Colorado Springs residents launch campaign to put Community Bill of Rights on ballot to protect themselves and their community from fracking.
Solidarity Against Tyranny: Frontline Resistance Insights from the Philippines and Appalachian South
On July 21st at 6pm PDT / 9pm EDT, we invite you to join us for a special event, “Solidarity Against Tyranny,” to help answer this question. Featuring activists, organizers, and revolutionaries from the Philippines and the Appalachian South.

Akron Beacon Journal: Communities seek ways to override state control of oil and gas drilling boom
Two activists are involved in grass-roots campaigns ... pushing [for] what’s called limited home rule in Ohio townships and a community bill of rights in…
Why the Recent Act 13 Decision Won’t Help to Stop Fracking
How Environmental Groups Keep Leading Communities into Dead-Ends.
Bellingham Community Rights vs. Corporate Rights
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
SPOKANE: In late July, citizens from Washington communities gathered in Spokane to launch the Washington Community Rights Network (WCRN). Network members released The Spokane Declaration,…
Press Release: Washington Communities Launch Statewide Network To Advocate for Community Rights
Washington Communities Launch Statewide Network to Advocate for Community Rights.
Akron Beacon Journal: Home rule battle moves into Mahoning County
The home rule fight over natural gas drilling has come to Ohio.
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…
Alliance for Sustainable Communities: The Importance of Being Radical
As an activist in Easton, there is one crucial challenge I have encountered in trying to engage residents in any cause, regardless of the issue.…

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.

Gloucester, MA Part 2
Gloucester residents celebrate legislation putting control of their municipal water system in community hands - Part 2

Gloucester, MA Part 1
Gloucester residents celebrate legislation putting control of their municipal water system in community hands - Part 1
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…
Las Vegas Optic: Anti-fracking law adopted
The Las Vegas, NM, City Council adopted a Community Bill of Rights ordinance establishing rights to clean water and to local self-government, banning fracking as…
Las Vegas Optic: Support for city’s ‘rights’ ordinance
Community members in Las Vegas, NM, urge support for their Las Vegas Community Bill of Rights and Local Self-Government Ordinance, which bans fracking.