While Grant Township, PA, residents fight to protect themselves from PGE's frack wastewater injection well, the oil and gas industry admits it wants to bankrupt…
Press Release: Coos Bay Estuary Speaks Out Against FERC
Coos Bay Estuary on the coast of Oregon files to intervene in FERC proceedings. Coos Bay is threatened by a massive LNG export terminal and…
The Post: Charter proponents protest outside board of elections
Community Rights activists speak out against Medina County's BOE blocking a proposed county charter citizen initiative. Residents gathered 17,000 signatures to place the measure on…
Truthout: “Nature Has Rights”: Activists Call for a Legal Transformation
There is a growing global movement of activists and attorneys who are forging a new kind of environmental law by proclaiming the legal "rights of…
Blog: Capitalism: The Elephant in the Room
Through seizing municipal government, communities are building a bulwark of rights for human and natural communities, working to liberate our communities from capitalism.
Sentinel-Tribune: Mayor offers impromptu remarks on Nexus, charter amendment
Students fight for right to a livable climate in Bowling Green, OH, advancing a charter amendment measure to protect the City from the Nexus pipeline.
Press Release: Youngstown Residents Circulating Petitions for Water Protection Law
Youngstown, OH, residents make their comeback, gathering signatures on election day for their Community Rights charter amendment protecting their water.
Sentinel-Tribune: Nexus is the only ‘special interest’ in charter fight
Attorney Terry Lodge blasts Bowling Green, OH, City Council for refusing to protect the community from the Nexus pipeline threatening the City. Residents are voting…
The Nation: Meet the Legal Theorists Behind the Financial Takeover of Puerto Rico
A new legal theory to treat public municipalities as private corporations when they are in fiscal crisis justifies outright dictatorship - and the theory is…
KBOO Radio: Coos River Estuary Intervenes in Jordan Cove FERC Proceedings
As part of the growing movement for the Rights of Nature, Coos River Estuary in Oregon recently filed to intervene in a FERC hearing on…
Patricia Randolph’s Madravenspeak: Plaintiff Coyote: Group helps communities put rights of nature into law
This is what we need to do, given the global environmental crisis we face and the legal structure that created it: dismantle existing law and…
Press Release: Bowling Green Residents Tip OH Supreme Court in their Favor, Win Fight for Right to Vote
Bowling Green residents declare victory! Their right to vote affirmed in Ohio Supreme Court as the first-in-the-state Right to Climate initiative goes on the November…
KUNC: Is A Personhood Lawsuit The Best Way To Save The Colorado River?
An over-burdened Colorado River ecosystem files a first-in-the-nation lawsuit to have its rights recognized at a time of growing ecological crisis.
Sentinel-Tribune: Ohio Supreme Court denies effort to keep BG charter amendment off ballot
The people prevail! An attempt to keep Bowling Green, OH, residents from voting on their Right to Climate ballot initiative falls flat before the Ohio…
NPQ: The Colorado River Has Its Own Lawyer Now
A lawsuit to recognize the rights of the Colorado River to exist, flourish, and evolve, is the next step in the growing Rights of Nature…
Desmog: Fossil Fuel Misinformation Helps Quash Community Effort to Ban Fracking in Youngstown, Ohio
The oil and gas industry, Ohio legislators, and the Ohio Supreme Court strip Youngstown residents of their right to vote. Their response: "Onward!"
Blog: Pebble Mine: Risen from the Dead
Pebble Mine is moving forward in Alaska. We need a revolution if we have any hope to protect the ecosystems we depend upon.
CBC Radio’s The Current: Colorado River should have same legal status as a person: lawsuit
The Current interviews attorney Jason Flores-Williams on his work with Deep Green Resistance to recognize the rights of the Colorado River. DGR filed a federal…
Blog: Taking a Knee on the First Amendment
If we take a knee to protest racism in our capacity as employees, our rights under the first amendment are not protected.
Press Release: Split Decision in Ohio Supreme Court for Youngstown Ballot Initiatives
In a 4-3 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court denies Youngstown residents the right to vote. Residents vow they are not surrendering their rights.
Press Release: Judge Strikes Portions of Democratically-Enacted Charter Banning Frack Waste
Highland Township, PA, residents plan enforcement of their Home Rule Charter banning a frack wastewater injection well as judiciary sides with Seneca Resources Corporation.
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