Delaware Riverkeeper Network

What's playing out here in the Delaware River with Atlantic Sturgeon is a pattern seen in other parts of the country. In Fort Lauderdale, a dredging proposal by the Army Corps could smother and choke off some of the last endangered Staghorn corals in the region.

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Stop Dredging Atlantic Sturgeon Spawning Habitat in the Delaware River – Delaware Riverkeeper Network Give   Take Action

Please act now and send comment to the Army Corp and NOAA telling them reject any proposal to dredge that would take place during the Time-Of-Year Restriction for the Atlantic Sturgeon: bit.ly/SturgeonWaters This is a critical time for endangered Atlantic Sturgeon to spawn.

Trump loosens restrictions on toxic pollution, including mercury and lead, from coal plants The Trump administration on Friday loosened restrictions on toxic power plant pollution, including releases of neurotoxins mercury and lead. On Friday, it revoked portions of Biden-era standards th…

Mercury, lead, arsenic, back on the menu:

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#coal #pollution #EPA #airpollution #emissions #lead #arsenic #mercury

Information is Power: Community Advocacy Workshop Learn how to request development records so you can help hold government officials accountable.

Learn how to exercise your Right-to-Know laws and obtain government information to hold officials and agencies accountable. You can protect your communities by shedding light on projects happening around them. Attend our workshop: givebutter.com/RightToKnow2026

US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’ Families are navigating the tough choice between unimaginable riches and the identity that comes with land

"“They’re somewhat irreversible,” Hendrickson says. “If you give the land over to them, it destroys what that land could be for agriculture.”"

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

*Fingers crossed*
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#LNG #EddystoneLNG #PennAmericaLNG #ChesterLNG #DelawareRiver

2026 Watershed Congress – Delaware Riverkeeper Network Give   Take Action

Today is the last day for early bird pricing for the 2026 Watershed Congress!
Make sure you get your tickets here:
delawareriverkeeper.org/watershed-co...
March 28, 2026, Alvernia University, Reading, PA

A new tool is available that provides hourly air quality measurements to the city of Philadelphia. The Breathe Project adds 75 more air quality monitors to the city's 10 and gives information about air pollutants and historic data.

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#airquality #airpollution

Legislation in the State House Seeks to Assist Pennsylvania Municipalities Regulate Data Centers. But Who Would it Actually Help? - Bucks County Beacon “No one has seen the ordinance this bill would end up producing,” warned Food & Water Watch’s Ginny Marcille-Kerslake.

PA HB2151 would make sweeping changes to the PA Municipal Planning Code and could impact communities' abilities to resist data centers.

buckscountybeacon.com/2026/02/legi...

Trump order pushes glyphosate production; Roundup chemical hated by MAHA Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement is largely opposed to glyphosate.

Trump's new executive order invokes the Defense Production Act to promote phosphorous and glyphosate production. Glyphosate is a toxic herbicide that has been the center of many lawsuits for its links to health problems.

www.cnbc.com/2026/02/18/t...

#glyphosate #herbicide #weedkiller #bayer

Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why. State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to…

Companies come in, extract, and profit, while the people are left to deal with the long term consequences. Regulators were slow to act.

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#fracking #gasdrilling #oildrilling #contamination #waterwells #fossilfuels #toxicchemicals

Make Polluters Pay 2026: Senate Environment Committee Vote It's a new legislative session, and the NJ Climate Superfund Act is back in the legislature! Join us Thursday, February 12 for the NJ Climate Superfund Act's first hearing of the new legislative…

This session, we're looking to rebuild support for our Climate Superfund Act, now called the "Polluters Pay to Make NJ More Affordable Act" (S2338/A3735). Join EmpowerNJ this Thurs, Feb 19 in Trenton to continue pushing this bill forward!

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Data Centers Are the Enemy We’ve All Been Waiting For The startling rapidity of the bottom-up revolt against Big Tech shows people will indeed get off the sofa for the right fight.

Backlash against data centers is big and growing all over the country.
newrepublic.com/article/2066...

#datacenter #data #bigtech #tech #bigdata #energy #electricity #costs #inflation #environment #warehouse #ai

Rock Salt Could Enter Philadelphia Drinking Water Supply As Snow Melts Across The Region "Salt in the waterways has been doubling about every 20 years," John Jackson, a senior scientist at Stroud Water Research Center.

Water tasting saltier? Our water treatment plants are not designed for large scale desalinization, which is itself a very energy intensive and expensive process. Saltwater from the sea, and road salt runoff into our tributaries are causes for concern.

