This year, Green Amendments For The Generations is partnering with environmental justice leaders across the nation to launch the inaugural Green Amendment Day on July 13th. Green Amendment Day is dedicated to educating and engaging civil rights, environmental, environmental justice and Indigenous leaders and community members across the nation around the power of Green Amendments
On the inaugural Green Amendment Day, join a presentation and panel of leading environmental justice voices from across the nation, united in ending environmental racism and restoring environmental justice through constitutional empowerment. Our panelists represent different areas where environmental justice intersects: a grassroots leader, a community organizer & advocate, a legislator, a national Green Amendment
The Progressive Democrats of America – Central New Mexico Chapter, have organized a virtual event on Wednesday, July 14 at 6pm MT / 8pm ET to follow and complement National Green Amendment Day. The NM Green Amendment and the Environment at the Roundhouse will be the focus of a conversation with Senator Sedillo Lopez and
The NJ Green Amendment would protect the rights of both current AND future generations to a clean & healthy environment... To learn more about the Green Amendment in NJ, we're calling students of all ages to a special Kahoot event on July 21 at 7pm ET for a presentation and game. The top winner will
Hosted by the Environmental Law Institute and Green Amendments For The Generations July 22, 12:00pm-2:00pm ET Register in advance here. Despite existing environmental laws, communities across the United States are still exposed to dangerous environmental conditions. This can range from water contamination, air pollution, toxic levels of exposure to hazardous substances, the impacts of climate
Are you a resident of Michigan looking for a new pathway to environmental protection and environmental justice? Please join Rev. Rich Killmer and Green Amendments For The Generations Founder, Maya van Rossum for a Zoom discussion about the potential for a Green Amendment in Michigan. Thursday, July 22, 4:00pm ET Register here!
This fall, New Yorkers will have the historic opportunity to enshrine the right to clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment into the Bill of Rights of the New York State constitution. We’re already hard at work as part of the Vote YES for Clean Air and Water coalition to establish the highest legal
Pennsylvania's Parks & Forests Foundation (PPFF) is hosting a Song Contest in honor of the 50th anniversary of PA's Environmental Rights Amendment or Green Amendment. The contest is free to enter and open to Pennsylvania artists of all ages and music genres. The song that best expresses what the environment and amendment means to the
The people of Michigan have rights to free speech and religion, the right to bear arms and to freely assemble, but we do not have the right to clean water and air, a stable climate and healthy environments. The failure to constitutionally recognize and protect environmental rights means that government officials are often free to
We have been fighting for a cleaner environment for decades, and with the rapidly increasing effects of climate change hitting everyone and everywhere, we now need to step up our game. We know that our current laws support the old fossil fuel infrastructure, so in order to move more quickly into a new, clean, and
Montana Republicans urge state high court to reverse landmark youth climate ruling
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A lower court ruled last year that regulators must consider greenhouse gas emissions in approving oil, gas and coal projects.
