Ned Smith Center to celebrate Pa.’s Environmental Rights Amendment with exhibit, open house
Updated May 13, 2021;
In that book, Kury calls for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing a right to a healthy environment, like the one he drafted and championed into the Pennsylvania more than 50 years ago, as a newly elected Pennsylvania state senator, drafted and championed an Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution.
That amendment was enacted on Earth Day 1970 and ratified by Pennsylvania’s voters one year later. Forward-looking states like Hawaii and Montana followed suit, enacting strong environmental protections in their own state constitutions.
New book by former Pa. state senator calls for environmental rights amendment to the Constitution
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
Franklin Kury, author of Pennsylvania s Environmental Rights Amendments, points to need for national amendment in new book. (File photo)
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An amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing a right to a healthy environment is the call issued in a new book by Franklin Kury, who more than 50 years ago, as a newly elected Pennsylvania state senator, drafted and championed an Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution.
That amendment was enacted on Earth Day 1970 and ratified by Pennsylvania’s voters one year later. Forward-looking states like Hawaii and Montana followed suit, enacting strong environmental protections in their own state constitutions.
Pennsylvania is loaded with things to do for Earth Day
Updated 5:00 AM;
Organizations across Pennsylvania have put together events and programs for Earth Day 2021 on Thursday.
Starting at 10 a.m., First Lady Frances Wolf will welcome several Pennsylvania agencies for the annual Governor’s Residence Earth Day celebration, which this year will be held virtually. It will feature learning activities and information geared toward middle- and high-school students.
The theme will be Protecting the Environment for All Pennsylvanians, and the event will include activities from the Pennsylvania departments of Environmental Protection, Conservation and Natural Resources, Education and Agriculture, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission.