Public Trust Archives - John Dernbach

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

John Dernbach

Author on Sustainable Development and Climate Change Law

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PA Supreme Court: Accounting Required for Environmental Rights Amendment Trust Fund Money

Commonwealth Must Consider in Advance Environmental Impacts of its Decisions Under the Environmental Rights Amendment