Article
Green Amendments Land Use and Transportation: What Could Go Wrong?
Pace Environmental Law Review
(2024)
Abstract
Numerous states have amended their constitutions to include a green amendment (that is, an amendment providing that the state's citizens have a right to a healthy environment). Unfortunately, the vagueness of these amendments leaves an enormous amount of interpretative power to courts. This article examines how some courts have interpreted green amendments and how these interpretations risk the misuse of green amendments. Additionally, this article examines how such misuse may be avoided.
Keywords
- green amendment,
- environmental,
- transportation,
- land use,
- zoning,
- smart growth,
- yimby,
- nimby
Disciplines
Publication Date
2024
Citation Information
Michael Lewyn. "Green Amendments Land Use and Transportation: What Could Go Wrong?" Pace Environmental Law Review Vol. 41 Iss. 2 (2024) p. 204 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lewyn/262/