If you're in #newjersey and you want the #pines, #wharton forest and other natural lands left for the next generations ...
https://pinelandsalliance.org/event/the-peoples-hearing-for-the-new-jersey-green-amendment/
#GreenAmendment #conservation #preservation #pinelandsalliance
Wild that Montana was the kind of state in 1972 that enshrines the right to a clean environment into its state constitution, and California is the kind of state of that refuses to in 2024, due to opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce. #greenamendment
"Montana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents’ constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warming.
#Montana’s Constitution requires agencies to “maintain and improve” a clean environment."
https://apnews.com/article/youth-climate-change-lawsuit-montana-7c4b6261f610d504995743f7320533e8
This is why environmental groups are pushing for a #GreenAmendment to states' constitutions: so other states get these protections too.
Montana’s Supreme Court has upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents’ constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warming. The justices, in a 6-1 ruling Wednesday, upheld an August 2023 decision by a state judge. That decision was considered a breakthrough in attempts by young environmentalists and their attorneys to use the courts to leverage action on climate change. The justices found unconstitutional a policy that prevented Montana from considering the effect of greenhouse gases when issuing permits for fossil fuel development.
It takes organising - and time - to get a #GreenAmendment
There's space for lots of helping hands.
Get involved! Active states:
AZ, CA, CT, CO, DE, FL, HI, IL IA, ME, MD, MI, MT, NV, NJ, NM, NY, OR, PA, TN, TX, VT, WA, WV, WI
"A national coalition of environmental activists is trying to amend state constitutions to establish a guaranteed right to a safe climate or a clean environment."
#GreenAmendment
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4451660-green-amendments-state-constitutions-national-push-climate-fight/
Life, liberty — and a clean environment? A national coalition of environmental activists is trying to amend state constitutions to establish a guaranteed right to a safe climate or a clean environment — analogous to the right to freedom of religion or freedom of speech. They argue that such language, which the constitutions of Pennsylvania,…
Pennsylvania, #Montana and #NewYork already have a #GreenAmendment in their state constitution.
"A green amendment is language that gets added to the Bill of Rights section of a state constitution and recognizes and protects the rights of all people to things like pure #water, #CleanAir, a stable #climate, and healthy environments. "
Support the #DelawareRiverkeeper, help her get the amendment in place in your state.
"Under its first #constitution, #Montana was so strongly controlled by extractive industry that historians called the state a “corporate colony”.
Today, Montana is one of just three states whose constitutions include a “#GreenAmendment”.
In 2021, New York residents overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure amending the state constitution to include the right to “#CleanAir and #water, and a healthful environment”."
Who's next?
#ClimateAmendment
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/03/montana-climate-trial-green-amendments-state-constitutions
#Connecticut legislature is considering a #GreenAmendment - basically, that all CT residents deserve clean water, air, and soil.
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