Press Releases

Environmental Rights Amendment Passes in New York

For Immediate Release: November 3, 2021 Brian Keegan: 518-441-8339 https://www.ourairourwaterny.org/ Constitutional Amendment will give every New Yorker a right to clean air & water, & a healthful environment  Albany – Yesterday, voters in New York overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the State Constitution that would add “Each person shall have a right to clean air and water,

Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Municipalities, and Pennsylvania Physician Prevail in PA Supreme Court on Act 13, Municipal Preemption Law Gas Industry Takeover Law thrown out by State’s Highest Court

For Immediate Release December 19, 2013 Contacts: Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper, 215-369-1188×102 Tracy Carluccio, Deputy Director, Delaware Riverkeeper Network 215-369-1188×104 Jordan B. Yeager, Counsel for plaintiffs, (o) 267-898-0570, (c) 215-264-1166 Pittsburgh PA – The PA Supreme Court has ruled Act 13 is unconstitutional on the grounds that it violates the Environmental Rights Amendment

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Further on Act 13 Challenge Plaintiffs Environmental, Municipal and Doctor Once Again Set Important Precedent

For Immediate Release September 28, 2016 Contacts: Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper, 215 369 1188 ext 102 (rings to cell & office) Jordan Yeager, Attorney for Plaintiffs, 215 254 1166 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: In an 88 page opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Todd and joined by Justices Donohue, Dougherty and Wecht, and issued today,