April 14, 2021

YOU Can Be a Consulting Party for the Skinners Falls Bridge Project

Click the Become Consulting Party button to apply to be a consulting party on the Skinners Falls Bridge project.

If you have any problems with your application email Heather Gerling MA (hgerling@pa.gov), the PennDOT Cultural Resources Professional who is

April 8, 2021

Hear Ed Wesely Speak About the Skinners Falls Bridge

Originally from Maryland, Ed Wesely lived in Damascus Pennsylvania for 30 years. Many folks in our community know Ed from his involvement with Barbara Yeaman and the Butterfly Barn, which was located on River Road in Milanville, PA. For …

April 5, 2021

UDC Endorses Rehabilitation of Skinners Falls Bridge

NARROWSBURG, NY — The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) voted to recommend rehabilitation of the historic 1902 Baltimore truss bridge at Skinners Falls.
By Linda Drollinger, The River Reporter, April 2, 2021

If you want to make a comment to PennDOT

March 19, 2021

How the Salvation of NYC Drinking Water Can Be a Model for Saving the Planet

Michael Heller and James Salzman on the Concept of “As-If” Ownership
By Michael Heller and James Salzman, Lit Hub, March 18, 2021

Al Appleton has worked with DCS almost from our start. His forward thinking and respect from the NYC

March 7, 2021

Fracking: The Stress of Being Surrounded

Jane Worthington moved her grandkids to protect them from oil and gas wells—but it didn’t work. In US fracking communities, the industry’s pervasiveness causes social strain and mental health problems
By Kristina Marusic, Environmental Health News, March 1, 2021

This

March 3, 2021

How Exxon Is Being Forced To Accept The Reality Of Bad Fossil Fuel Investments

DCS has been predicting the inevitable collapse of the fracking house of cards. You can’t go on forever losing money on each well, hoping to make it up in volume!
By Justin Mikulka, DeSmog, February 26, 2021

Last August, ExxonMobil

March 2, 2021

Harmful Chemicals and Unknowns Haunt Pennsylvanians Surrounded by Fracking

We tested families in fracking country for harmful chemicals and revealed unexplained exposures, sick children, and a family’s “dream life” upended
By Kristina Marusic, Environmental Health News, March 1, 2021

This is part 1 of our 4-part series, “Fractured,

February 25, 2021

Delaware River Basin Commission Votes to BAN Fracking in the Watershed

Historic Action by the DRBC: It took 13 years to achieve this BAN ON FRACKING in the Delaware River Basin!
By Kathryne Rubright, Pocono Record, February 25, 2021

DCS, and many other organizations and individuals, have been fighting for over

February 19, 2021

Historic Event? DRBC Could Determine the Fate of the Delaware River Watershed Feb. 25

For Immediate Release

February 18, 2021
Contacts:

Barbara Arrindell, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, dcs@DamascusCitizens.org

Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper, keepermaya@delawareriverkeeper.org

Wes Gillingham, Catskill Mountainkeeper,  wes@catskillmountainkeeper.org

Jeff Tittel, Director, New Jersey Sierra Club, jeff.tittel@sierraclub.org

Doug O’Malley, Environment New Jersey,  domalley@environmentnewjersey.org

January 25, 2021

The Game-Changing Biden Order You Haven’t Heard About

A directive about the regulatory process could lead to progressive movement on climate change, public health and worker safety.
By Kevin Robillard, HuffingtonPost, January 24, 2021

Read the order “Modernizing Regulatory Review”.


On his first day in office, President Joe

January 17, 2021

Environmental Groups Fight Lawsuit by PA GOP to Overturn Fracking Moratorium

For Immediate Release

January 15, 2021
Contacts:

B. Arrindell, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, dcs@DamascusCitizens.org

Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper, keepermaya@delawareriverkeeper.org

Wes Gillingham, Catskill Mountainkeeper, wes@catskillmountainkeeper.org

Jeff Tittel, Director, New Jersey Sierra Club, jeff.tittel@sierraclub.org

Doug O’Malley, Environment New Jersey, domalley@environmentnewjersey.org

December 6, 2020

Josh Fox Says: Help DCS Fight for You

A Letter From Josh Fox, Director of Gasland

From Josh Fox’s letter:
I dedicated my Academy Award nominated film, GasLand, to DCS because they sounded the alarm about fracking back in 2008. And they were there with invaluable …

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