News From the Community Rights Movement - Page 10 of 30

Jan 29, 2019

Cleveland.com: Toledoans to vote on Lake Erie Bill of Rights

“If there’s a problem to be treated, there’s a problem to be solved.” Toledoans take steps to solve the problem of contaminated water in Lake Erie on February 26th’s special election, with their Lake Erie Bill of Rights.

Jan 28, 2019

CELDF is Hiring!

CELDF is hiring a Communications Coordinator. Learn more here!

Lake Erie Bill of Rights!

Lake Erie Bill of Rights (LEBOR) is on the February special elections ballot. Check out news coverage and the growing support for Toledo residents’ pioneering efforts to recognize the Lake’s rights.

Read More | Community Wires, Success Story

Jan 26, 2019

Cleveland.com: The Ohio Supreme Court has rightly affirmed that Toledoans get to vote on a proposed Lake Erie Bill of Rights

Cleveland.com editorial board member cheers the Ohio Supreme Court’s recognition of Toledo residents’ right to vote on the Lake Erie Bill of Rights initiative in February.

Jan 24, 2019

Inforum: The Rights of Wild Rice

In December 2018, the White Earth band of Ojibwe recognized the “Rights of Manoomin,” or the rights of wild rice. CELDF assisted tribal members to draft this first Rights of Nature law for a specific plant species.

Jan 23, 2019

The Bayou Brief: Red Tides, Green Lakes, Dead Zones: How a Single City Ordinance Could Change It All

Communities geographically far apart share similar threats to their water from red tides and green algae blooms. They also share looking at Rights of Nature to protect themselves – and Toledo, Ohio, is leading the way.

Jan 15, 2019

Imascalzoneit.com: Rights of Nature

An Italian interview with CELDF’s leader of our International Center for the Rights of Nature, Mari Margil.

Jan 12, 2019

The Blade: Recognizing the rights of nature

CELDF’s Australian partners champion the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, understanding the Great Lake – like the Great Barrier Reef – must be recognized as having the right to exist and flourish. CELDF is working with both groups to advance those rights.

Jan 9, 2019

National Lawyers Guild Incorporates Rights of Nature into Constitution

The National Lawyers Guild overwhelmingly adopts Rights of Nature in its constitution.

Read More | Press Releases & Blogs, Success Story

Jan 4, 2019

Orcas Issues: Initiative to Protect the Salish Sea Takes Shape. Does Nature Have Rights?

San Juan Islands residents in Washington work to advance the rights of the Salish Sea.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Jan 4, 2019

Press Release: New Hampshire Legislators to Consider Community Rights State Constitutional Amendment

New Hampshire legislators consider the NH Community Rights state constitutional amendment, with bi-partisan support from ten co-sponsors.

Jan 2, 2019

KNKX: ‘Rights of nature’ movement expands locally to help protect endangered orcas, Salish Sea

Communities along the Salish Sea are organizing to advance the Sea’s rights to exist and flourish, free from toxic and other harms.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Jan 2, 2019

Fosters.com: NH constitutional amendment for local self-governance backed by nonprofit

In this LTE, New Hampshire resident and Community Rights advocate speaks to the NH Community Rights state constitutional amendment, proposed and supported by ten legislators.

Dec 26, 2018

Cleveland Scene: Citizen-Led Ballot Initiative Will Allow Toledo Residents to Vote on ‘Lake Erie Bill of Rights’

Overcoming numerous hurdles, Toledo, Ohio, residents will vote on their Lake Erie Bill of Rights in February. The measure recognizes the rights of Lake Erie to exist and flourish – and the right of residents to clean water.

Dec 26, 2018

The Blade: Lake Erie Bill of Rights headed to Feb. 26 ballot

Toledo, OH, residents celebrate advancing their Lake Erie Bill of Rights citizen initiative to the February 2019 ballot, despite state and industry efforts to stop them.

Dec 26, 2018

Climate Liability News: As Climate Lawsuits Grow Worldwide, Legal Strategies Evolve Too

Litigation based on the Rights of Nature is part of a growing movement to stop climate devastation.

