Bruce AdamsAug 17, 2023

Reading a great piece by
@petergleick about the recent #Montana #ClimateLawsuit, I learned the #Pennsylvania constitution has a similar provision!

“While today only a few other states have “green” provisions in their constitutions protecting citizen’s rights to a “clean and healthful environment for present and future generations”—including Pennsylvania, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and Illinois—more than a dozen others are considering them.“

#ClimateChange

https://thebulletin.org/2023/08/montana-climate-case-delivers-win-for-youth-science-and-the-environment/

Montana climate case delivers win for youth, science, and the environment

“The science is clear that there are catastrophic harms to the natural environment of Montana and Plaintiffs and future generations...”

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Show threadBruce Adams

@petergleick § 27. Natural resources and the public estate.

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.

https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/00/00.001.027.000..HTM

Section 127 - CONSTITUTION OF PENNSYLVANIA

Aug 17, 2023 at 12:04pmWeb
Show threadAndyDeardenAug 17, 2023
@bruce @petergleick Wales has a law requiring all public policy decisions and new laws to factor in the wellbeing of future generations #futuregen its The Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act.