News from the Grassroots Archives - Page 3 of 16

Aug 22, 2019

Bloomberg Environment: Tif Over Local Control of Aquifer Pours Into Ohio High Court

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.

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Aug 22, 2019

Think32: Uniting Behind the Rights of Nature, the Rights of Ireland

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.

Aug 21, 2019

PennLive: Opinion: The limits of home rule

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.

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Aug 20, 2019

The Bryan Times Letter to the Editor

A Williams County, Ohio, resident speaks out on protecting the rights of communities and nature through a county charter and voting.

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Aug 20, 2019

The Bryan Times Letter to the Editor: Protecting Our Water

Corporate interests intent on selling Williams County, Ohio, water for profit is the issue, points out this resident.

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Aug 20, 2019

Mongabay: Philippine bill seeks to grant nature the same legal rights as humans

CELDF is partnering with a coalition of Philippine activists, attorneys, and organizations to advance Rights of Nature protections in law.

Aug 18, 2019

Vox: This country gave all its rivers their own legal rights

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.

Aug 16, 2019

Florida Politics: Can rivers have rights? Orange County, others, mulling the question

The Rights of Nature is taking root in Florida, as counties begin working with CELDF to protect water ecosystems from relentless corporate harms.

Aug 12, 2019

Bryan Times: Forum: County charter being stonewalled

Williams County, Ohio, residents are working to protect their county’s water source from privatization. Their own government is trying to stop them.

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Aug 12, 2019

Next City: Can Cities Grant Nature the Right to Exist, and Thrive?

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.

Aug 3, 2019

NPR: Should Rivers Have Same Legal Rights As Humans? A Growing Number Of Voices Say Yes

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.'”

Jul 31, 2019

Truthout: States Are Thwarting Cities’ Attempts to Govern Themselves

The federal court’s decision to uphold the Berkeley cellphone radiation disclosure law should not be mistaken for judicial deference to the right of local self-government.

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Jul 31, 2019

Reuters: That river has rights: new strategy to protect planet

Recognizing legal rights of ecosystems is a growing movement gaining momentum around the world.

Jul 22, 2019

The Columbus Dispatch: Letter: Budget section tramples on community, nature’s rights

Community members in Columbus, Ohio, call out the state legislators’ shameful efforts to quash Rights of Nature in the budget bill.

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Jul 17, 2019

CELDF on the Daily Show: The Fight to Turn Lake Erie into a Person

The Daily Show’s Michael Kosta covers Toledo residents’ work to protect Lake Erie by recognizing the Lake’s rights…and he takes the Lake’s…hand in marriage?!

Jul 16, 2019

WGCU: The Rights of Nature Movement Comes to Lee County

CELDF co-founder Thomas Linzey on the growing Rights of Nature movement as the people of Lee County, Florida, look to recognize the rights of the Caloosahatchee River.

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Jul 10, 2019

Mother Jones: A New Wave of Environmentalists Want to Give Nature Legal Rights

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Jul 2, 2019

Common Dreams: The Meek Be Damned on Global Warming

A call to action by CELDF’s Thomas Linzey – the time to act is now, advancing community democracy in the name of sustainability, and the rights of nature.

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Jun 27, 2019

The Blade: Activists seeking court order to protect Lake Erie Bill of Rights

Toledoans file lawsuit to affirm their Lake Erie Bill of Rights and as part of the growing movement for Rights of Nature.

Jun 16, 2019

Blanca Livier Blog: Colima makes history: They recognize the Rights of Nature in the Constitution

The State of Colima in Mexico recognizes the Rights of Nature in its constitution.

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Jun 14, 2019

Ecologist: Ohio state government attacks Rights of Nature

CELDF’s community organizer Tish O’Dell on what it takes to protect Lake Erie and Rights of Nature as the state of Ohio attacks both.

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Jun 7, 2019

E&E News: Ohio pushes court to sink legal rights for Lake Erie

As Ohioans make strides to advance Rights of Nature, the people’s own state government fights to stop them.

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Jun 7, 2019

The Indiana Gazette: Grant Township took proper stance

Grant Township, PA, resident speaks out on criticism aimed at Township’s efforts to protect the community from a toxic fracking wastewater injection well.

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Jun 5, 2019

Nightingale Initiative for Global Health: Protecting Mother Nature

A Toledo woman’s journey to discover and join the Rights of Nature movement, protecting her daughter, community, and the rights of Lake Erie.

Jun 5, 2019

Common Dreams, Inc. : How to Arm Nature Against Corporate Profiteers

Jim Hightower, national radio commentator, author, and public speaker, points to the Rights of Nature movement as a grassroots effort to protect the biosphere and challenge corporate rule.

Jun 3, 2019

Resistance Radio Interview with CELDF’s Ben Price

Derrick Jensen interviews CELDF’s Ben Price on his newly published book, How Wealth Rules the World.

