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Fracking/Gas Drilling - Latest Developments

We are all from Dimock

Last week, I joined dozens of other grassroots activists on a relief mission to a small town called Dimock, Pa., where a dozen families on Carter Road no longer have access to safe water for drinking, bathing and other household needs.

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The Human Toll of Fracking

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Riverkeeper was proud to stand alongside our fellow advocates and concerned citizens in delivering much needed water to fracking victims in Dimock, Pennsylvania.

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Riverkeeper, Mark Ruffalo, Gasland Director, Josh Fox, New Yorkers Send Emergency Water Relief to PA Fracking Victims

It wasn’t a flood or natural disaster that left more than a dozen families in Dimock, PA without clean drinking water. The disaster in Dimock was caused by the Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation’s use of the hazardous gas drilling method known as fracking.

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10 Major Flaws With New York’s Fracking Plan

The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is responsible for fully evaluating fracking’s potential impacts to public health and the environment, but its draft environmental impact statement and proposed regulations do not protect New Yorker’s environment, health, and drinking water.

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We are on the road to victory! Delaware River Basin Commission Cancels Fracking Vote!

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Thanks to all of your great efforts, the state of Delaware announced yesterday that it will vote “no” to DRBC’s proposed gas drilling regulations, which would allow fracking to go forward in the Delaware River Basin. As a result of Delaware’s commitment, DRBC has postponed the vote and set no new vote date!

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Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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