April 19, 2024

A Climate Crisis Roadmap Seminar Co-Hosted by Josh Fox

Dear friends,

We all know this is a dire moment for the planet. Last year, we shot past 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, exceeding the most dire projections of a few years back. We’re all in shock about what’s …

February 3, 2020

Interview with Environmentalist Wilma Subra

A pioneer environmental chemist and community advocate continues to dominate at 76
By Rick Mullin, C&EN, January 20, 2020

“I don’t actually live here,” says Wilma Subra, moving through the living room to the kitchen of a small house that …

December 20, 2018

Still Relevant: Documents Presented to the DRBC

DCS has been supporting the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) in opposition to a Wayne Land and Mineral Group’s (WLMG) lawsuit which challenges the DRBC’s regulatory authority:

July 2, 2017

3 Years Left to Turn the Corner on Global Warming

a six-point plan for turning the tide of the world’s carbon dioxide by 2020
By Andrew Freedman, Mashable, June 29, 2017

The next three years will effectively decide the fate of our planet’s climate. This is the stark message of

January 2, 2017

The Need for Realistic and Transparent Oil & Gas Analysis

When Post Carbon Institute examined the federal Energy Information Agency’s (EIA) reserves prediction of the Monterey Shale (in southern CA) the EIA reduced their numbers by 96%. Will we see something similar here?
Halt the Harm, December 20, 2016

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April 7, 2016

Scientists Slam EPA For “Walking Away” From Fracking Pollution Study

Fracking contaminated underground water reservoirs in Wyoming, finds a study by the former EPA scientist who led a preliminary investigation there in 2011. EPA never followed up that investigation.
By Dan Vergano, BuzzFeed, March 29, 2016

Fracking polluted underground water …

January 24, 2016

Rapid Method for Measuring Area Methane Emissions

Funding and additional support for this paper was provided by DCS
Data for this paper came from the NYC methane work supported by DCS
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A PROPOSED RAPID METHOD FOR MEASURING AREA METHANE EMISSIONS: AN EXPLORATORY APPLICATION

December 11, 2015

Letter to President Obama on Methane Emissions

Below is a very important letter regarding the potentially severe mistake of conflating all greenhouse gases to CO2 equivalents using a 100 year time period in the current UNFCCC emissions reporting system. Methane (the major short lived greenhouse gas) expends …

April 22, 2015

Theo Colborn’s Legacy Will Be Kept Alive By TEDX

For nearly 30 years, she studied the effects that chemicals used in the fossil fuel industry have on the endocrine system
By Julie Dermansky, Desmog, December 29, 2014

Theo ColbornDr. Theo Colborn, founder of the Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX

February 6, 2015

Health Impacts of Fracking

Report of David O. Carpenter, MD
Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany
Concerning Zoning and Land Use Request to Allow Hydraulic Fracturing
in 90+ % of Middlesex Township
14 January 2015

This Report discusses the following topics …

November 29, 2014

Fracking Risk Compared to Thalidomide and Asbestos

Historic innovations that have been adopted too hastily with grave unforeseen impacts provide cautionary examples for potential side effects of fracking
By Adam Vaughan, The Guardian, November 28, 2014

Fracking carries potential risks on a par with those from thalidomide, …

November 19, 2014

New Tracers Can Identify Fracking Fluids in the Environment

New geochemical tracers can identify hydraulic fracturing flowback fluids that have been spilled or released into the environment
By Duke Environment, October 20, 2014

Scientists have developed new geochemical tracers that can identify hydraulic fracturing flowback fluids that have been …

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