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PA Supreme Court: Accounting Required for Environmental Rights Amendment Trust Fund Money
In 2017 and 2021, the Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation (PEDF) obtained decisions from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that royalties and other money the state receives from oil and gas drilling in state forests must be used to “conserve and maintain” public natural resources in…
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Christianity and the Environment: An Earth Day Sermon
I was privileged to give an Earth Day sermon on Sunday, April 24, 2022, at my home church, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Cathedral in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The sermon is set out below. The Dean has honored me, with her invitation to speak today, in ways I cannot fully express. I thought…
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Commonwealth Must Consider in Advance Environmental Impacts of its Decisions Under the Environmental Rights Amendment
A newly filed amicus brief in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court argues that the state’s Environmental Rights Amendment requires the Department of Environmental Protection to consider in advance the environmental impacts of its decisions. This is a case about a proposed quarry located next to a site contaminated with hazardous substances. The company applied to the…
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Who is John Dernbach?
John C. Dernbach is a Commonwealth Professor of Environmental Law and Sustainability at Widener University, Commonwealth Law School in Harrisburg Pennsylvania, and director of its Environmental Law and Sustainability Center. He writes extensively on climate change and sustainable development. Read on