Residents in Columbus, OH, successfully qualify a Community Bill of Rights initiative for the November ballot. The measure bans fracking extraction and waste from within…
The Daily News: Residents rally to halt pig farm
Todd Township, PA, supervisors fulfill on their commitment to protect the health, safety, and welfare of township community members, voting to adopt a Community Bill…
Press Release: Pennsylvania Township Bans Corporate Industrial Farming
Todd Township, PA, adopts a Community Rights law prohibiting industrial factory farming to protect their community and preserve local farming operations.
Press Release: India Court Declares Legal Rights of “Entire Animal Kingdom”
Northern India Court issues ruling in growing Rights of Nature movement: “Every species has an inherent right to live and are required to be protected…
July 4th: Take a 2nd Look at American Revolutionaries, Corporate Rights and State Preemption
This July 4th, let's take a second look at what the Revolutionaries aspired to, and what we live under today.
Blog: America Denies “Personhood” to the Poor
The more property you own, the more rights you are accorded. If you're homeless, propertyless, imprisoned, or undocumented, your rights are almost nil. That's not…
Tulane Environmental Law Journal: Representing Ecosystems in Court: An Introduction for Practitioners
CELDF attorney Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin advocates that the fight for ecosystem rights will be most effective working side by side with the fights for decolonization and…
Daily Camera: After protest derails meeting, Lafayette says it will still vote on new drilling regs next month
Lafayette, CO, City Council attempts to move forward with legalizing fracking while residents plan next steps to protect the community.
Lafayette, CO, Residents Shut Down City Council Meeting
A right to a healthy climate is preserved in Lafayette, CO, as community members overtake a City Council meeting.
Denver7: Anti-fracking protesters shut down LaFayette council meeting
As community members in Lafayette, CO, demand their City Council stand by the City's Climate Bill of Rights, they force the council meeting to adjourn.…
Daily Camera: Anti-fracking protest forces Lafayette City Council to adjourn early, suspend vote on new drilling rules
Lafayette, CO, residents shut down City Council, protecting their Climate Bill of Rights as council members attempt to legalize fracking.
Press Release: Ohio Attorney & Community Rights Advocate Receives the 2018 Johnsrud Unsung Heroes Award
Environmental and social justice attorney Terry Lodge receives the 2018 Johnsrud Unsung Heroes Award. Lodge partners with CELDF to advance and protect Community Rights for…
The Guardian: Our laws make slaves of nature. It’s not just humans who need rights
As the recognition of Rights of Nature grows globally, we must move beyond thinking of nature as having legal personhood rights. We must recognize rights…
Restructuring Ohio State Government
Ohioans know firsthand that the very legal and governing structures we live under are preventing us from governing ourselves and protecting our communities.
The Remarkable Advancement of the NH Community Rights State Constitutional Amendment
A landmark legislative session was held this winter in New Hampshire. It marked the first time a Community Rights state constitutional amendment was debated and…
Press Release: PGE Continues Efforts to Bankrupt Grant Township
PGE continues to harass Grant Township, a small community in rural Pennsylvania, by attempting to force the Township to pay attorney's fees. Grant residents are…
CELDF at the May 2018 Permanent People’s Tribunal
On May 16, 2018, a CELDF representative presented at the PPT on fracking as a violation of the Rights of Nature and the human right…
Blog: Dangerous to the 1% – An Informed Public
An uninformed, passive public is easy to for the 1% to lead. We must become knowledgeable - not just about what is happening, but how…
Center for Humans & Nature: Does Fracking Violate Human Rights?
Check out the stories being submitted as evidence this week at the international Permanent People's Tribunal, where the PPT is considering fracking, climate change, and…
Press Release: The Right to Water Shut Off in Unjust Youngstown Election
It was a questionable election at best for Youngstown, OH, where community members are fighting for their right to clean water in a city that…
Fosters.com: A rights-based ordinance for the Great Bay
Newmarket, Durham, and Newington, NH, residents are a part of the growing Community Rights movement building across the state as they work to protect the…
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