Pennsylvania’s Environmental Bill of Rights

Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Article I, Section 27

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.

References:

• State of Pennsylvania web site
• The entire Pennsylvania Constitution