damascus citizens for sustainability http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org clean water, air & land are basic human rights Sun, 19 May 2013 20:29:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 PA DEP Records Show at Least 161 Water Supplies Damaged by Drilling http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/pa-dep-records-show-at-least-161-water-supplies-damaged-by-drilling/ http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/pa-dep-records-show-at-least-161-water-supplies-damaged-by-drilling/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 20:17:33 +0000 Damascus Citizens http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/?p=8108 Sunday Times review of DEP drilling records reveals water damage, murky testing methods
By Laura Legere, the times-tribune.com, May 19, 2013

See the PA DEP Determination Letters that DCS has Obtained

Read About the Court Order in Pennsylvania DEP v. Legere, et al. that Required PA DEP to Release Section … Continue reading

]]> http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/pa-dep-records-show-at-least-161-water-supplies-damaged-by-drilling/feed/ 0 Leaking Test Well in Upstate NY http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/leaking-test-well-in-upstate-ny/ http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/leaking-test-well-in-upstate-ny/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 19:36:03 +0000 Damascus Citizens http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/?p=8097 Efforts to test Marcellus in upstate NY produces leaky well Carrizo crews on site to fix casing problem in Owego
By Tom Wilber, Shale Gas Review, May 15, 2013

A Houston company’s pioneering venture into the Marcellus Shale in upstate New York has produced a leaky gas well that the … Continue reading

]]> http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/leaking-test-well-in-upstate-ny/feed/ 0 7th Annual Maris Hearn Life Celebration Concert http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/7th-annual-maris-hearn-life-celebration-concert/ http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/7th-annual-maris-hearn-life-celebration-concert/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 17:06:21 +0000 Damascus Citizens http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/?p=8082 The 7th Annual Maris Hearn Life Celebration Concert presents: “A Jack Hardy Song Night” in celebration of his music and his beloved Callicoon.

Callicoon, NY – Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 8 pm

$10 at the Door, Children under 12 Free, No One Turned Away.

 

The Friends of Maris … Continue reading

]]> http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/7th-annual-maris-hearn-life-celebration-concert/feed/ 0 2013 Hydro-Fracking Day of Action http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/2013-hydro-fracking-day-of-action/ http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/2013-hydro-fracking-day-of-action/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 00:53:51 +0000 Damascus Citizens http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/?p=8069 Come to Albany on May 22 for a Fracking Lobby Day!

New York State needs action on Fracking! In response to overwhelming public pressure, legislation was introduced in both the Assembly and Senate to enact a two-year moratorium on fracking until a comprehensive health impact assessment can be completed. The … Continue reading

]]> http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/2013-hydro-fracking-day-of-action/feed/ 0 A “Sacrifice Zone” for Fracking http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/a-sacrifice-zone-for-fracking/ http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/a-sacrifice-zone-for-fracking/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 21:41:40 +0000 Damascus Citizens http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/?p=8051 Faulkner County: ExxonMobil’s “Sacrifice Zone” for Tar Sands Pipelines, Fracking
By Steve Horn, desmogblog.com, May 15, 2013

For all the gas drilling, the unemployment rate in Faulkner County last month (7.3%) is about the Arkansas state rate (7.1%) and well below the long term average (5.3%).

There are few better … Continue reading

]]> http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/a-sacrifice-zone-for-fracking/feed/ 0 League of Women Voters Speaks Out on Fracking http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/league-of-women-voters-speaks-out-on-fracking/ http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/league-of-women-voters-speaks-out-on-fracking/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 23:53:29 +0000 Damascus Citizens http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/?p=8032 League Offers Comments to EPA Science Advisory Board

On May 7, 2013 the League offered comments to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board on the study of the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources. The comments were delivered on behalf of LWVUS and 18 different state … Continue reading

]]> http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/league-of-women-voters-speaks-out-on-fracking/feed/ 0 Write Gov. Cuomo http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/write-gov-cuomo/ http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/write-gov-cuomo/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 22:07:26 +0000 Damascus Citizens http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/?p=7994 Send YOUR! Letter New York

Your snail mail letters have paid off!  The latest news from New York – according to the New York Times,  “After four years of study by the state, the Cuomo administration now says its decision on whether to allow high-volume hydraulic fracturing in New … Continue reading

]]> http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/write-gov-cuomo/feed/ 0 This Town Took On Fracking and Won http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/this-town-took-on-fracking-and-won/ http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/this-town-took-on-fracking-and-won/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 20:42:03 +0000 Damascus Citizens http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/?p=7951 Tiny Dryden, New York, just won the right to send frackers packing.
By Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones, May 8, 2013

There was a time not so long ago when the most contentious issue in Dryden, New York, was hiring a new dog catcher. Situated in New York’s Finger Lakes region, … Continue reading

]]> http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/this-town-took-on-fracking-and-won/feed/ 0 NY Energy Policy Is Hitting Some Bumps http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/ny-energy-policy-is-hitting-some-bumps/ http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/ny-energy-policy-is-hitting-some-bumps/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 20:16:51 +0000 Damascus Citizens http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/?p=7941 Steps to revamp New York’s energy policy come under criticism.
By Jon Lentz, City and State, May 8, 2013

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has taken a number of steps to revamp New York’s energy policy since taking office, but critics still have found plenty to criticize in the direction the state … Continue reading

]]> http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/ny-energy-policy-is-hitting-some-bumps/feed/ 0 Court Rejects Exxon Bid to Dismiss Lawsuit http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/court-rejects-exxon-bid-to-dismiss-lawsuit/ http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2013/05/court-rejects-exxon-bid-to-dismiss-lawsuit/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 20:05:26 +0000 Damascus Citizens http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/?p=7933 Court rejects Exxon bid to dismiss citizen enforcement suit.
Environment Texas, May 3, 2013

A federal court has rejected, for the second time, an attempt by ExxonMobil Corporation and two subsidiaries to get rid of a lawsuit filed against them by Sierra Club and Environment Texas.  The lawsuit alleges thousands … Continue reading

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