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August 3, 2023
Guest essay by Siri Lawson, who lives along a dirt road in northwest PA.
By Siri Lawson, PA Environment Digest Blog, August 2, 2023
By Siri Lawson, PA Environment Digest Blog, August 2, 2023
We have dodged this particular bullet here in the Delaware River Basin, thanks in part to …
December 2, 2022
A growing number of studies are pointing to a link between hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and health problems.
By Jon Hurdle, Yale Environment 360, November 17, 2022
By Jon Hurdle, Yale Environment 360, November 17, 2022
This bears out what DCS has been saying since our inception in 2008: Fracking …
November 18, 2022
In September, a coalition of Scientists, Activists, and Families, called SAFE, traveled to DC to call out the EPA:
STOP working for corporations and start working for people!
CHEMICALS are polluting our water, air, and soil, and making us sick.…
May 6, 2022
“Dusting” allows oil and gas drillers to avoid the cost of disposing of drill cuttings at landfills, and thus avoid the regulations that apply to landfills.
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, May 2, 2022
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, May 2, 2022
PA DEP allows …
October 30, 2021
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
By Beyond Plastics, October 2021
The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change is a comprehensive account of the United …
October 12, 2020
70% of those polled said they supported regulations to reduce CO2 pollution from power plants in PA
By Richard W. Jones, Centre Daily Times, October 11, 2020
By Richard W. Jones, Centre Daily Times, October 11, 2020
The bill to block PA from regulating carbon – and thus block PA …
September 11, 2020
Poll was commissioned by Climate Power 2020 and the League of Conservation Voters
By Ryan Deto, Pittsburgh City Paper, September 2, 2020
By Ryan Deto, Pittsburgh City Paper, September 2, 2020
Download the poll results as a pdf.
Politically speaking, the discussion around fracking in Pennsylvania lacks nuance. Fracking …
December 3, 2019
Bill Huston, an independent researcher and environmental activist, has done extensive research on the proposed Battery Recycling Facility, planned for the old IBM site in Endicott, NY. The NY DEC is asking for comments on the facility until December 5. …
July 1, 2019
DCS Director Barbara Arrindell’s Comments to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection:
I am writing for an environmental organization, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability (DCS). As the Director, I have overseen many explorations of the negative effects of both water and …
March 27, 2019
January 25, 2019
by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica
The United States is poised to bet its energy future on natural gas as a clean, plentiful fuel that can supplant coal and oil. But new research by the Environmental Protection Agency2014and a growing understanding of …
