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NY Green Amendment Advocacy & Resource Guide
New York Green Amendment Resource Guide: This new resource guide provides some helpful information on how to use the New York Green Amendment to advance environmental protection through advocacy.
A review of our Frequently Asked Questions can help you better understand how the NY Green Amendment will make a powerful difference for our state.
Learn how Constitutional Green Amendments Can Strengthen Environmental Justice
An Emmy Nominated Show
Here’s The Story, an Emmy nominated show that premiered in 2011 and is produced by acclaimed journalist Steve Rogers, is now featuring a two part show featuring the Green Amendment movement. The show joins Maya as she explores the history of the Green Amendment movement and meets with environmental, political and legal leaders key to the movements past, present and future. Among those interviewed is NJ Governor Phil Murphy, PA Senator Franklin Kury who originally conceived of the idea for PA, and the chief justice who wrote the iconic opinion that helped launch the movement.
You can watch the show, see Facebook live chats with some of the key players, and see the full interviews that were conducted as part of the show here: Here’s the Story: The Green Amendment.
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Understanding and Implementing a Green Amendment in New York
- NY Green Amendment FAQs
- New York Green Amendment Additional Resource Guide
- How Green Amendments Protect Key Environmental Rights | Law 360
- Constitutional Green Amendments: Making Environmental Justice A Reality | ABA Natural Resource & Environment
- The New Environmental Right in NY | Pace Law School
Documents Key to the History of the NY Green Amendment:
- Second Passage Organizational Sign on Letter (2021-01-22)
- First Passage Organizational Sign on Letter (2019-04-09)
- Green Amendment Press Release with Environmental Advocates NY (2019-04-09)
- Legislative Discussion of NY Assembly regarding Green Amendment proposal (2018-04-24)
- Response to Business Council Opposition – (2018-04-23) Delaware Riverkeeper Network Response and Bus Council Memo
- An Open Letter to the New York State Legislature (2017-06-13)
- Assembly Hearing (2017-04-24)
The Green Amendment Concept
- The Green Amendment, The People’s Fight For a Clean, Safe & Healthy Environment—The Book
- What is a Green Amendment
- Green Amendment Checklist: Essential Elements of an Effective Green Amendment
- Green Amendment Frequently Asked Questions & Their Answers
- Demanding and Defending Your Rights to Clean Air, Clean Water, & a Healthy Environment
- Green Amendments: Giving Constitutional Power to Environmental Justice
- ELI Dialogue, Green Amendments, A Vehicle for Environmental Justice, Panel Fall 2021
- How To Implement & Apply a Green Amendment
- Protections Offered with Trust Language in a Green Amendment
- Using Green Amendments to Strengthen Environmental Justice
- Benefits of a Constitutional Provision Protecting Environmental Rights
- Green Amendments, Properly Placed and Written, Are A Restraint On Governmental Authority – Article By Team of Attorneys that Successfully Argued PA Case
- The Green Amendment: An Idea Whose Time It Has Always Been, by Gerald J. Williams, Esq.
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Necesitamos una Enmienda Verde por New York para mejorar nuestra ambiente
- ¿Que es un Enmienda Verde?
- Exigiendo y defendiendo tu derecho a agua limpia, aire limpio, y un ambiente saludable
- Enmienda Verde lista de control
- Como implementar y aplicar una enmienda verde
- Protecciones ofrecidas incorporando el lenguaje de un fideicomiso en la Enmienda Verde de un Estado
- Haciendo que la justicia ambiental sea una obligación real del gobierno
- Beneficios de una provisión constitucional protegiendo los derechos ambientales
How Green Amendments Are Making a Difference Where They Exist
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