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Jan 27, 2020
Organizations, activists, government officials, and hundreds of others from around the world support the Lake Erie Bill of Rights as oral arguments in federal court are held tomorrow.
Read More | Community Wires, Press Releases & BlogsJan 25, 2020
Can a corporation 40 miles from Toledo interfere with the rights of Toledoans to amend their charter and protect Lake Erie?
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsJan 21, 2020
Oral arguments in the federal case brought by a corporation to overturn the Lake Erie Bill of Rights are coming up. The world stands with Toledoans.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsJan 20, 2020
Florida state representatives endeavor to stop Rights of Nature as growing numbers of communities across the state advance local laws recognizing such rights.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsJan 19, 2020
The Lake Erie Bill of Rights is part of a growing movement, and people are joining. What will the courts do?
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsJan 19, 2020
Toledoans grow support for the Lake Erie Bill of Rights as their day in court approaches.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsDec 17, 2019
The epic story of Grant Township, Pennsylvania, fighting for their community’s water in the face of PGE’s proposed fracking wastewater injection well.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots, Success StoryDec 10, 2019
LEBOR activists exchanged views with The Guardian on Rights of Nature and human rights. Here, they make clear the need to recognize that it is not nature’s rights vs human rights, but those combined against corporate claimed rights.
Read More | Community Wires, Press Releases & BlogsNov 25, 2019
The first Rights of Nature legislation is introduced in Australia, into the Western Australia Parliament. CELDF’s International Center for the Rights of Nature assisted in drafting the law.
Read More | Community Wires, Press Releases & Blogs, Success StoryNov 13, 2019
Regardless of political gains by Democrats in Virginia, residents still do not have authority to govern themselves in their own communities. Here’s why – and what communities can do about it.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsNov 11, 2019
Following settlement of one of the lawsuits against Grant Township, PA, for daring to protect its water from a frack wastewater injection well, the township continues to stand up to the oil and gas industry.
Read More | Community Wires, Press Releases & BlogsOct 23, 2019
Lincoln County residents continue their fight to protect themselves and ecosystems from aerial sprayed pesticides, and spark not only hope, but tangible strategies for advancing rights.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsOct 16, 2019
The people’s own Department of Environmental Protection in Pennsylvania sues Grant Township to overturn a democratically enacted Home Rule charter that includes a ban on fracking wastewater injection wells. This was their day in court.
Read More | Community Wires, Press Releases & BlogsOct 14, 2019
An Ohio resident makes clear that it is state government itself that is driving forward polluting Lake Erie. The state is even joining a lawsuit to overturn the Lake Erie Bill of Rights while permitting four factory farms.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsOct 14, 2019
Meet Maria Sause, and her life and commitment to Community Rights in Lincoln County, where residents are fighting a recent court decision to overturn their rights-based ban on aerial pesticide spraying.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsOct 10, 2019
Community Rights advances to the state level as a Pennsylvania legislator introduces the “Local Self-Government Amendment,” elevating people and communities over corporations.
Read More | Community Wires, Press Releases & Blogs, Success StoryOct 8, 2019
A representative in Sweden’s Parliament introduces Rights of Nature legislation – the first time a European national government considers the rights of ecosystems.
Read More | Community Wires, Press Releases & Blogs, Success StoryOct 5, 2019
Grant Township, Pennsylvania, argued for their environmental rights in court as they defend themselves against their own Department of Protection to stop a fracking injection well.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsOct 2, 2019
Lincoln County, Oregon, community members prepare to appeal judge’s denial of their right to protect themselves from aerial sprayed pesticides.
Read More | Community Wires, Press Releases & BlogsOct 1, 2019
This Toledoan calls out Ohio government officials: actions speak louder than words, and promises to protect Lake Erie ring hollow when the state approves factory farm permits.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsSep 30, 2019
Williams County, Ohio, residents submit request to join a multi-plaintiff federal civil rights lawsuit against state of Ohio as they continue to be blocked from the ballot.
