October 2, 2019

The Research is In: Stop Fracking ASAP

Over 1,500 reports show there’s simply no safe way to do it — and it’s harming us all every day it goes on
By Barbara Gottlieb, Nation of Change, August 1, 2019

Science. Evidence. Facts. Do these even matter anymore …

July 23, 2019

Is Shale Gas a Major Driver of Recent Increase in Global Atmospheric Methane?

By Robert W. Howarth
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853


Abstract

Methane has been rising rapidly in the atmosphere over the past decade, contributing to global climate change. Unlike the late 20th Century when the …

July 22, 2019

Babies Born Near Oil and Gas Wells Are Up to 70% More Likely to Have Congenital Heart Defects

Researchers at the University of Colorado studied pregnant women who are among the 17 million Americans living within a mile from an active oil or gas well
By Julia Conley, Common Dreams, July 19, 2019

“In most places, detecting a

July 11, 2019

Still Wasting Away – Frack Waste is a BIG Problem

The failure to safely manage oil and gas waste continues
By Melissa Troutman, Earthworks, June 18, 2019

Download the full report – Still Wasting Away – as a pdf
Read the Earthworks press release
Download Earthworks comments on the EPA’s

December 20, 2018

Still Relevant: Documents Presented to the DRBC

DCS has been supporting the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) in opposition to a Wayne Land and Mineral Group’s (WLMG) lawsuit which challenges the DRBC’s regulatory authority:

December 19, 2018

New Study: Greenhouse Gas is More Dangerous than Regulators Thought

New evidence not only strengthens the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding, it shows that greenhouse gas impacts could be much worse than expected
Climate & Capitalism, December 14, 2018

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is legally required to regulate air pollutants

December 14, 2018

The Climate Report That Trump Tried to Bury

Summary of major U.S. government report that warns of major threats to human health and safety, quality of life, and economic growth Climate & Capitalism, November 24, 2018

Under the Global Change Research Act of 1990, the U.S. Global

October 9, 2017

DCS Analysis of Leased Land in Damascus Township, Wayne County, PA Still Relevent

DAMASCUS CITIZENS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Here we are going back a decade, with the pro-drilling minority calling names and distorting the reality of property ownership, who actually pays the taxes, and for that matter, the moral, ethical, and in PA the

December 13, 2016

EPA Retracts Conclusion of "No Widespread or Systemic" Risk from Fracking

SUCCESS!!! EPA’s prior conclusion of “no widespread or systemic” risk has been deleted from its final report on fracking
US Environmental Protection Agency

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Since the first draft of the EPA’s study on the impact of fracking on drinking water, DCS …

September 24, 2016

Series of Texas Quakes Likely Triggered by Oil and Gas Industry Activity

Another confirmation of migration pathways for frack waste
By Sid Perkins, Science, September 22, 2016

During the past decade or so the oil and gas industry has injected wastewater into deep rocks in eastern Texas, causing Earth’s surface to bulge …

August 24, 2016

DCS and the EPA's Fracking Study – What Have We Been Up To?

Since 2008, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability has been among the leaders in the fight against fracking, often working behind the scenes to achieve tangible results. For example, in 2012 DCS proposed a ban on frack waste in New York …

July 3, 2016

High Levels of Toxins Found in Bodies of People Living Near Fracking Sites

Harmful chemicals from natural gas operations are contaminating the bodies of residents of Pavillion, Wyoming
By Maureen Nandini Mitra, Earth Island Journal, June 30, 2016

Download the study as a pdf

Many of the toxic chemicals escaping from fracking and …

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