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
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.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Op/Ed by CELDF’s Ben Price – Fracking spurs a municipal mutiny in Pennsylvania
Not content to leave Pennsylvania communities with any control over gas drilling within their borders, state legislators have stripped municipalities of their zoning authority under…
March 4th Occupy Portland: PSU Community Rights
A short interview by Joe Anybody about communities organizing around rights.
Santa Monica Patch: Council Moves Toward Making ‘Green’ Goals Mandatory
Santa Monica City Council members unanimously passed a resolution backing a bill of rights for the environment, which would give legal standing to city officials…
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
The Best Government the 1% Can Buy
Is Reversing Citizens United or Corporate Personhood Enough?
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,…
Marcellus Protest 2011: November 18th – Power to the People, Not the Corporations
Be part of something big. Something really big! Plan to join us on November 18th in State College, PA at the Penn State University campus…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Peters council opposes proposed drilling regulations
Less than a week after residents in Peters overwhelmingly voted to reject a ban on Marcellus Shale gas drilling, council members passed a resolution opposing…
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…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Election showed fracking’s key role in region
Right up to Election Day, Peters residents were receiving sleek fliers in the mail encouraging them to vote against a referendum to ban gas drilling…
Philly.com: Pittsburgh suburb: No to drill ban
By a ratio of more than 4-1, voters in an affluent Pittsburgh suburb said natural-gas drilling could go on in their township. In Tuesday's general…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Who knows best: On drilling, Republicans sell out on local control
Republicans often say they are advocates of local control, repeating bromides such as "the people know better than the politicians or bureaucrats." But not when…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Bid to ban drilling in Peters is defeated; voters in State College succeed
Despite the work of a very determined group of citizens, a referendum banning Marcellus Shale gas drilling was overwhelmingly defeated Tuesday in Peters, Washington County....A…
Real Clear Politics: Upscale Pittsburgh suburb rejects drilling ban
By a margin of more than four-to-one, voters in an affluent Pittsburgh suburb say natural gas drilling can go on in their township. In Tuesday's…
CELDF Press Release: State College Voters Adopt Community Rights Charter Amendment That Bans Gas Drilling
By a vote of 72% in favor, the people of the Borough of State College, home of Penn State University, adopted an amendment to their…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Gas-drilling ban stalls in Peters
Despite the work of a determined group of citizens, a referendum banning Marcellus Shale gas drilling was overwhelmingly defeated in the Washington County township of…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Drilling war in Peters fought on the ballot
Amid the sea of colorful, plastic campaign signs scattered around Peters are angrier, bolder signs flapping in the wind, screaming "VOTE NO!! Protect Your Township,"…
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…
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