Sustainable Development in a World of Climate Change

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Sustainable Development in a World of Climate Change

Originally Presented Wednesday, October 22, 2025

This CLE program highlights Pennsylvania’s powerful Environmental Rights Amendment (the “ERA”), which governs development throughout the Commonwealth. The ERA makes all public officials – elected and appointed – trustees for the environment and all Pennsylvanians beneficiaries of that trust. But the ERA is not just about what public officials, developers, architects and planners may not do, but also what they can and are empowered to do.

Our panelists are active in designing sustainable buildings, environmental justice and engaging in work to protect the climate for communities in the spirit and letter of the ERA. They will address the following topics among others:

• Pennsylvania’s Powerful Environmental Rights Amendment (the “ERA”).
• The Environmental Trust and What it Means
• Sustainable Development in Concept and Design
• Environmental Justice: Mathy Stanislaus
• Cumulative Effect Legislation, HB 109

Introduction:
Michael Sklaroff, Esq.
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Bipartisan Climate Initiative

Panelists:
Prof. John C. Dernbach
Commonwealth Professor, Environmental Law and Sustainability 
Widener University Commonwealth Law School  
Director, Environmental Law and Sustainability Center

Dr. Marilyn V. Howarth, M.D.
Director, Community Outreach and Engagement Core, Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology
Deputy Director, Philadelphia Regional Center for Children's Environmental Health
Director, Translation Core Philadelphia, Regional Center for Children’s Environmental Health
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Scott Kelly
Partner, Architect + Sustainability Consultant 
AIA, LEED Fellow, LFA, CPHC, BECxP, Trained B Consultant, Re:Vision

Robert B. McKinstry Jr., Esq.
Environmental Law and Climate Change and Consulting 
Robert B. McKinstry Jr. Law and Consulting

Mathy V. Stanislaus, Esq.
Vice Provost and Executive Director 
The Environmental Collaboratory, Drexel University

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