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May 29, 2019

Jefferson Public Radio: Yuroks Grant Rights To The Klamath River

The Yurok Tribal Council adopts law recognizing the rights of the Klamath River, which is central to the culture and life of the Yurok.

May 23, 2019

Salud America: Toledo Mom Fights for Clean Drinking Water for Her Own, All Children

The story of one Toledo mom and her taking action to protect her children, her community, and the Great Lake Erie through Community Rights and Rights of Nature.

May 20, 2019

KGNU: Who Paid to Defeat Initiative 300?

An interview with CELDF’s Ben Price on Denver’s Right to Survive ordinance, and the $2.3 million spent by industries to defeat it.

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May 7, 2019

Truthout: UN Report Says Indigenous Sovereignty Could Save the Planet

It’s time to recognize the rights of ecosystems and the authority of communities to stop harmful projects. “[T]he best defenders of nature and biodiversity are the communities themselves.”

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May 6, 2019

DC Media Group: Biodiversity in Collapse: How to Save 1 Million Species from Extinction

“[It’s time to] enact laws that recognize the inalienable rights of ecosystems to exist, flourish and naturally evolve, and the authority of the community to protect [it]”

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Apr 29, 2019

Standard Speaker: Supervisors want to hear from nonprofit about well issue

Community members in North Union Township, Pennsylvania, engage with CELDF and its partner Network to discuss using Community Rights to protect their water from being siphoned off.

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Apr 27, 2019

ANI News: Ecuador native community defeats government in court, gets oil exploration banned

Oil corporations were forced to back off native lands in Ecuador. A court decision held that their actions were “inadequate and violated the ‘community’s right to self-determination.'”

Apr 24, 2019

National Geographic: A Voice for Nature

More than just recognizing legal rights, the growing Rights of Nature movement is a paradigm shift in the relationship between human beings and nature.

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Apr 22, 2019

The Blade: Watch: Lake Erie activist addresses the United Nations

Community Rights leader Markie Miller, from Toledo, Ohio, speaks to the UN General Assembly. She was invited to talk about the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, an historic law adopted by Toledoans in February.

Apr 22, 2019

Environmental News Service: Earth Day 2019 Marked By Climate Concerns

Earth Day celebrations span the globe, highlighting Earth’s beauty and the threat of climate change devastation. Rights of Nature is a growing movement to stop climate change and other harms.

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Apr 14, 2019

The Blade: BP wasted money fighting LEBOR

The Editorial Board of the Toledo Blade calls out the irony of Houston-based BP Corporation funding the anti-Lake Erie Bill of Rights campaign, which attacked the citizen initiative as led by “outside influencers.”

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Apr 6, 2019

Toledoans for Safe Water: Campaign Finance Report Sheds Light on Corrupt Corporate Influence Against the Lake Erie Bill of Rights

BP Corporation was the sole monetary donor behind the campaign to quash the Lake Erie Bill of Rights (LEBOR). The measure won with 61% of the vote.

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Apr 3, 2019

The Blade: United Nations invites Lake Erie activists to speak about bill of rights

Community members from Toledo, Ohio, are invited to the United Nations this month to speak about the Lake Erie Bill of Rights adopted by citizens in February.

Mar 25, 2019

Fosters.com: State reps block local rights effort

The people of New Hampshire have the right to govern themselves and protect their communities from corporate harm – yet the state legislature blocks them from securing that right in the state constitution.

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Mar 19, 2019

Cleveland.com: Lake Erie – yes, the body of water – asks to be let into lawsuit over bill of rights

The Great Lake Erie files to intervene in a lawsuit brought by the agricultural industry to overturn Toledo, Ohio’s, Lake Erie Bill of Rights.

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Mar 12, 2019

Thom Hartmann Program: Lake Erie Getting Personhood Rights. What?

Thom Hartmann interviews CELDF’s Ohio organizer Tish O’Dell on the Lake Erie Bill of Rights adopted by Toledo residents.

Mar 10, 2019

The London Free Press: What an Ohio city’s bold move to protect Lake Erie tells us

“What we really need to do is look at the (lake) as a whole, as an ecosystem that has inherent rights, that transcends the political parties of the day.”

Mar 1, 2019

Smithsonian Magazine: Toledo, Ohio, Just Granted Lake Erie the Same Legal Rights as People

“We’ve been using the same laws for decades to try and protect Lake Erie. They’re clearly not working.” Thus, Toledo, Ohio, community members recognized the rights of Lake Erie via the ballot.

Mar 1, 2019

The Toledo Blade: Put a rush on LEBOR

The Editorial Board of the Toledo Blade takes a stand for the Lake Erie Bill of Rights.

