“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”
Article 1 Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution
At Issue
Natural gas drilling of the Marcellus Shale threatens Pennsylvania’s natural resources, the health of its citizens, and its scenic beauty. Berks Gas Truth is a grassroots citizens’ group fighting to bring an end to unconventional natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania. On our site, you’ll find news and information on the many issues surrounding natural gas drilling, details of upcoming events, and suggestions of actions YOU can take!
Holly says:
Looking forward to checking your new site out often! Way to go!
Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper says:
Great to have such a good source of information; Berks needs you as do the rest of us working so hard together to protect ourselves from the ravages of gas drilling.
david fischer says:
the greed of these people is beyond belief
Sarah Caspar says:
I agree with Maya
Michael Shaw says:
Doing the right thing feels good. When it involves children and their future, it is a no-brainer, right? Here is your chance. Everything you need to do something meaningful for someone you know is right in front of you. it doesn’t cost anything but a few minutes of your time. And lest you think it can wait, it can’t. Twenty four hours a day, eight days a week, gas driller are pumping millions or carcinogenic chemicals into the land that is your water source and hoping they don’t come back up. Guess what?
Denise Lee Anson County Water, Air, Land and Lives says:
May we use the Mother Earth Logo?
admin says:
Hi Denise!
Sorry to be so slow to respond. I remembered seeing your message somewhere, but I was in Phila all weekend to do a talk and couldn’t remember where I’d seen when I got back online. Would it be possible to put a gastruth.org link with it? Let me know if that doesn’t make sense. We’re definitely more interested in getting the word out about the issues than anything else.
Dona Pickard says:
Hi guys,
I’m writing from Bulgaria (Europe) where we just got a ban on fracking but the gas lobbies have upped their act and are pushing the government really hard to withdraw the ban. We are getting together with Romanian, German and British activists to organize an international anti-fracking pressure group. If you think we can help each other in our common fight, as well as coordinate simultaneous events, please get in touch! Not sure if I can publish a link or an email address here, so I’ll be keeping an eye on the responses here!
admin says:
Hi Dona!
We all need to work together on this and, in fact, we here in Pennsylvania hear from lots of groups here and in other countries who want to avoid becoming Pennsylvania. The situation is very bad here.
Dona Pickard says:
Thanks a lot for the response! Yes, we are trying to avoid the danger – but are faced with very powerful lobbies, who say that accidents are very rare and exaggerated and that Americans are all very happy that the price of gas has gone down since the beginning of shale gas extraction and that we (the activists) are Russian agents, who want to preserve the gas dependence on Russia…
So, anyway, we’ll soon ask groups around the world to sign a support letter for our actions and a petition as well, I’ll let you know about that! If we can do anything specific for you, send an email!!