PRESS RELEASE: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection enforces local Rights of Nature law. Allows Grant Township to protect vital waterways in revoking permit for dangerous…
Columbus Free Press: There is Much We Can Do – How a Columbus Anti-Preemption City Charter Amendment Would Interfere with the American War Machine
The folks in Columbus, Ohio with their anti-preemption city charter amendment, are attacking the structure of American law which protects the American war machine, the destruction of nature for the production of profit, and enslaves people through low wages.
Press Release: Rights of Nature Law Forces Pennsylvania to Revoke Industry Permit
PRESS RELEASE: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection enforces local Rights of Nature law. Allows Grant Township to protect vital waterways in revoking permit for dangerous…
Social Distancing for Community Organizers
In the battle against Covid-19, many of us find ourselves self-quarantined and working remotely. But alas, the work must go on. We've organized some tools…
The Indiana Gazette: Court sides with Grant Township on injection well
As the Pennsylvania DEP attempts to block Grant Township's defense of their ban on fracking injection wells, the court rules that the case can move…
Press Release: Grant Township Injection Well Ban Stands, Court Denies ‘Collateral Attack’ from DEP
A decision fro a judge in Grant Township argues that local governing authority is necessary to protect the community’s constitutional rights in the face of…
Press Release: Judge Refuses to Acknowledge Lake Erie’s Rights
In Toledo, OH, a federal judge joined a long list of enablers complicit in the destruction of the natural world by invalidating the democratically enacted…
Securing #MeToo
The #MeToo movement will prove only to be a passing moment in history unless women are the ones making governing decisions that impact them.
Press Release: Lake Erie Bill of Rights and Rights of Nature Argued in US Federal Court
A post-court update of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights. Get an in-depth look at the arguments made in federal court as the Corporate State…
VIDEO: ‘The Transformation from Reformist to Revolutionary’
This 6 minute short explains how, across numerous social issues—from housing, worker rights, environmental protection to gentrification—“the people in the community lack the legal authority…
Lake Erie Bill of Rights Court Update
Read the first-hand accounts from attendees at the historic Lake Erie Bill of Rights hearing that took place in Toledo, Ohio last week.
Who Speaks for Lake Erie?
Toledoans are tired of waiting for action out of Columbus. State and federal authorities — who are supposed to protect the lake, and the people…
Blog: Crisis Calls for More Democracy, Not Less
Financial and environmental crises call for more democracy - not less. Yet we see these crises used by U.S. and state governments to suspend democracy.…
Press Release: Lake Erie’s Day in Court
Organizations, activists, government officials, and hundreds of others from around the world support the Lake Erie Bill of Rights as oral arguments in federal court…
The Blade: More at stake than water with Lake Erie Bill of Rights court decision
Can a corporation 40 miles from Toledo interfere with the rights of Toledoans to amend their charter and protect Lake Erie?
Lake Erie Bill of Rights Heads to Federal Court
Oral arguments in the federal case brought by a corporation to overturn the Lake Erie Bill of Rights are coming up. The world stands with…
Wink News: Push by Florida lawmakers to block bill giving ‘legal rights’ to nature
Florida state representatives endeavor to stop Rights of Nature as growing numbers of communities across the state advance local laws recognizing such rights.
The Blade: Lake Erie’s fate
The Lake Erie Bill of Rights is part of a growing movement, and people are joining. What will the courts do?
NBC 24News: Toledoans For Safe Water screen “Invisible Hand” ahead of the state’s lawsuit against city
Toledoans grow support for the Lake Erie Bill of Rights as their day in court approaches.
Blog: Dillon’s Rule Under Scrutiny in Virginia
Progressives may find Democratic wins favorable. But as long as Dillon's Rule (legalized state preemption) stops local community self-government from heightening environmental and economic protections,…
Sierra: Nevertheless, they persisted
The epic story of Grant Township, Pennsylvania, fighting for their community's water in the face of PGE's proposed fracking wastewater injection well.
Guest Blog: A Conversation with The Guardian
LEBOR activists exchanged views with The Guardian on Rights of Nature and human rights. Here, they make clear the need to recognize that it is…
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