From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Politicians in Harrisburg are attempting to fast-track a proposal that would undermine efforts to preserve the Delaware River Basin from fracking. Email your state senator at https://pennenvironment.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=27394 and call on her/him to oppose this effort. We always … Continued
This is your chance to keep fracking out of the Delaware — forever. Act now at https://www.addup.org/campaigns/no-fracking-activities-in-the-delaware-river-basin. The Delaware River Basin covers 13,000 sq. miles of land in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and New York and provides drinking water to … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-07-25/environment/groups-seek-permanent-delaware-watershed-drilling-ban/a58678-1 July 25, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A moratorium has prevented drilling for natural gas in the Delaware River watershed since 2010. (Tomwsulcer/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Environmental groups … Continued
While there is a de facto moratorium on fracking in the Delaware River Watershed, we can’t afford the environmental destruction that fracking would bring to the Delaware River Basin were the moratorium to be lifted. Because of cleanup efforts and … Continued
Since 2010 the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) has prohibited permitting for natural gas extraction projects in the Delaware River Basin while they study its potential impacts on water resources, a de-facto moratorium that does not allow permits to be issued until … Continued
Posted at http://www.tu.org/about-tu/jobs-internships/mid-atlantic-organizer ABOUT TROUT UNLIMITED Today, Trout Unlimited is a national organization with more than 155,000 volunteers organized into about 400 chapters nationwide. These dedicated volunteers are paired with a respected staff of organizers, lawyers, policy experts and scientists, … Continued