July 13, 2024
If there is going to be food, then water must be protected!
Three Sullivan County farmers gave public comments at the June 5 DRBC meeting in Narrowsburg, NY: Wes Gillingham, Iris Fen Gillingham and Eugene Thalmann. All three spoke of …
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May 19, 2024
November 14, 2023
I made the comments below at the Nov.13 DRBC hearing on its proposed rule changes. YOU can submit written comments from now until Nov. 30. PLEASE DO SO. The proposed rule changes will have a negative impact on our environment …
November 7, 2023
Fight for Open Government!
Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) Rule Changes Threaten Public Input on Environmental Impacts
Proposed Rulemaking to shut down public disclosure and participation in the decisions that the DRBC makes regarding the Delaware River, the Delaware River …
June 20, 2023
The letter below, supported by most members of the Delaware River Coalition, is a DCS initiative with input from our lawyer, Lauren Williams, and disability rights attorney, Laura Caravello. It asks for the resumption of remote commenting at DRBC business …
May 14, 2023
When we need a lawyer to get the job done.
DCS has worked with some excellent environmental attorneys over the years, the latest being Lauren Williams, to keep fracking out of the Delaware River Basin. Together, with your support, …
May 13, 2023
What’s in a name? How niggling about a definition kept poison out of your backyard.
Sharp eyes at DCS, and brilliant legal advocacy, get the DRBC to close a gaping loophole in their regulations, keeping toxic frack waste out …
May 1, 2023
Keeping drilling flow-back/wastewater (brine) out of the river valley and off our roads
DRBC clarifies waste rules in response to DCS challenge: ‘Conventional’ label no longer a loophole.
In January 2023, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability (DCS) filed a legal complaint …
April 30, 2023
Sued by DCS, the DRBC agreed to clarify their regulations to make clear that wastewater from all fracking sites, not just unconventional gas wells, is banned in the Basin.
By Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press, April 28, 2023
By Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press, April 28, 2023
An environmental group …
January 11, 2023
UPDATED April 23: The DRBC filed a motion to dismiss the DCS complaint (see below), which DCS has voluntarily accepted. Why has DCS accepted? Because the DRBC has conceded 90% of what we were asking for, without us having to …
December 12, 2022
Words can’t hide an impending mess – don’t believe the spin from the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) and the media coverage of the DRBC’s December 7, 2022 regulatory changes.
Yes, the media had to get coverage of the DRBC …
December 8, 2022
DRBC’s new rules governing fracking (see the press release) are disingenuous – they are not a positive step and will not protect the resources of the Delaware River Basin as the DRBC is mandated to do. These new …
