Pennsylvania's Environmental Rights Amendment Class

PA Constitution Article1, Section 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 aesthetic values of the environment.

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

As trustees of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.


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Community Education Class

  • Join my four session class with other Pennsylvania residents.  We meet virtually Wednesday evenings from 6 to 7 pm over four consecutive weeks.
  • I supply suggested reading and discussion materials to prepare for each class. 

Our next class begins Wednesday, October 1 at 6 pm.  Schedule thereafter is:

  • October 8 @ 6 pm
  • October 15 @ 6 pm
  • October 22 @ 6 pm.

There is a suggested donation upon completion of the class to Valley Clean Air Now (VCAN) of $25.  It is not mandatory.

www.valleycleanair.com

Contact me for more info at:

thomas@twbaileylaw.com

412.452.1677


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Become familiar with Allegheny County Health Department, PA Department of Environmental Protection resources and PA & US Supreme Court cases

  • Allegheny County Health Department Emissions Inventory webpage?
  • PA Department of Environmental Protection's (PA DEP) Public Participation webpage 
  • PA DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee 2024 Impacts Assessment & Climate Action Plan
  • Massachusetts v. US Environmental Protection Agency (2007)
  • Robinson Twp. v. Commonwealth of PA (2013)
  • PA Environmental Defense Foundation v. Commonwealth of PA (2017);

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Write and practice presenting Public Comments with other PA residents

  • First you pick an environmental issue that concerns you within our state.
  • Write an outline of your ideas incorporating Judge Castille's outline from Robinson Twp.
  • Present your public comment to other class members and myself
  • Visit the public meeting you would like to speak before
  • Submit your final draft to me for feedback.