Environment & Natural Resources
The environment-and-natural-resources domain holds the regulatory architecture of public stewardship over commons that the market won't protect on its own — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, ESA, NEPA at the federal layer; the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection at the state layer; municipal environmental authorities at the local layer. Climate policy lives partly here and partly in Energy; the boundary between the two domains will need to be drawn cleanly when the analysis is done.
Six ways into this domain
Meet the neighborsProfiles from PA-3 · start here if you're new
Profiles of PA-3 residents whose lived experience illustrates the structural findings in this domain. Names and neighborhoods at the resident's discretion.
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Verify & contributeTest claims · correct · draft
Every finding here can be checked. Walk through sources, propose a correction, draft sub-domain analysis, or submit policy language.
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What changed recently
Recent changes affecting this domain — external events (legislation, court decisions, rate updates) and internal contributions, with dates.
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The gaps
Where formal architecture and operational reality diverge in PA-3 — under-resourcing, discretionary implementation, statutory ambiguity, capture.
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Sub-domains
Specific instruments within this domain — particular taxes, programs, agencies, statutes — analyzed in depth.
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The law itself
The legal chain behind this domain — federal, state, and local — with plain-language framing and direct links to authoritative texts.
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This domain is planned. The cards above describe what each entry path will contain once the analysis is written. The structure exists; the content will follow.