From Tracy Carluccio of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network:
“The Amendment introduced by Rep. Scott Perry to WRDA has died. In the end, Perry did not offer the amendment during markup at today’s House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. WRDA was approved without Perry’s amendment unanimously (there were 2 other unrelated amendments) and will now go before the House of Representatives for consideration, probably by the end of day today.

THANK YOU – it was all the calls that flooded the targeted legislators who serve on the T and I Committee and the leadership of Rep. Nadler that united opposition to this sneaky attempt to overturn the fracking ban. In the end, most of our groups and others put out the call for calls and it worked!”

The ban on fracking in the Delaware River Basin is saved for now. However, we cannot rest and take the ban for granted. We must remain vigilant for further attempts to allow fracking in the Basin. There are people who still want to lease their land and the industry, with near limitless funds, never gives up.