Successes

Helped community organize and defeat proposed Conectiv gas fired power plant in Bordentown, NJ.

Delaware Riverkeeper Network led an effort that defeated the construction of an artificial turf field at the Radnor Middle School – construction of the artificial… Read More »Defeated the Construction of an Artificial Turf Field

Helped the community defend the South Branch Pennsauken Creek from a 308-unit residential development project.

1968 Appeals Board Promotes Agency Transparency by Compelling PennDOT to Explain its Actions Appeals Board Promotes Agency Transparency by Compelling PennDOT to Explain its Actions… Read More »Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, OOR Dkt AP 2012

On March 5th the Delaware Riverkeeper Network delivered to the Delaware River Basin Commission a petition asking them to take steps to protect fish populations… Read More »Dissolved Oxygen Petition Advanced

In September, 2014, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network submitted a formal petition to the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) requesting the agency take jurisdiction over the… Read More »DRBC Exercises Jurisdiction over PennEast Pipeline Project

In response to a petition submitted by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network regarding high lead levels in the sediments of the Philadelphia Gun Club, located next… Read More »DRN Petition Sparks EPA Action Regarding Potential Lead Contamination on Site Next to Delaware River and Residents

After 3 years of advocacy and a lawsuit filed by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network’s River Resources law clinic Dupont pulled out of the project it… Read More »DRN prevents US Army from Dumping 1200 tons of VX Nerve Agent Waste in the Delaware

DRN advocacy protected nearly 1/3 of an acre of shallow water fish habitat which would have otherwise been filled during wharf reconstruction in Trenton.  Shallow… Read More »DRN Protected 1/3 of an Acre of Shallow Water Fish Habitat

After a year of refusing multiple requests by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network to mandate the Tennessee Gas Pipeline 300 Line Extension Project and the Columbia… Read More »DRN Secures DRBC Review of Two Devastating Pipelines