July 17, 2013
PA HB683 would make it illegal to photograph images of gas drilling operations
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but apparently it says a lot more when it’s a photo of frackers fracking. In Pennsylvania recently, the battle…
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July 9, 2013
An Open Letter to President Obama from Gasland Director Josh Fox
Dear President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary Moniz, Heather Zichal and Valerie Jarrett,
I write to request a meeting with you and families directly impacted by oil and gas …
July 7, 2013
What New Jersey Needs To Know About Gas Drilling Along The Delaware River
Prepared by Damascus Citizens for Sustainability
DamascusCitizens.org – Concerned about the Delaware River Basin and Beyond
New Jersey’s drinking water is at risk: Over half to 2/3 …
July 7, 2013
The economic value of water and forests dwarfs the value of natural gas drilling in the Upper Delaware River Basin
By Jessica Cohen, Times Herald-Record, July 5, 2013
By Jessica Cohen, Times Herald-Record, July 5, 2013
If governments managed the Delaware River like an industry, they would note …
July 5, 2013
Polish Farmers from Zorawlow Oppose Fracking
Since June 3, farmers and residents in a small rural village of Zurawlow in Poland are in a stand-off with Chevron company. They defend their land, their activity and their way of living. They …
July 5, 2013
Damascus Citizens is a member of The Committee for an American Clean Energy Agenda
Beyond Business As Usual
Realizing an American Renewable Energy Future by 2030
Initiated by the Civil Society Institute and the Environmental Working Group, and endorsed by …
July 3, 2013
The New York State Sustainable Business Council in conjunction with the American Sustainable Business Council announces the results of an independent scientific poll of small business owners that reveal bi-partisan support for clean energy and environmental
…July 3, 2013
Some of you have probably already seen the map I created which shows gas development in Susquehanna County PA:
The light purple is the Upper Susquehanna River Basin. The yellow squares are well pads. The green push-pins are compressor stations
July 2, 2013
Recyclers, landfills have stopped accepting the pipes over worries they may contain unexploded ordnance
By Bobby Magill, coloradoan.com, June 26, 2013
By Bobby Magill, coloradoan.com, June 26, 2013
Frack waste can also be radioactive. 
There is plenty of information on the web.
Here is a good place …
July 1, 2013
A Paean to Tom Shepstone, by David Slottje
June 29, 2013
“I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.”
(Julius Caesar by Wm. Shakespeare, Act 3, Scene II)
Download as a pdf
The battle for the essence and soul …
July 1, 2013
Rep. White Plans Legislation to Protect Royalty Payments to Leaseholders
MEMORANDUM
Posted: June 28, 2013
From: Representative Jesse White
To: All House members
Subject: Prohibiting Deduction of “Post-Production” Costs From Oil and Gas Royalty Payments to Leaseholders
In the near …
June 29, 2013
NYS AG Schneiderman Says Anti-Fracking Activists Are Well-Organized
By Glenn Coin, Syracuse.com, June 26, 2013
By Glenn Coin, Syracuse.com, June 26, 2013
A decision about hydrofracking in New York has been delayed mostly because of the well-organized opposition of anti-drilling advocacy groups, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman …
