John Dernbach

John Dernbach

Author on Sustainable Development and Climate Change Law

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Category Archives: Article I Section 27 of Pennsylvania Constitution

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…

By John Dernbach • December 18, 2022

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…

By John Dernbach • August 17, 2022

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…

By John Dernbach • January 14, 2022

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