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Press Releases & Blogs
News from the CELDF headquarters, press releases, and blogs.PR: Spokane Arrestees Sue U.S. Government: Seek to Overturn Federal Preemption of Local Control Over Coal and Oil Trains
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Community Wires
Keep up to date with the communities and groups that CELDF partners with around the world.All is not Well in Grant Township
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In The News
News coverage and posts related to CELDF and the issues we work on, from across the internet.Thom Hartmann Program: Civil Disobedience Just Became a Civic Duty
Recent Posts
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Media Statement: Constitutional Amendment Introduced in Pennsylvania
Community Rights advances to the state level as a Pennsylvania legislator introduces the “Local Self-Government Amendment,” elevating people and communities over corporations.
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Common Dreams: The Rights of Nature
“The Rights of Nature movement…is about ushering humanity back onto a living planet.”
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Media Release: Rights of Nature Constitutional Amendment Introduced in Sweden’s Parliament
A representative in Sweden’s Parliament introduces Rights of Nature legislation – the first time a European national government considers the rights of ecosystems.
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Exercise Your Rights: We the People 2.0
Join CELDF’s Tish O’Dell and Toledoans for Safe Water’s Markie Miller for this screening of We the People 2.0 in Fort Meyers, Florida.
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Southern Chester County Weeklies: Hellbenders have their day in court
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.
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We the People 2.0 Screening in Belfast, Maine
Join us for a screening of We the People 2.0, a documentary of Community Rights work across the U.S.
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Media Statement: Court Issues Decision on Two Year Aerial Pesticides Ban in Lincoln County, Oregon
Lincoln County, Oregon, community members prepare to appeal judge’s denial of their right to protect themselves from aerial sprayed pesticides.
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The Blade: Lake Fed Up
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.
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Press Release: Ohio Courts Continue Attack on Local Democracy and Rights of Nature, Petitioners Seek Federal Remedies
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.
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Mother Jones: Some Indigenous Communities Have a New Way to Fight Climate Change: Give Personhood Rights to Nature
The Yurok Tribe recognizes the rights of the Klamath River this summer as part of the growing Rights of Nature movement.
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Common Dreams: Legal Rights of the Natural World: Beyond Personhood
Legal personhood is a doctrine addressing human rights and responsibilities. Nature, however, requires its own unique rights that recognize its needs and characteristics.
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Blog: We Stand With the Youth Climate Strike
CELDF stands with Youth Climate Strike as they demand systemic change, including legal Rights of Nature.
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WINK News: Clean water advocates work to get Caloosahatchee amendment on 2020 ballot
Lee County, Florida, residents advance a bill of rights for the Caloosahatchee River, joining five other Florida counties advancing similar measures.
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Truthout: Legislators’ Secretive Maneuvers Undermine Rights of Nature in Ohio
The unsurprising truth behind legislation adopted by the Ohio Assembly in an effort to undermine the Rights of Nature movement.