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

October 4, 2021

PennEast Gas Pipeline Defeated

Lawmakers, pushed by public opposition, pressed regulators to cancel the project before company threw in towel
By Jon Hurdle, NJ Spotlight News, October 4, 2021

It was the community that won it.

The PennEast Pipeline Co.’s decision to end its …

September 14, 2021

Delaware River Frack Ban Coalition to DRBC: Pass a FULL BAN on Fracking

The Delaware River Frack Ban Coalition, of which DCS is a member, addressed the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) at it’s September 9, 2021 public meeting and presented evidence as to why the DRBC must pass a full ban

September 8, 2021

Tell PA DEP: Ban Road Spreading of Drilling Waste

This site makes it easy to make your voice heard. Deadline to sign is noon on September 20. The letter reads:

Dear Secretary McDonnell and Deputy Secretary Perry,

In the past five years, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has …

September 8, 2021

Water is Life: Don’t Waste it on Fracking – Webinar

The Case for a Full Ban on Fracking in the Watershed
Sign Up to Attend!
Wednesday, September 15, 7:00 to 8:00 pm

Brought to you by the Delaware River Frack Ban Coalition, of which DCS is a member, the Frack

September 4, 2021

Radioactivity in Fracking! Too Hot to Handle – Webinar

Award-winning journalist, celebrated author and knowledgeable environmental scientist Justin Nobel, discusses his research into the terrifying levels of radioactivity being produced by fracking for oil and gas. This informative webinar, with an introduction by DCS Director Barbara Arrindell, is the

September 2, 2021

‘Insist on Being Heard’ Re: Skinners Falls Bridge

Confusion around the comment process for the Milanville-Skinners Falls Bridge
By Liam Mayo, The River Reporter, August 31, 2021

DCS feels strongly that all voices with an interest in PennDOT’s Skinners Falls project must be heard. That is why we

August 28, 2021

PennDOT’s Faulty Public Comment Process Re: Skinners Falls Bridge

DCS has written this letter expressing great concern regarding PennDOT’s continued failure to engage in a real public participation process for the Skinners Falls Bridge “Planning and Environmental Linkages” (“PEL”) Study.
By Lauren M. Williams, Esq., Greenworks Law and Consulting
August 27, 2021

Pipelines Continue to Catch Fire and Explode – Are They Insured?

Natural Gas Pipelines Are Not Required To Carry Insurance Or Show They Can Pay For Damages If They Explode, Leak Or Kill Someone
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest, August 2, 2021

The PA Environment Digest prepared a policy

August 16, 2021

Penn State: Frack Wastewater IS Toxic! – & on YOUR Road?

New Penn State Study Shows Road Dumping Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Has Little Dust Suppression Benefit, Contains Pollutants Harmful To Human Health, Agriculture, Aquatic Life
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, August 16, 2021

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