January 2, 2022

DCS is Fighting to Save a Treasure!

UPDATE: WE GOT AN EXTENSION!!!
New deadline for submitting comments is February 7, 2022.

DCS Attorney, Lauren Williams, crafted a series of letters to PennDOT Employees and Representative, campaigning for the extension. She made clear that the reasons PennDOT cited

December 11, 2021

YOUR Comments to the DRBC Needed to Keep Frack Waste Out of the Basin

The latest on the DRBC Frack Ban Rules

Written comments can be submitted to the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) via their online form (see the DRBC’s instructions for submitting comments and their schedule of hearings) or by mail. The

December 3, 2021

Fracking Banned in the DRB, but NOT a FULL Ban – More to Do in ’22!

Download the DCS 2021 Appeal Letter as a pdf.
Download the Appeal Letter Insert, on swing state PA, as a pdf.

YOUR donation today helps DCS do more in ’22!


DCS is working for the next generations!  – and

November 20, 2021

Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater Is Tearing Apart Dirt Roads & Creating Environmental Hazards

A First-Hand Account Of How Repeated, Unlimited Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Tearing Apart Dirt Roads And Creating Multiple Environmental Hazards
By Siri Lawson, PA Environment Digest Blog, November 16, 2021

DCS has been working with

November 8, 2021

Protect New York’s Birds, Bees, Water, and Health from Neonics

The following is a Neonic Fact Sheet prepared by a coalition of environmental groups, including DCS. Additional information can be found here:

November 6, 2021

Radioactive Costs of Oil & Gas

The Financial Risk of Underbonded Wells – REGISTER for the FORUM
By Critical State

The growing threat of radioactivity inside the oil and gas industry is increasing companies’ cost of doing business as well as the financial risk to states …

October 30, 2021

The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change

As of 2020, the U.S. plastics industry is responsible for at least 232 million tons of CO2e gas emissions per year.
By Beyond Plastics, October 2021

The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change is a comprehensive account of the United …

October 29, 2021

DRBC Proposed Regulations Don’t Approach a FULL BAN on Fracking!


It looks as if the DRBC came through and banned waste water import and treatment, and virtually all, if not all, export of fresh water for fracking. But the devil’s in the details, so we’re not celebrating yet. For example,

October 28, 2021

NY DEC Denies Permit for Danskammer Power Plant near Newburgh

Proposed plant expansion did not meet greenhouse gas limits demanded by state’s climate law, officials say
By Cloey Callahan, Time Union, October 27, 2021

The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) denied operating permits for both Danskammer and Astoria gas

October 26, 2021

Dutch Pension Fund to Divest from Fossil Fuel Producers

The Netherlands’ biggest pension fund will stop investing in companies that produce fossil fuels
By Mike Corder, AP News, October 26, 2021

The Netherlands’ biggest pension fund announced Tuesday that it will stop investing in companies that produce fossil fuels, …

October 24, 2021

How Oil & Gas Industry Eliminated Restrictions on the Disposal of Wastewater on PA Roads

Millions of gallons of conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater is being dumped indiscriminately on Pennsylvania’s dirt and gravel roads
PA Environment Digest Blog, October 21, 2021

In 1996, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a report on the road

October 22, 2021

Climate Poses Many Threats To U.S. Financial System & Natural Gas May Be Major Risk

The federal entity created to guard against another Great Recession just issued its first landmark report on global warming
By Alexander C. Kaufman, The Huffington Post, October 21, 2021

After months of waiting, environmental groups responded with disappointment tinged with

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