DRBC Lawsuit Intervention
Senator Santarsiero Announces Republican Caucus Loses Appeal in Delaware River Basin Fracking Case
BUCKS COUNTY – September 16, 2022 – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has upheld the June 2021 decision to allow a ban on fracking in the Delaware River Basin in a lawsuit to...
Third Circuit Court of Appeals Decision
Order Granting Motion to Dismiss
Opinion Granting Motion to Dismiss
Senator Santarsiero Announces Fracking Ban in Delaware River Watershed Stands
BUCKS COUNTY – June 11, 2021 – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced today that a federal judge sided with Senate Democrats to protect the drinking water of five million Pennsylvanians. The order entered today by Judge Diamond in the United...
Senator Santarsiero Announces Bucks and Montgomery Counties Join Lawsuit to Protect Delaware River; Filing of Motion to Dismiss the Case
Senator Santarsiero Announces Bucks and Montgomery Counties Join Lawsuit to Protect Delaware River; Filing of Motion to Dismiss the Case
BUCKS COUNTY – April 15, 2021 – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) held a virtual press conference today, along with Bucks County Commissioners Diane Ellis-Marseglia and Bob Harvie, Bucks County Solicitor Joe Khan, and Steve Miano, counsel representing the...
Counties motion to intervene
Motion to Dismiss
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Senator Santarsiero Announces Democratic Lawmakers Motion Granted to Intervene in DRBC Lawsuit
BUCKS COUNTY – March 29, 2021 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) held a virtual press conference last week to announce the Democratic Senators’ motion to intervene in Yaw v. Delaware River Basin Commission was granted by the judge on Friday, March 19, 2021....
Order Granting Motion to Intervene
Motion to Intervene in Yaw v. DRBC
Democrats step in to counter GOP fracking suit
State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-10) was joined by Democratic colleagues Friday in New Hope to announce their action to protect clean drinking water from environmental hazards of fracking. Their action was in response to a lawsuit filed by Republican senators against...
Senate Democrats fire back against Republican lawsuit seeking to overturn Delaware River Basin fracking ban
NEW HOPE BOROUGH >> Standing on the banks of the glistening Delaware River Friday afternoon, State Senator Steve Santarsiero and the Senate Democratic Caucus fired back against a federal lawsuit filed by their Republican counterparts seeking to overturn a fracking ban...
Democratic Senators Intervene in Fracking Lawsuit Against DRBC
Democratic Senators Intervene in Fracking Lawsuit Against DRBC
BUCKS COUNTY − March 12, 2021 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) was joined by Democratic colleagues today in New Hope to announce their action to protect clean drinking water for millions of Pennsylvanians from the environmental hazards of fracking. Their...
PA Dems join Delaware River fracking fight after GOP reps. file suit to overturn ban
The fracking debate took center stage Friday, when the state Senate Democratic Caucus, led by Sen. Steve Santarsiero, filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to stem Republican attempts to again open up the Delaware River basin to fracking. Hydraulic...