May 13, 2023
What’s in a name? How niggling about a definition kept poison out of your backyard.
Sharp eyes at DCS, and brilliant legal advocacy, get the DRBC to close a gaping loophole in their regulations, keeping toxic frack waste out …
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May 1, 2023
Keeping drilling flow-back/wastewater (brine) out of the river valley and off our roads
DRBC clarifies waste rules in response to DCS challenge: ‘Conventional’ label no longer a loophole.
In January 2023, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability (DCS) filed a legal complaint …
April 30, 2023
Sued by DCS, the DRBC agreed to clarify their regulations to make clear that wastewater from all fracking sites, not just unconventional gas wells, is banned in the Basin.
By Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press, April 28, 2023
By Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press, April 28, 2023
An environmental group …
January 11, 2023
UPDATED April 23: The DRBC filed a motion to dismiss the DCS complaint (see below), which DCS has voluntarily accepted. Why has DCS accepted? Because the DRBC has conceded 90% of what we were asking for, without us having to …
July 20, 2022
Come to Riverfest 2022, Sunday, July 24, in Narrowsburg, NY from 10 am to 4 pm.
Join DCS at Riverfest 2022 in Narrowsburg, NY on Sunday, July 24. We will have up to date information on the fight to keep …
June 13, 2022
PA municipalities received letters because they were locations where conventional drilling operators reported they disposed of their wastewater by indiscriminately dumping it on dirt and gravel roads.
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, May 31, 2022
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, May 31, 2022
On April …
