July 20, 2022
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June 13, 2022
PA municipalities received letters because they were locations where conventional drilling operators reported they disposed of their wastewater by indiscriminately dumping it on dirt and gravel roads.
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, May 31, 2022
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, May 31, 2022
On April …
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 …
April 30, 2022
An investigation reveals elevated levels of radioactivity not far from a high school football stadium, and accounts from inspectors point to the contamination’s possible source.
By Justin Nobel, DeSmog, April 25, 2002
By Justin Nobel, DeSmog, April 25, 2002
This article is about radiation in drilling waste …
April 29, 2022
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
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, April 26, 2002
February 16, 2022
The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) has proposed regulations that would allow toxic waste from fracking into the Delaware River Basin, and the export of water from the basin for fracking elsewhere. If we can avert that threat, it could …
January 26, 2022
Summary (see press release below for more information):
The deadline for submitting comments on the DRBC’s frack ban rules has been extended to February 28, 2022.
Comments can be submitted online here.
Top 10 Talking Points can be found here.…
December 11, 2021
The latest on the DRBC Frack Ban Rules
Written comments can be submitted to the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) via their online form (see the DRBC’s instructions for submitting comments and their schedule of hearings) or by mail. The …
November 20, 2021
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
By Siri Lawson, PA Environment Digest Blog, November 16, 2021
DCS has been working with …
October 24, 2021
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
PA Environment Digest Blog, October 21, 2021
In 1996, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a report on the road …
September 14, 2021
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
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 …
