Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

• Author: Franklin L. Kury
• Pages: 7-7

Constitution of the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Article I. Declaration of Rights.

Section 27. Natural Resources a nd the Public Estate.

e people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of

the natural, scenic, hi storic, and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsyl-

vania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people,

including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Com-

monwealth shall conserve a nd maintain them for the benet of all the people.