Why support Bellingham, WA's Community Bill of Rights? Suzanne Ravet, a member of Coal-Free Bellingham, gives her account. Read more here from Northwest Citizen.
Press Release: Washington Communities Launch Statewide Network To Advocate for Community Rights
Washington Communities Launch Statewide Network to Advocate for Community Rights.
Ohio Town’s Lonely Campaign Against Fracking Now Slightly Less Lonely
The new year arrived in Youngstown, Ohio, with earthquakes that appear to be tied fracking to wastewater wells and activists standing in the cold protesting.…
Spokane’s Move to Amend, Occupy Spokane, Envision Spokane, and CELDF Join Together to Advance Elections Ordinance Banning Corporate Involvement in Elections and Government While Stripping Corporate “Rights”
Drafted by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) and Envision Spokane, the organizations Occupy Spokane and Spokane Move to Amend (SMAC) are currently qualifying…
Local Officials Standing Up to Protect Their Communities from Fracking
Local officials from more than 200 municipalities in 15 states, including city councils, town boards, and county legislatures, have banned natural gas drilling that uses…
United Nations Radio: Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature promotes its cause at Rio+20
The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature is....calling for global recognition and acceptance of Rights of Nature. They say an essential step for achieving…
KALW Local Public Radio’s Your Call
An Interview with CELDF's Thomas Linzey and Global Exchange's Shannon Biggs.
CELDF Press Release: Las Vegas, New Mexico, Adopts Community Bill of Rights; Bans Corporations from Fracking for Shale Gas
In front of a standing-room only crowd of residents, by a vote of 3-1, the City Council, Las Vegas, New Mexico enacted the Las Vegas…
CELDF’s Kai Huschke Presents a Two Hour Workshop in Eugene, Oregon
CELDF's Kai Huschke of Washington State leads a workshop on Community Rights in Eugene, Oregon, sponsored by the Climate Justice League for its Beyond Fossil…
Rights of Mother Earth International Indigenous Conference: Understanding Rights, Respect, and Reciprocity
Tom Goldtooth opens the last day of the Rights of Mother Earth International Indigenous Conference at the Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS. CELDF's Ben…
KUNM: Las Vegas Passes Ban on Drilling
Sidsel Overgaard of KUNM New Mexico's Community Powered Public Radio reports on Las Vegas, New Mexico's historic action to pass a Community Bill of Rights…
Bulldog Live! with Brian Tilton on WTPL 107.7FM: An Interview with CELDF’s Gail Darrell on March Town Meeting Outcomes in New Hampshire for Community Bills of Rights to stop the Northern Pass project
An Interview with CELDF's Gail Darrell on March Town Meeting Outcomes in New Hampshire for Community Bills of Rights to stop the Northern Pass project
March 4th Occupy Portland: PSU Community Rights
A short interview by Joe Anybody about communities organizing around rights.
An End to Begging and Pleading?
Interview with Thomas Linzey on Earthairwaves.
Earth Air Waves: An End to Begging and Pleading?
Sidsel Overgaard of KUNM, New Mexico's Community Powered Public Radio, interviews CELDF's Thomas Linzey about elevating community rights and rights of nature above corporate "rights"…
CELDF’s Projects Director Ben Price will be interviewed by David Bacon of KSFR 101.1 FM
Statement on Efforts to Amend the U.S. Constitution following Citizens United
A great deal of activism has emerged in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC. In that case,…
This Changes Everything: Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement
The editors of YES! Magazine bring together voices from inside and outside Occupy Wall Street to convey the issues, possibilities, and personalities associated with the…
When Civil Rights Matter: The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund is a non-profit, public interest law firm providing free and affordable legal services to communities facing threats to their…
The Next Step: Beyond Sustainable Agriculture
Turning Occupation into Lasting Change
If the Occupy movement is to succeed over time, it must follow the lead of community rights building efforts that have begun work to dismantle…
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