July 8, 2025

Frack, Crack, Boom, Bang at the DVAA

Since its inception in 2008, DCS has publicized what happens to people and communities located near frack wells and associated infrastructure (see the DCS informational posters). The Academy Award nominee film Gasland, by Josh Fox, is dedicated to

June 28, 2025

Five Years After Pennsylvania’s Landmark Fracking Report, Its Public Health Goals Remain Largely Unmet, Groups Say

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A grand jury convened by Josh Shapiro, then attorney general and now

June 5, 2025

Job Opportunity: Help Make Good Things Happen

Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeper

 

Damascus Citizens for Sustainability

Clean Air, Land and Water are Basic Human Rights

Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, a pioneering environmental nonprofit in the Upper Delaware River Valley, is seeking a detail-oriented and organized Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeper to support

May 26, 2025

Incinerator Proposal in Sullivan County Continues

Last September 14 we posted extensive information related to the Sullivan County Legislature proposing to build a so-called “waste-to- energy” incinerator in eastern Sullivan County to solve Sullivan County’s waste disposal problem citing concerns about the pending loss of the …

May 19, 2025

Deep Water Literary Fest: Reimagining Our Climate Story

If you missed this event, you can listen to the discussion here:


As our planet undergoes profound transformation, this conversation with climate scientist Kate Marvel, Indigenous scholar Lyla June Johnston, and literary historian John MacNeill Miller explores how we might …

May 8, 2025

Deep Water Projects/DCS Double Bill – Sat., May 10

DCS is very excited for this weekend’s Deep Water Projects/DCS double-bill this Saturday, May 10, in Narrowsburg, NY. First, at 4pm, at the DVAA, catch the incredible eco-memoir writer Jennifer Kabat (Nightshining) in conversation with the wonderful Margueritte

April 16, 2025

DCS Statement Re: Injunction Halting Demolition of SFB Denied

April 16, 2025

The denial of the injunction halting demolition of Skinners Falls Bridge by federal court does not negate the validity of the valiant advocacy by Damascus Citizens for Sustainability and countless people in our region and beyond who …

April 16, 2025

Skinners Falls Bridge Injunction Denied

Breaking News
April 16, 2025
Contact:
Rose Biondi – rosebiondi2@gmail.com
DCS Director B. Arrindell – Director@DamascusCitizens.org

SKINNERS FALLS BRIDGE
Preliminary Injunction Denied

(Scranton, PA) At 8:34 PM on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 a ruling was announced denying the preliminary injunction …

April 15, 2025

Skinners Falls Bridge Goes to Federal Court

For immediate release
Contact: rosebiondi2@gmail.com

SKINNERS FALLS BRIDGE GOES TO FEDERAL COURT

(Scranton, PA) On Friday, April 10, 2025 the future of historic Skinners Falls Bridge was the matter brought before Judge J. Mehalchick at the U.S. District Court for …

April 8, 2025

DCS Seeks Injunction Against the Demolition of the Skinners Falls Bridge

DCS and Milanville, PA resident Cynthia Nash have filed suit in U.S. District Court seeking an injunction against the destruction of the historic Skinners Falls Bridge.

DCS brings this action to challenge the decision of Defendants (PennDOT, etc.) to reject

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