Organizations in
Pennsylvania
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These organizations are on the front lines, fighting the natural gas drilling from destroying our
neighborhoods, our water and our health.
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The Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter
717-234-7445 P.O. Box 606 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108 |
The Sierra Club is America's oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization. Our Mission Explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth. Practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources. Educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment. Use all lawful means to carry out these objectives. The Club promotes conservation by influencing public policy through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and litigation. We work to defend the environment at all levels of government including U.S. Congress, state legislatures, and state and federal courts. |
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Marcellus Protest
724-485-9835 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15217 |
We are a grassroots organization that started when leases were being signed in our city. Pittsburgh sits on a triangle surrounded by three rivers. We were able to lobby our council members when we heard about the leasing and were successful in being the FIRST City in the US to BAN drilling. With the help of many dedicated people, Josh Fox, Councilman Doug Shields and of course Gasland, which is still being used as the most effective tool we have today. |
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Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Waer and Air
814-518-7507 Street City, Pennsylvania |
The Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air is a group of concerned citizens in Western and Central Pennsylvania with the common goal of protecting our natural resources and the environment from the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking", in the Marcellus Shale Play. Through public meetings and the media, we are committed to spreading the word about the: * hazards of pollution to our water, air, and land from chemicals and VOCs. * increased demand for fresh water sources (1 to 5 MILLION gallons per gas well) * strains on public services and infrastructure due to increasd traffic/population * negative impacts from pollution and development on wildlife and nature |
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Upper Delaware Preservation Coalition
646-205-2724 PO BOX 91 Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania 18435 |
How much of an area does the UDPC represent? UDPC has members from all over the country who are interested in helping to protect the Upper Delaware River. The area we are most concerned with is roughly from the Delaware Water Gap and north to the headwaters of the Upper Delaware River. Does UDPC tell people how to use their land? We don't have the right to tell you how to use the private property you own. We work with land owners to use smart planning practices as well as planning boards and local communities to strengthen ordinances to prevent unethical developers from taking advantage of our area. We believe that thriving business and protecting the environment can exist together. |
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Protecting Our Waters
Street City, Pennsylvania 19143 |
An all volunteer advocacy organization founded in 2009, Protecting Our Waters is currently focused on keeping fracking out of the Delaware River Watershed, source of Philadelphia's drinking water, and curbing fracking in other watersheds in the Marcellus shale. |
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