The constitutional question to save the planet. The peoples' right to a healthy environment

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• Preliminary sections
• Dedication
• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Preface
• Introduction

Part 1

• How I Met Basse Beck
• The Assault on Gibraltar-The 1966 Campaign
• Pennsylvania's Environmental Revolution
• Originating and Enacting Article I, Section 27

Part 2

• The Environmental Silence of the United States Constitution
• The Environmental Awakening

Part 3

• Pennsylvania Courts Anesthetize Article I, Section 27
• The English Language Prevails
• Other States Begin to Act While the United States Constitution Remains Silent
• The International Community
• The Greatest Environmental Game Changer-Global Warming

Part 4

• An Environmental Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
• A Climate-Centered Foreign Policy for the United States
• May 18, 2071, and the Leadership of the United States
• Afterword: President Biden's Urgent Opportunity
• Appendix I: Examples From Basse Beck's 'Up and Down the River' Column
• Appendix II: Extracts From the Pennsylvania Legislative Journal of April 14, 1970
• Appendix III: Environmental Provisions in State Constitutions Compared With Pennsylvania's Environmental Rights Amendment, Article I, Section 27
• Appendix IV: Congressional Initiatives to Add an Environmental Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution
• Appendix V: Nations Recognizing the Right to a Healthy Environment
• Appendix VI: Green New Deal, H. Res. 109 (2019)
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Photographs, Charts, and Maps
• Bibliography
• Table of Cases
• Suggested Reading
• Index