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Feb 28, 2019

The Telegraph: US lake wins its own ‘human rights’ in landmark ruling

Lake Erie joins growing numbers of ecosystems around the world where people and governments are recognizing their rights to exist, flourish, and evolve.

Feb 28, 2019

The Hill: Ohio city votes to give Lake Erie same legal rights as a person

Lake Erie’s legal rights are now acknowledged following Toledo, Ohio’s, special election on Tuesday.

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Feb 27, 2019

The Progressive: Toledo Residents Vote to Recognize Personhood for Lake Erie

Lake Erie now has legally-enforceable rights, with the overwhelming majority of Toledo, Ohio, residents voting in support of their Lake Erie Bill of Rights citizen initiative.

Feb 27, 2019

Vox: Lake Erie just won the same legal rights as people

A groundbreaking election in Toledo, Ohio, puts this midwestern city on the map – voters recognized the rights of Lake Erie and can take legal action to protect it.

Feb 26, 2019

Vox: Ohio voters are about to decide if Lake Erie has legal rights

Today, Toledo, Ohio, residents are voting on recognizing the rights of Lake Erie to exist and flourish – the next step in a changing landscape where the rights of ecosystems are expanding globally.

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Bloomberg Environment: Tif Over Local Control of Aquifer Pours Into Ohio High Court

Think32: Uniting Behind the Rights of Nature, the Rights of Ireland

PennLive: Opinion: The limits of home rule

The Bryan Times Letter to the Editor

The Bryan Times Letter to the Editor: Protecting Our Water

Mongabay: Philippine bill seeks to grant nature the same legal rights as humans

Vox: This country gave all its rivers their own legal rights

Florida Politics: Can rivers have rights? Orange County, others, mulling the question

Bryan Times: Forum: County charter being stonewalled

Next City: Can Cities Grant Nature the Right to Exist, and Thrive?

NPR: Should Rivers Have Same Legal Rights As Humans? A Growing Number Of Voices Say Yes

Truthout: States Are Thwarting Cities’ Attempts to Govern Themselves

Reuters: That river has rights: new strategy to protect planet

The Columbus Dispatch: Letter: Budget section tramples on community, nature’s rights

CELDF on the Daily Show: The Fight to Turn Lake Erie into a Person

WGCU: The Rights of Nature Movement Comes to Lee County

Mother Jones: A New Wave of Environmentalists Want to Give Nature Legal Rights

Common Dreams: The Meek Be Damned on Global Warming

The Blade: Activists seeking court order to protect Lake Erie Bill of Rights

Blanca Livier Blog: Colima makes history: They recognize the Rights of Nature in the Constitution

Ecologist: Ohio state government attacks Rights of Nature

E&E News: Ohio pushes court to sink legal rights for Lake Erie

The Indiana Gazette: Grant Township took proper stance

Nightingale Initiative for Global Health: Protecting ​Mother Nature

Common Dreams, Inc. : How to Arm Nature Against Corporate Profiteers

Resistance Radio Interview with CELDF’s Ben Price

Jefferson Public Radio: Yuroks Grant Rights To The Klamath River

Salud America: Toledo Mom Fights for Clean Drinking Water for Her Own, All Children

KGNU: Who Paid to Defeat Initiative 300?

Truthout: UN Report Says Indigenous Sovereignty Could Save the Planet

DC Media Group: Biodiversity in Collapse: How to Save 1 Million Species from Extinction

Standard Speaker: Supervisors want to hear from nonprofit about well issue

ANI News: Ecuador native community defeats government in court, gets oil exploration banned

National Geographic: A Voice for Nature

The Blade: Watch: Lake Erie activist addresses the United Nations

Environmental News Service: Earth Day 2019 Marked By Climate Concerns

The Blade: BP wasted money fighting LEBOR

Toledoans for Safe Water: Campaign Finance Report Sheds Light on Corrupt Corporate Influence Against the Lake Erie Bill of Rights

The Blade: United Nations invites Lake Erie activists to speak about bill of rights

Fosters.com: State reps block local rights effort

Cleveland.com: Lake Erie – yes, the body of water – asks to be let into lawsuit over bill of rights

Thom Hartmann Program: Lake Erie Getting Personhood Rights. What?

The London Free Press: What an Ohio city’s bold move to protect Lake Erie tells us

Smithsonian Magazine: Toledo, Ohio, Just Granted Lake Erie the Same Legal Rights as People

The Toledo Blade: Put a rush on LEBOR

The Telegraph: US lake wins its own ‘human rights’ in landmark ruling

The Hill: Ohio city votes to give Lake Erie same legal rights as a person

The Progressive: Toledo Residents Vote to Recognize Personhood for Lake Erie

Vox: Lake Erie just won the same legal rights as people

Vox: Ohio voters are about to decide if Lake Erie has legal rights

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