August 11, 2025

Data Centers Coming to NEPA and NY? Are We Ready?

See what it’s like living near a data center, watch: I Live 400 Yards From Mark Zuckerberg’s Massive Data Center


There is a push to bring massive data centers to northeast Pennsylvania. These centers require large tracts of land,

August 6, 2025

Fracking in the Delaware River Basin Will Put NJ’s Drinking Water at Risk

New Jersey Water from the Delaware River
Over half of New Jersey’s population is dependent on drinking water from the Delaware River Basin.
The DRBC ban on fracking must remain in place!

Much of the drinking water used in New …

August 5, 2025

Pledge to Defend The Delaware River Frack Ban

Physicians for Social Responsibility PA calls on the Delaware River Basin Commission to uphold the frack ban


DCS and the Delaware River Frack Ban Coalition Launch New Campaign – A Citizen’s Pledge to Defend the Delaware River Frack Ban

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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

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here.

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 …

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