Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 20, 2017No. 10 MAP 2015PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JUSTICE DONOHUE
In 1971, by a margin of nearly four to one, the people of Pennsylvania ratified a proposed amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution’s Declaration of Rights, formally and forcefully recognizing their environmental rights as commensurate with them most sacred political and individual rights. Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution provides:
The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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