Read More | Community Wires, Press Releases & BlogsSep 29, 2019
The Yurok Tribe recognizes the rights of the Klamath River this summer as part of the growing Rights of Nature movement.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots, Success StorySep 16, 2019
Lee County, Florida, residents advance a bill of rights for the Caloosahatchee River, joining five other Florida counties advancing similar measures.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots, Success StorySep 14, 2019
The unsurprising truth behind legislation adopted by the Ohio Assembly in an effort to undermine the Rights of Nature movement.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsSep 11, 2019
Corporate control runs deep in the Ohio legislature as the big business writes language to stop Rights of Nature enforcement.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsSep 10, 2019
An analysis of Rights of Nature laws as a path forward to protecting ecosystems in the face of continuing environmental harms.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsSep 10, 2019
The Editorial Board of the Toledo Blade speaks out against the legislature’s proposed bill making it more difficult for citizens to place initiatives on the ballot.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsSep 5, 2019
This New Hampshire resident urges continued recognition of nature’s rights to end the insane ravaging of Earth’s ecosystem.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsSep 2, 2019
It’s time to change our law so that we can protect ecosystems over commerce. CELDF is helping communities advance that paradigm shift across the U.S., including Florida.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsAug 30, 2019
Industry worked with Ohio legislators to insert language in the Ohio budget bill, attempting to make it illegal to enforce laws that recognize Rights of Nature.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsAug 29, 2019
Investigation by Ohio citizens finds the Ohio Chamber of Commerce drafted Ohio legislation language to stop Rights of Nature enforcement.
Read More | Community Wires, News, Press ReleasesAug 22, 2019
The Ohio Farm Bureau and corporate agribusiness urge the Ohio Supreme Court to block Williams County voters from casting ballots on the people’s own initiative.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsAug 22, 2019
Amidst calls for a new Irish Constitution are calls to recognize the Rights of Nature, changing how humankind and nature are in relationship, and how we protect nature under law.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots, Rights of NatureAug 21, 2019
It’s not enough to have Home Rule as state legislators continue to strip rights of local self-government from communities across the state. It’s time to change state constitutions to recognize the authority of communities to protect their own health, safety, and welfare.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsAug 21, 2019
Williams County, Ohio, residents partner with CELDF to fight for their right to vote in the Ohio Supreme Court.
Read More | Community Wires, Democratic Rights, News, Press ReleasesAug 20, 2019
A Williams County, Ohio, resident speaks out on protecting the rights of communities and nature through a county charter and voting.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsAug 20, 2019
Corporate interests intent on selling Williams County, Ohio, water for profit is the issue, points out this resident.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsAug 20, 2019
CELDF is partnering with a coalition of Philippine activists, attorneys, and organizations to advance Rights of Nature protections in law.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots, Success StoryAug 19, 2019
Toledo residents file pro se lawsuit defending the people’s Lake Erie Bill of Rights.
Read More | Community Wires, News, Press ReleasesAug 18, 2019
Rights of Nature is gaining traction in the U.S. and around the world – the beginning of a paradigm shift. Here’s what it looks like on the ground.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots, Success StoryAug 16, 2019
The Rights of Nature is taking root in Florida, as counties begin working with CELDF to protect water ecosystems from relentless corporate harms.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots, Success StoryAug 13, 2019
The City of Toledo takes a stand in court to defend the Lake Erie Bill of Rights.
Read More | Community Wires, News, Press ReleasesAug 12, 2019
Williams County, Ohio, residents are working to protect their county’s water source from privatization. Their own government is trying to stop them.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsAug 12, 2019
More and more cities are taking action to end the commodification and exploitation of people and nature for corporate profit, using Community Rights and Rights of Nature.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots, Success StoryAug 3, 2019
NPR covers this story on the growing Rights of Nature movement across the U.S. and around the world. “‘[W]e have to change our environmental protection in this country and across the world, because obviously what we’re doing isn’t working.'”
Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots, Success StoryJul 31, 2019
Recognizing legal rights of ecosystems is a growing movement gaining momentum around the world.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots, Success StoryJul 22, 2019
The corporate state attempts to strip democratic rights in Ohio and Washington state. CELDF supports communities as together they fight back.
Read More | Community Wires, News, Press ReleasesJul 22, 2019
Community members in Columbus, Ohio, call out the state legislators’ shameful efforts to quash Rights of Nature in the budget bill.
Read More | Community Wires, News from the GrassrootsJul 22, 2019
Community groups release joint statement revealing not only the Ohio legislature’s efforts to stop Rights of Nature, but also expanding protections of industrial agricultural operations.
Read More | Community Wires, News, Press ReleasesJul 18, 2019
While Rights of Nature grows in Ohio, the state legislature tries to ban its enforcement. Undeterred, Ohio communities continue advancing laws to protect ecosystems based on rights.
Read More | Community Wires, News, Press Releases