A contentious proposal to amend California's constitution to enshrine environmental rights for all citizens has been delayed for at least another year after it failed to gain traction ahead of a looming deadline. ACA-16, also known as the green amendment, sought to add a line to the state constitution's Declaration of Rights affirming that all people 'shall have a right to clean air and water and a healthy environment.
It is important to 'strike the kind of appropriate balance of power for California knowing that it will have a massive ripple effect,' he said. Indeed, California would not be the first state to affirm these environmental rights. Pennsylvania and Montana enshrined similar language in their constitutions in 1971 and 1972, respectively. New York added the right to a 'healthful environment' to its document in 2021 with overwhelming support from voters.
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