Bowling Green, OH, residents' community rights citizen initiative to codify a right to climate advances to the November ballot.
Press Release: Ohio Residents Take Fight for Right to Vote to Ohio Supreme Court
Boards of Elections use new found authority to block citizen initiatives off the ballot in Athens and Medina Counties in Ohio. CELDF is assisting residents…
BG Independent News: Pipeline petition passes signature test …. but more obstacles remain
Bowling Green residents and students who submitted petitions to place a Right to Climate charter amendment on the November ballot may face efforts to block…
Columbus Free Press: Corporate State Says Democracy is Too Expensive
While the oil and gas industry declares democracy is "too expensive," CELDF's Tish O'Dell looks at the bigger picture, including the cost of the corporate…
Press Release: Citizen Initiative Removes Corporations from Election Campaigns, Caps Campaign Contributions
Youngstown, OH, residents submit petitions to place a fair elections initiative on the November ballot. The measure includes removing corporations from campaigns.
Blog: Ceiling Preemption: A Weapon Against Democracy
State and federal governments use ceiling preemption to suppress rights. It's time for communities to use floor preemption to stop harm and expand rights.
World Policy On Air: “The Rights of Trees”
As global warming accelerates, a radical change in how we view and interact with nature is necessary. World Policy on Air's David Alpern interviews CELDF's…
Press Release: Court Dismisses Climate Lawsuit on Procedural Grounds; Constitutional Right to a Healthy Climate Ignored
A federal judge uses "standing" to dismiss Spokane residents' lawsuit asserting a right to a healthy climate, ignoring the urgency of climate change and the…
UCY.TV: The Age of Fission Program – Community Rights with CELDF’s Kai Huschke
CELDF's Kai Hushke is interviewed on UCY.TV, examining the barriers our communities face when they exercise their right to govern the places they live -…
Immense Possibilities: The True Rights of Communities
Immense Possibilities interviews CELDF's Thomas Linzey and Coos County, OR, community rights activist Mary Geddry.
Great Bay: An Estuary in Peril
An hour long documentary revealing the threat of unsustainable development to the Great Bay and surrounding communities. CELDF's Michelle Sanborn explores the systemic barriers we…
Orion Magazine: Speaking of Nature
Changing our relationship with nature in part means changing our language. It means shifting away from talking about nature as an object, to recognizing nature…
Rolling Stone: How a Small Town Is Standing Up to Fracking
Rolling Stone Magazine covers the story of Grant Township, PA, where the residents are working with CELDF to protect themselves from PGE's fracking injection well.…
2017 Wild & Scenic Film Fest Media Lounge Interview: CELDF’s Chad Nicholson on We the People 2.0
CELDF's Community Organizer Chad Nicholson is interviewed about We the People 2.0, exploring how communities across the U.S. are fighting corporate harms and asserting their…
Oregon Live: Jordan Cove spends heavily to kill Coos County anti-LNG measure
Veresen Corporation spends more than $300,000 to defeat Coos County, OR's, community rights campaign. If adopted, the initiative would stop the Jordan Cove LNG export…
Blog: Whose Town is It?
Members of the New Hampshire legislature took advantage of a spring blizzard, attempting to undermine direct democracy.
Blog: The US Constitution Is So 1789. It’s Time for a Serious Overhaul
The 1% drive for a constitutional convention, advancing their own corporate interests. But we don't need a convention. We need a whole new constitution.
Earth Island Journal: When Rivers Hold Legal Rights
The first steps towards recognizing the rights of rivers to exist and flourish are taken in New Zealand and India, advancing the growing movement to…
Mint Press News: PA Dept. of Environmental Protection Sues Towns Over Fracking Ban
Residents of Grant and Highland Townships, PA, continue the fight to protect themselves from a frack wastewater injection well. Joining the fight against them: the…
Blog: Who Needs Sanctuary? We All Do
People can’t be illegal, but policies that strip them of fundamental rights can be. What can we do? Govern ourselves in the places we live,…
In These Times: Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection Sues Towns for Trying to Protect Their Environment
It doesn't get any clearer than this: our own environmental regulatory agencies suing communities who dare to protect the environment by banning fracking activities. Is…
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