Regulatory Failure

April 29, 2022

Latest Penn State Report On Environmental Impact Of Road Dumping Drilling Wastewater Will Have ‘Immediate,’ ‘Large,’ ‘Intense’ Impact

Reports filed with PA DEP bring the total amount of conventional drilling wastewater illegally road dumped to nearly 2.9 million gallons from 2018 to 2021.
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, April 26, 2002

PA Attorney General’s Office

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:

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

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

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

For over 5

July 22, 2021

“Forever Chemicals” Used in Fracking Threaten Groundwater and Health

Are we being kept safe from ‘forever chemicals’ injected into fracking sites? A bombshell exposé revealed that oil and gas firms are injecting PFAS chemicals into fracking sites, threatening groundwater.
By David Bond, The Guardian, July 21, 2021

Per- and

August 29, 2020

PA Attorney General’s Office Establishes a Fracking Hot-Line Directly to AG’s Office

Hot-Line Phone is 570-904-2643; Email is fracking@attorneygeneral.gov

Read more in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette
PA Attorney General’s Fracking page


Fortunately, in Pennsylvania, there is a new option for households that want to have an impact on the fracking problem that …

July 9, 2020

Is This the End of New Pipelines?

Defeats at three projects reflect increasingly sophisticated legal challenges, shifting economics and growing demands by states to fight climate change
By Hiroko Tabuchi and Brad Plumer, New York Times, July 8, 2020

Protesters against the Dakota Access pipeline in early …

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