Democracy School in Selingsrove, PA, in February 2014, revealed for particpants the structure of law we live under that keeps us from getting what we…
New! “Common Sense” Monthly Newsletter – December 2025: A Personal Message from Kai Huschke
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The Kane Republican: Highland OKs Legal Fights Against Injection Well
Highland Township Supervisors in Pennsylvania receive overwhelming support from residents to enforce their Community Rights Ordinance banning fracking wastewater injection wells, as Seneca Resources presses…
The Bradford Era: Highland Township citizens group joins fray over injection well
Highland Township, PA, stands behind its Community Bill of Rights banning injection wells with the support of Township Supervisors, residents, and CELDF, as Seneca Resources…
The Western Front: Frontline – Support a Community Bill of Rights
Western University students in Bellingham, WA, call on their peers to launch a Community Bill of Rights initiative in Bellingham.
CELDF’s February Update
Here’s an update on some of our latest work.
CELDF in Otavalo, Ecuador, for a Rights of Nature conference.
CELDF, a founding member of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, joined in an international gathering hosted by the Alliance in Octavalo, Ecuador,…
Daily Kos – Food Fight: Local Media Coverage
A diary from occupystephanie on Oregon Community Rights and sustainable food systems in the face of hostile state and corporate interests.
Corvallis Gazette-Times: Food fight turns on local rights
A fight to protect the Willamette Valley, OR, from GM seed reveals itself to be a fight to protect Community Rights to create local, sustainable…
CELDF’s January 2014 Update
Thank you for supporting us in 2013! With your contributions, we will expand our work in 2014, meeting the growing numbers of requests for help…
Huffington Post: Colorado Communities Could Ban Fracking Under New Proposed Amendment
A proposed amendment to Colorado's constitution that would give municipalities the power to ban or restrict fracking and other industrial activities would be the first…
Press Release: Colorado Community Rights Network Files Constitutional Amendment To Secure the Right to Community Self-Government Free from State Preemption
Denver, Colorado, January 20, 2014 - The Colorado Community Rights Network (COCRN) has submitted to the state for review and comment the language for a…
CELDF’s Natalie Long, Illinois Community Rights Organizer, is interviewed by Niala Boodhoo on WBEZ 91.5 Chicago’s Afternoon Shift
Activists in Southern Illinois are getting ready for a fight to ban fracking in Johnson County. They launched a ballot initiative to urge the county…
National Catholic Reporter: Nature’s rights gain some legal standing
At the Global Rights of Nature Summit in Otavalo, Ecuador, CELDF representatives and other organizations gather to call for the advancement of the Rights of…
FAQs – Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ruling on Act 13
Q. Does the Act 13 ruling ban fracking in Pennsylvania? A. No. The Act 13 ruling allows municipal governments to return to their status prior…
Pennsylvania’s Act 13 – Fracking
On December 19, 2013, the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court found much of Act 13 unconstitutional. CELDF issued a press statement and FAQs
CELDF partner in Rights of Nature work, Fundacion Pachamama, Shut Down by Ecuadorian Government
CELDF partner, Fundacion Pachamama, was shut down this week by the Ecuadorian government. Learn more on how you can help.
Local Officials Standing Up to Protect Their Communities from Fracking
As Mora County, NM, and Lafayette, CO, face oil and gas industry challenges to their Community Bills of Rights banning fracking, we are re-posting an…
East Boulder County United statement on COGA’s lawsuit against Lafayette’s Community Rights initiative
Faced with the loss of four democratic votes against oil and gas development across the Front Range this November, the Colorado Oil and Gas Association…
Ohio and Colorado Voters Adopt Community Bills of Rights
On Election Day, voters in an Ohio and a Colorado community enacted Community Bills of Rights to secure the right to local self-government and to…
CELDF’s Northwest Community Rights Organizer Kai Huschke speaks on Washington’s Initiative I-517, on the ballot 11/5. Click here to listen.
Initiative 517 is an initiative on initiatives, designed to make it easier to qualify initiatives for the ballot. I-517 would expand the time allotted to…
Live Debate On I-517: The Initiative On Initiatives
Steve Scher talks with both sides of the initiative in a live debate: Kai Huschke, an organizer for the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, and…
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