Data Center Heat Island Effect Will Make You Hot
Large data centers use massive amounts of electricity and must dispose of correspondingly massive amounts of heat. This is basic physics. “Heat islands” around data centers have been found to have...
View ArticleLow Frequency Noise from Data Centers Can Harm Your Health
Download this post as a pdf ‘It’s all you can hear’: New Jersey lawsuit takes on datacenter’s noise pollution Noise Pollution and Data Centers Health Impacts of Noise Pollution Community reaction to...
View ArticleCall NOW to STOP Fracking Threat in the Delaware River Basin
Call Now to Stop Imminent Fracking Threat in the Delaware River Basin A Credible Effort to Void the DRBC Ban on Fracking Is Advancing in the U.S. Congress All Hands on Deck! Take a Moment & Make a...
View ArticleSullivan Co. Legislature Meeting May 21 to Consider Amendments to Solid Waste...
There will be a Sullivan County Legislature meeting on Thursday, May 21, at 10:30 AM at the Government Center located at 100 North Street, Monticello, NY 12701. Item 20 on the Agenda is “Resolution to...
View ArticleWe Need Better Trash Options for Sullivan County!
As County legislators continue to search for ways to deal with the County’s growing trash problems, the following questions need to be answered: Question 1. Why are legislators even considering a trash...
View ArticleNY Legislation to Address Toxic Plastic Waste Under Consideration
The New York State legislature is currently considering the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA) By Judith Enck, The Hill, March 20, 2026 An October 2025 poll from the...
View ArticleShale Gas and Public Health Conference 2026
Halt the Harm Network is a network of environmental advocates, grassroots leaders, and concerned citizens working together to protect communities from the harmful impacts of oil and gas development. In...
View ArticleFracking in the Delaware River Basin Will Put NJ’s Drinking Water at Risk
New Jersey Water from the Delaware River Over half of New Jersey’s population is dependent on drinking water from the Delaware River Basin. The DRBC ban on fracking must remain in place! Much of the...
View ArticlePledge to Defend The Delaware River Frack Ban
Physicians for Social Responsibility PA calls on the Delaware River Basin Commission to uphold the frack ban DCS and the Delaware River Frack Ban Coalition Launch New Campaign – A Citizen’s Pledge to...
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Frack, Crack, Boom, Bang at the DVAA
Since its inception in 2008, DCS has publicized what happens to people and communities located near frack wells and associated infrastructure (see the DCS informational posters). The Academy Award...
View ArticleFive Years After Pennsylvania’s Landmark Fracking Report, Its Public Health...
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. A grand jury...
View ArticleCampaign for a Safe and Healthy CA Scores Big Win Against Big Oil
After Spending $61 Million in a Failed Effort to Deceive Voters, Big Oil Withdraws Referendum in Defeat THIS is a big deal! California health and environmental activists got a law passed in 2022 whose...
View ArticleDumped On: Do YOU Live in a DEP Disposal Facility?
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Release date: May 18, 2024 Contact: B. Arrindell, dcs@DamascusCitizens.org, 845-252-6677 Do You Live in a DEP Disposal Facility? 237 places in...
View ArticleShould Toxic Gas Drilling Waste Be Spread on PA Roads?
Should toxic wastewater from gas drilling be spread on PA roads as a dust and snow suppressant? Members of a gas industry advisory council would like the Department of Environmental Protection to...
View ArticleNY Governor Hochul Signs “Birds And Bees” Act
DCS was an active part of getting the New York Birds and Bees Protection Act passed and signed. DCS was part of the brainstorming and activism for this act, including filing comments on the various...
View ArticleDCS Comments at Nov. 13 DRBC Hearing on Rule Changes
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...
View ArticlePA Gov.’s Agreement with Fracker Will Harm People’s Health
Gov. Shapiro Announces Agreement with CNX on Fracking Health Measures, Says New Regulations Coming As PA Attorney General, Mr. Shapiro was actually face to face with people impacted by fracking. What...
View ArticleTake A Deep Breath! Now Think What You Just Inhaled. If You Live Along A Dirt...
Guest essay by Siri Lawson, who lives along a dirt road in northwest PA. By Siri Lawson, PA Environment Digest Blog, August 2, 2023 We have dodged this particular bullet here in the Delaware River...
View ArticleAn Impending Mess: DRBC and the Media Spin the New Fracking Rules
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...
View ArticleWTF? Loopholes in DRBC Fracking Rules Put Us at Risk
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....
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