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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 …
DCS and the Delaware River Frack Ban Coalition Launch New Campaign – A Citizen’s Pledge to Defend the Delaware River Frack Ban
Just …
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 …
THIS is a big deal! California health and environmental activists got a law passed in 2022 whose implementation was blocked by Big Oil …
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Release date: May 18, 2024
Contact: B. Arrindell, dcs@DamascusCitizens.org, 845-252-6677
Do You Live in a DEP Disposal Facility?
237 places in PA and 8 in NY are!
DCS was an active part of getting the New York Birds and Bees Protection Act passed and signed. DCS was part of the brainstorming and activism for this act, including filing comments on the various drafts, encouraging people to sign …
I made the comments below at the Nov.13 DRBC hearing on its proposed rule changes. YOU can submit written comments from now until Nov. 30. PLEASE DO SO. The proposed rule changes will have a negative impact on our environment …
Gov. Shapiro Announces Agreement with CNX on Fracking Health Measures, Says New Regulations Coming
As PA Attorney General, Mr. Shapiro was actually face to face with people impacted by fracking. What money compensates for someone losing their health or a …
By Siri Lawson, PA Environment Digest Blog, August 2, 2023
We have dodged this particular bullet here in the Delaware River Basin, thanks in part to …
Words can’t hide an impending mess – don’t believe the spin from the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) and the media coverage of the DRBC’s December 7, 2022 regulatory changes.
Yes, the media had to get coverage of the DRBC …