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NO LNG in Delaware County! - CRCQL #2. HEALTH RISKS Besides the immediate dangers of fire and explosion, LNG plants pollute the air by emitting carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. Studies have shown…

We're inviting you to a community information session on a 7 billion dollar LNG project proposed for Eddsytone on the Delaware River.
Sunday, February 22, 2pm
Joe Hughes Memorial Hall
1112 E 7th St, Eddystone, PA 19022

Co-hosted with CRCQL
More info:
NoLNGDelco.com

Shale and Public Health Conference 2026 – Delaware Riverkeeper Network Give   Take Action

This Thursday, February 19th in Pittsburgh—Shale Gas and Public Health Conference 2026. Come learn and connect with us and many other experts about the relationship between our public health and our understanding of shale gas extraction.
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Radioactive Oil and Gas Waste May Lie Beneath a North Texas Elementary School A massive Dallas-Fort Worth subdivision and a school have risen atop layers of oil and gas drilling waste. One worker who helped spread the material is speaking out.

Some of the drilling waste produced by fracking is too thick to re-inject back into the ground. Instead, it sometimes gets spread out over farms and fields... and sometimes elementary schools and other developments get built on top of these fields.

www.truthdig.com/articles/rad...

When fracking industry needs to dispose of millions of gallons of toxic wastewater, they inject it underground.
But uncovered documents show that this practice was known not to be safe, for decades. Investigative Journalist Justin Nobel tells the story:

www.desmog.com/2026/02/12/t...

Trump repeals landmark finding that climate change endangers the public The Trump administration on Thursday repealed the landmark 2009 legal finding that climate change poses a threat to the public — and axed climate rules for cars and trucks that were regulated under…

Breaking News:
The Trump Administration has removed the 'Endangerment Finding', a landmark ruling that found greenhouse gas emissions posed a threat to the public.
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#EPA #endangerment #endangermentfinding #carbon #greenousegas #GHG #emissions #tailpipe

Philly just received 15,000 tons of road salt, but environmentalists warn about the lingering effects of overuse While the de-icing method helps keep sidewalks and streets safe, it can also be harmful to plants, animals and water sources.

People tend to downplay the effects of salt in our environment, but overuse changes the ecology, damaging trees, plants, spiking sodium in freshwater, that can persist through seasons:

www.phillyvoice.com/rock-salt-sn...

Reminder that tonight (2/10) at 7pm, we're co-hosting an online webinar with CRCQL - Delco Environmental Justice about the proposed Penn America/Eddystone LNG facility in Delaware County.
Register here:
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2026 Watershed Congress – Delaware Riverkeeper Network Give   Take Action

Tickets available now!
Come join us at Alvernia University in Reading, PA, March 28th, for a one-day jam-packed conference bringing together experts from all across the watershed restoration field. Tickets and information:
bit.ly/2026CONGRESS
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Weather is warming up and as people are still thawing out, there's something we need to keep in mind—salt is toxic to our environment and our freshwater ecosystems! What we put out in the world has to go somewhere, and that somewhere is often our soils and streams.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: LNG: Info Session + How to Take Action Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Learn about the massive liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal project proposed for Eddystone that will have serious impacts on the health and safety of all Delco residents. We will discuss how you...

We and CRCQL are hosting an informative webinar this coming Monday, February 9th, at 7pm to discuss LNG proposals targeting Delaware County, PA. Learn about the projects, their impacts on our community and what we can all do to step up and fight back.

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Fracking has dominated the energy economy in Pennsylvania for more than 15 years. Replacing coal as the go-to fossil fuel, the fracked gas industry has stormed the Commonwealth with devastating… The Failed Economics of Fracking in Pennsylvania

Heaps of great insight and discussions had at our most recent webinar about fracking's impact on Pennsylvania economically. Watch it here:

youtu.be/RPnjkUOcslo

#banFracking #frackban #fracking #economics #pennsylvania #naturalgas #energy #electricity #fossilfuels #pipelines #datacenters #cost

UPDATE (2/4): The vote on Pennsylvania HB2151 has been POSTPONED. Please continue to call your PA state representatives to vote NO on HB2151!
Find your legislator at bit.ly/FINDMYPAREP

A crisis emerges across the US as ‘forever chemicals’ quietly contaminate drinking water wells The roughly 40 million Americans who get drinking water from wells are at particular risk when harmful forever chemicals contaminate the supply.

If you have a private water well, this is something you need to be concerned about:

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#foreverchemicals #PFAS #PFOA #PFOS #DarkWaters

The Schuylkill River is frozen, but walking out onto its icy surface is not just dangerous. It's illegal. Philly police warn people to keep off ice-encrusted bodies of water throughout the the city or face fines. Meanwhile, after a brief reprieve Tuesday, sub-freezing temperatures return.

Don't.

www.phillyvoice.com/philly-froze...

Intervene and Comment on Constitution Pipeline’s New FERC Petition – Delaware Riverkeeper Network Give   Take Action

Deadline is tomorrow, Jan 29, 5:00pm.
The Constitution Pipeline, if constructed would start from Susquehanna County in PA and through Broome, Schoharie, Chenango, and Delaware Counties, in NY

Comment and/or intervene to protect our watershed!
delawareriverkeeper.org/intervene-an...