SPOTLIGHT Green Amendment Youth Steering Committee Member Given Emerging Environmental Leader Award by Governor Murphy Awarded each year to individuals and organizations who demonstrate leadership and commitment on a range of environmental issues, including environmental justice, climate change, and protection of natural resources, Svanfridur Mura was given the James J. Florio Emerging Environmental Leader Award
read moreFor 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,
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For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 The Green Amendment by Maya van Rossum with Foreword by Mark Ruffalo Proposes New Constitutional Solutions New York, NY – Today, Disruption Books announced the publication of The Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to a Healthy Environment, a new book by leading environmental
read moreFor 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
read moreFor 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,
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