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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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International Rights of Nature Symposium – Quito, Ecuador
Learn more about this 10 year anniversary event: the Ecuadorian people adopted the world’s first Rights of Nature constitution in 2008 – and the movement has been growing ever since. Join us!
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Press Release: Ho-Chunk Nation General Council Approves Rights of Nature Constitutional Amendment
The General Council of the Ho-Chunk Nation votes overwhelmingly in support of a Rights of Nature constitutional amendment.
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The Intercept: How a Ragtag Group of Oregon Locals Took On the Biggest Chemical Companies in World — and Won
The chemical industry is doing all it can to shut down communities from banning toxic chemical use. But in Oregon, CELDF partners in Lincoln and Lane Counties refuse to fold. This is their fight for their lives and their communities – and it’s growing.
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Wild Law Conference in the UK
Join CELDF’s Mari Margil at this conference in the United Kingdom on Rights of Nature, September 21st!
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Toledo City Paper: Water Rights: Protecting Lake Erie and our Drinking Water
Toledoans for Safe Water are determined to protect Lake Erie through their citizen initiative recognizing the rights of the Lake to exist and flourish.
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WGRZ.com: Nature’s Law: The Rights of Nature to Exist
CELDF is working with communities across the U.S. and around the world to advance the Rights of Nature – and the movement is growing.
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Columbus Community Bill of Rights: Corporate Lobbyists Attack the People’s Right to Vote on the Columbus Community Bill of Rights Initiative
Corporate lobbyist groups come out in force to argue against the people’s right to initiative in the Ohio Supreme Court. Columbus residents are unwavering in their stand to protect their community.
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Voices for Biodiversity: How Do Dams Fall? Conversations with the Colorado River
Author Will Falk’s story of his connection with the Colorado River, the lawsuit he helped bring forward to protect her rights, and what is necessary to restore her vibrancy.
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The Global Rise of Nature’s Rights: How It’s Moved from a ‘Good Idea’ to Reality
CELDF is spearheading the Rights of Nature movement that is growing across the U.S. and around the world. Join us in Wallingford, PA, to learn more – including what you can do in your community to recognize nature’s rights.
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The Toledo Blade: Elections board sued in Ohio Supreme Court over Lake Erie Bill of Rights ballot initiative
CELDF assists Toledo, OH, residents appeal the Lucas County Board of Elections decision to block their Lake Erie Bill of Rights from the ballot.
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The Columbus Dispatch: Letter: Citizen initiative would be important protection
In a LTE, a Columbus, OH, resident points out blockage of the people’s Community Bill of Rights citizen initiative banning fracking waste was led by an oil and gas ally on the Board of Elections.
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The Toledo Blade: Board of Elections rejects downtown jail, Lake Erie bill of rights petitions
Toledo, OH, residents vow legal action as the Lucas County Board of Elections votes to block a Lake Erie Bill of Rights from the ballot. CELDF is representing residents denied their right to vote.
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Press Release: Lake Erie Bill of Rights Blocked from November Ballot
Growing efforts to stifle voting rights continue in Ohio as local government blocks Toledo residents’ Lake Erie Bill of Rights from the November ballot.
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Rights of Nature Australia 2018 Conference
Learn more about rights of ecosystems at the Rights of Nature Australia Conference this October!