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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 Environment for All Pennsylvanians, and the event will include activities from the Pennsylvania dep...

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 of New York, is quoted in the article “Deciding to come clean” March 21, as threatening, “Th...

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 state," March 21, pretty much says it all. New York has for far too long allowed corporations and bus...

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 be amended Jan. 1, 2022, potentially creating a new path for citizens to ask courts to compel enfor...

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