Damascus Citizens for Sustainability and The Delaware River Keeper Network filed a federal lawsuit against the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), the interstate commission overseeing drilling along the river.  According to the two environmental groups, the commission wrongfully allowed exploratory wells to be drilled in the river basin without its approval and despite its own moratorium against drilling. The lawsuit would require the wells to be removed, all work stopped on other wells, and the sites to be restored.

The Delaware River Keeper Network says that the drilling of a well, even though it may be exploratory, has serious environmental impacts that are a pollution risk to the watershed.

Read the full story in The Times Herald-Record…