October 12, 2021

Update on the Skinners Falls Bridge Project

Re: The Historic Skinners Falls Bridge


In conversation with friends who live in Milanville, I am responding to their desire to know what is happening now. On September 23, 2021, PENNDOT’s consultant, AECOM.com held its second meeting.  Only those invited …

October 12, 2021

Remembering Ed Wesely

Remembering Ed Wesely
September 16, 1930 to May 26, 2021


I walk following the footsteps of Ed Wesely.
Feeling the stillness of the woods, watching the Delaware River and the Monarchs with my heart wide open.
My ears and eyes

August 29, 2021

PennDOT Ignores Skinners Falls Bridge Public Comments – DCS Fights Back

The many citizens who care about the preservation of the Milanville-Skinners Falls Bridge and took the trouble to submit comments to the email addresses provided by PennDOT, but did not complete the online Survey Monkey survey, should know that PennDOT …

June 18, 2021

Fracking Wastewater is Radioactive

DCS, Delaware RiverKeeper, Environment New jersey, Catskill Mountainkeeper, FWW, NRDC, NJ Sierra Club, Delaware League of Women Voters and other groups are supporting a series of webinars meant to educate about fracking wastewater and why it should be banned in

May 15, 2021

Skinners Falls Bridge Does NOT Need More than a 10-Ton Limit

This analysis of traffic sources and needs near the Skinners Falls Bridge shows that a 10-ton limit is adequate to meet all needs.


Until June 1, 2021, PennDOT is conducting what it is terming a “traffic survey” of the general …

April 28, 2021

The Skinners Falls Bridge Speaks – Will PennDOT Listen?

The beautiful Skinners Falls Bridge tells us about her long life connecting NY and PA, her relationship with historic Milanville, PA and her hopes for the future (as transcribed by Colleen Rizzo).


April 10, 2021
Hello!

I am the Skinners …

April 13, 2021

Why DCS is Getting Involved in the Skinners Falls Bridge Issue

Why is DCS is getting involved with the Milanville – Skinners Falls Bridge project?

Your comments by April 30 can help persuade PennDOT to rehabilitate the historic Skinners Falls Bridge.


Let’s go back to why Damascus Citizens for Sustainability was …

March 9, 2021

The Even More Game-Changing Biden Order You’ve Never Heard About

Biden’s executive order “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis” (“Restoring Science”), issued January 20, has received bafflingly little publicity. In effect, it orders federal agencies to take out the regulatory trash

December 5, 2020

Health Professionals Oppose Gibbstown LNG Export Terminal

In letters to the Delaware River Basin governors and the DRBC, Concerned Health Professionals of NY, and other groups, cite public health, community safety and environmental concerns as reasons to reject this project.

DRBC should pay attention to these letters!

December 3, 2019

Proposed Battery Recycling Facility in Endicott, NY a Hazard

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.

November 13, 2019

PA Wants to Allow Dumping of Toxic Drilling Waste on an Unpaved Road Near You


Published this year by PennState Institute of Energy and Environment this map shows all the unpaved roads in Pennsylvania. You can zoom way in.

A multitude of anti-environment, pro-oil and gas industry bills are moving through the PA legislature. One …

August 11, 2019

Oil is a Horrendously Bad Investment

By Phillip Doe, Colorado


This Bank, the world’s 8th largest, estimates the opportunity cost of continued fossil fuel investment at $24 trillion, and that doesn’t include climate and health. Thus oil is a horrendously bad investment strategy even if their …

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