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Curtin Winsor Award for Lifetime Achievement
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) recently honored me with its Curtin Winsor award for lifetime achievement. PEC is a nonprofit statewide organization that aims to protect and restore the natural and built environments through innovation, collaboration, education and advocacy. It is…
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Sustainability Essentials: A Leadership Guide for Lawyers
The American Bar Association has just published a short practical guide for lawyers who seek to build climate change and sustainable development work into their law practice, regardless of the practice area. The book, Sustainability Essentials: A Leadership Guide for Lawyers, was coauthored by…
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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 accordance with Article I, Section 27 of the state constitution (Environmental…
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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