There will be a Sullivan County Legislature meeting on Thursday, May 21, at 10:30 AM at the Government Center located at 100 North Street, Monticello, NY 12701. Item 20 on the Agenda is “Resolution to authorize amendments to Section 620.1 …
As County legislators continue to search for ways to deal with the County’s growing trash problems, the following questions need to be answered:
Question 1. Why are legislators even considering a trash incinerator as a viable solution? The only …
An October 2025 poll from the Environmental Defense Fund found that 92 percent of Americans believe …
Halt the Harm Network is a network of environmental advocates, grassroots leaders, and concerned citizens working together to protect communities from the harmful impacts of oil and gas development. In conjunction with the League of Women Voters PA, Physicians for …
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 …
