May 26, 2019

Toxic Frack Waste Damages Sewage Treatment Plant, Contaminates River

By John F. Stolz, Ph.D., Professor, Biological Sciences, Duquesne University


I was down at the Belle Vernon municipal waste water treatment plant April 11. I got samples and did tests for salts and metals. The leachate was very similar in …

May 26, 2019

PA Attorney General to Investigate Landfill Runoff Problems in Westmoreland County

Runoff contaminated by shale gas drilling and fracking waste chemicals has damaged sewage treatment plant
By Don Hopey and David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 23, 2019

The Pennsylvania attorney general’s Environmental Crimes Section will investigate how landfill runoff damaged the

May 22, 2019

New York Rejects Keystone-Like Pipeline in Fierce Battle Over the State’s Energy Future

Regulators denied an application for a $1 billion natural gas pipeline that environmentalists said would set back the fight against climate change
By Vivian Wang and Michael Adno, New York Times, May 15, 2019

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January 30, 2019

NJ Gov. Murphy Says NO to Fracking!

Governor Murphy Announces Support for Full Fracking Ban in Delaware River Basin
By Office of the Governor, January 30, 2019

Download NJ Gov. Murphy’s letter as a pdf
Download the Press Release from organizations working for the complete fracking ban

November 12, 2018

Anticipatory Nuisance Claim Allowed Against Frac Sand Mine

WIS. TRIAL COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF ANTICIPATORY NUISANCE CLAIMS AGAINST FRAC SAND MINE; OMNITRAX CALLS IT QUITS

In a written decision issued on Election Day, the Jackson Co. Wis. Circuit Court, Judge Scott Horne of La Crosse presiding, ruled …

November 7, 2018

Frack Brine is Ineffective for Dust Control and a Health Hazard

A variety of methods are currently being employed to dispose of oil and gas well brine (OGB), a byproduct of all gas and oil drilling, including conventional and fracked wells. One such practice is spreading OGB on unpaved roads for …

September 25, 2018

The Fracking Industry’s Water Nightmare

Water itself now poses a risk to the already failing financial model of the American fracking industry
By Justin Mikulka, De Smog, September 18, 2018

DCS has focused on fracking’s water use and production of liquid waste for many years

June 13, 2018

Against Fracking in the DRB and the Proposed PennEast Pipeline

People Stand United Against Fracking and
the Proposed PennEast Pipeline

Delaware River Basin Commission Public Meeting June 13
Download the full Press Release as a pdf
See below for some of the comments submitted to the DRBC

West Trenton, NJ

January 27, 2018

Tell the DRBC: Ban Fracking in the Basin

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) has proposed a ban on fracking in the Delaware River Basin. This is great news, and a tribute to all who have worked so hard for 10 years to achieve this milestone. The DRBC

August 18, 2017

Constitution Pipeline in NY Rejected by Court

Ny DEC had the right to reject the water permit required for the project
By Joseph Spector, Poughkeepsie Journal, August 18, 2017

Download the Court’s ruling as a pdf.
Read NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s statement about the ruling.

A …

January 24, 2017

Hidden Data Suggests Fracking Created Widespread, Systemic Impact in PA

January 4, 2017

Fracking Contamination Case Can Go to Trial

A Wyoming family who claim a natural gas company contaminated their drinking water will be allowed to take their case to trial, a federal judge has ruled
By Benjamin Storrow, E&E News, January 3, 2017

A Wyoming family who claim …

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