shadow of destruction wreaked by corporate fracking

DCS has been publicizing the negative health impacts of fracking for over 10 years,

April 5, 2019

International Human Rights Court Recommends Worldwide Frac Ban

The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal has just released its Advisory Opinion, recommending a worldwide ban on hydraulic fracturing, the extreme oil and gas extraction technique known as  ‘fracking.’ The materials, and infrastructure of fracking inherently and necessarily violate human rights, the …

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,
March 24, 2019

Our Dirt Roads: Dump Sites For Oil & Gas Well Wastewater?

By Siri Lawson, Farmington Township, Warren County
Republished from PA Environment Digest Blog with the author’s permission
Read more on brine dumping from Siri Lawson in PA Environment Digest Blog
DCS has long had concerns about the land and road

February 22, 2019

Is Drilling and Fracking Waste on Your Sidewalk or in Your Pool?

Oil and gas waste, which is exempt from hazardous waste rules, is commonly used in commercial applications
By Melissa Troutman, Truthout, February 21, 2019

They’ve spread it on roads. They’ve irrigated almond farms and fruit groves with it. The …

January 30, 2019

NJ Gov. Murphy Says NO to Fracking!

Governor Murphy Announces Support for Full Fracking Ban in Delaware River Basin
By Office of the Governor, January 30, 2019

Download NJ Gov. Murphy’s letter as a pdf
Download the Press Release from organizations working for the complete fracking ban

November 7, 2018

Frack Brine is Ineffective for Dust Control and a Health Hazard

A variety of methods are currently being employed to dispose of oil and gas well brine (OGB), a byproduct of all gas and oil drilling, including conventional and fracked wells. One such practice is spreading OGB on unpaved roads for …

September 11, 2018

Secret Chemicals Used in Fracking

Download the Report as a pdf.
Read more about the report online.
Download this Media Advisory as a pdf.
See below for an Executive Summary of the Report

MEDIA ADVISORY: September 11, 2018

NEW REPORT: Secret Chemicals Used in

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