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Ned Smith Center to celebrate Pa.’s Environmental Rights Amendment with exhibit, open house Updated May 13, 2021; In that book, Kury calls for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing a right to a healthy environment, like the one he drafted and championed into the Pennsylvania more than 50 years ago, as a newly elected Pennsylvania state senator, drafted and championed an Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution. That amendment was enacted on Earth Day 1970 ...

New book by former Pa. state senator calls for environmental rights amendment to the Constitution Updated Apr 29, 2021; Posted Apr 29, 2021 Franklin Kury, author of Pennsylvanias Environmental Rights Amendments, points to need for national amendment in new book. (File photo) Facebook Share An amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing a right to a healthy environment is the call issued in a new book by Franklin Kury, who more than 50 years ago, as a newly elected Pennsylvania state senat...

​ First Lady Frances Wolf Recognizes Earth Day in Virtual Celebration Honoring 50th Anniversary of PA Green Amendment 04/22/2021 Harrisburg, PA - First Lady Frances Wolf led Pennsylvania agencies and commissions in a virtual celebration of Earth Day 2021 for middle and high school students, hosted by the Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence. The theme of the celebration was  Protecting the Environment for All Pennsylvanians, honoring the 50th anniversary of PA’s Green Amendment. The full ev...

WHYY By Charter School of Wilmington students march following an Earth Day rally in support of a Green Amendment to Delawares Constitution. (CSWEcoAlliance/Instagram) Earth Day 2021 was beautifully sunny, albeit quite cold, at the Charter School of Wilmington. Students celebrated the day with an environmental rally that culminated with the announcement of legislation to change Delaware’s Constitution to better protect the state’s natural environment. “We are thrilled to be hosting a schoo...

Pennsylvania is loaded with things to do for Earth Day Updated 5:00 AM; Organizations across Pennsylvania have put together events and programs for Earth Day 2021 on Thursday. Starting at 10 a.m., First Lady Frances Wolf will welcome several Pennsylvania agencies for the annual Governor’s Residence Earth Day celebration, which this year will be held virtually. It will feature learning activities and information geared toward middle- and high-school students. The theme will be Protecting the...

Letter: Green Amendment is the right choice to the editor FacebookTwitterEmail FILE. Letter writer says, But enshrining the right to a livable environment in the state’s Bill of Rights provides a new avenue for victims of environmental wrong-doing to appeal. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union In objecting to the proposed Green Amendment guaranteeing a right to clean air and water and a healthy environment, Tom Stebbins, executive director of the Lawsuit Reform Alliance ...

Letter: Green Amendment must be passed to the editor FacebookTwitterEmail FILE. Letter writer says, New York has for far too long allowed corporations and businesses to greedily pollute our air, water and land in the name of corporate profits. Meanwhile, the residents of New York have paid the price with deleterious effects on their health and safety. (Getty Images)Stocktrek The headline “Deciding to come clean: Green Amendment will give New York voters the chance to improve health of the sta...

Fingerlakes1.com Menu Peter is the creator and editor of The Water Front Online, the region’s only news organization dedicated to environmental issues in the Finger Lakes and Upstate New York. Have a tip? Send it to peter@fingerlakes1.com. New Yorkers will vote in November on whether to add the “right to clean air and water and a healthful environment” to the state constitution, joining a nationwide “Green Amendment” movement. If a simple majority says “Yes”, the constitution will...

The New York State Assembly has passed a bill that would include environmental rights for residents into the state's constitution. The measure would make