Dec 17, 2018

The Press: Board hearing Thursday: Lake rights bill to be contested

Industry allies attempt to keep the Lake Erie Bill of Rights off the ballot, while Toledo community members rally to protect the Lake’s rights and advance the measure.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Dec 16, 2018

The Blade: To the editor: Put Lake Erie “bill of rights” on ballot

In this LTE, Toledo community members call out efforts to block the Lake Erie Bill of Rights from the ballot and urge the Board of Elections to let the people vote.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Dec 6, 2018

Press Release – Rights of Lake Erie: One Step Closer to the Ballot, One Step Closer to Recognition

Toledo, Ohio, City Council advances the CELDF-drafted Lake Erie Bill of Rights to the February 2019 ballot.

Nov 29, 2018

13ABC WTVG: Lake Erie Bill of Rights backers call on Toledo City Council to include ordinance in special election

Toledo, OH, residents press city council to place their Lake Erie Bill of Rights on a special elections ballot in February.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Nov 15, 2018

The Laconia Daily Sun: What’s the point of local government when we can’t decide?

Despite being known for local democracy, New Hampshire residents are under siege by their own state government. The people are advancing a rights-based state constitutional amendment to change that.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Oct 26, 2018

Eugene Weekly: Alarmed Into Action

Following author Chris Hedges’ visit to Lane County, OR, earlier this month as part of a Community Rights tour, community members rally to continue challenging corporate power, state preemption, and to create the communities they envision.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Oct 24, 2018

The Blade: Supporters keep up push to put Lake Erie Bill of Rights on ballot

Toledo, OH, community members are keeping up the pressure on their City Council as they fight to advance a Bill of Rights for Lake Erie.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Oct 12, 2018

$The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio Supreme Court rules to keep anti-fracking initiative off the ballot$

The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio Supreme Court rules to keep anti-fracking initiative off the ballot

Community Rights organizing is growing in Ohio. In response, the state Supreme Court backs efforts to quash democratic rights, keeping a Columbus rights-based citizen initiative banning fracking waste disposal off the November ballot.

Fosters.com: To the Editor: Where do NH’s candidates stand on local choice?

Where do New Hampshire candidates stand on the right to local community self-government? Community Rights supporters ask this question as they advance their rights-based state constitutional amendment.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Oct 11, 2018

Blog: With Justice Kavanaugh, Forget Everything You Were Taught About How to Resist Injustice

The U.S. Supreme Court will not be backing our efforts to advance rights. We must advance those rights anyway, seeking guidance and inspiration from movements such as the Populists and labor.

Press Release: “Right to Survive” Ballot Measure Petitions Submitted in Denver

Denver, CO, residents advance “Right to Survive” bill of rights for homeless people, turning in petitions for the May 2019 ballot.

Read More | Community Wires, Press Releases & Blogs

Sep 27, 2018

Alternet: Here’s How Community Rights Could Help Save the Great Lakes

Community Rights and Rights of Nature are growing. Here, how Toledo residents are advancing them to protect the Great Lake Erie.

Sep 26, 2018

The Progressive: ‘Not Another Flint! Let Us Vote!’

Communities across Ohio are not only fighting to protect their water from corporate harms – they’re fighting for their right to vote on their own initiatives as corporate and state government encroach on fundamental human rights.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Sep 26, 2018

The Rights of Nature Journey: Reflections

CELDF’s Ben Price reflects on the Ecuadorian people embracing Rights of Nature in their constitution ten year ago, and the growing movement since.

Sep 24, 2018

Press Release: Ohio Supreme Court Ignores Rights, Blocks Citizen Initiative Protecting Lake Erie

While Ohio Supreme Court justices ignore democratic and environmental rights, Toledo residents continue to fight for them, and for the rights of Lake Erie.

Read More | Community Wires, Press Releases & Blogs

Sep 21, 2018

Blog: A Decade of Legality: Rights of Nature Coming of Age

CELDF assisted Ecuador’s Constitutional Assembly to draft Rights of Nature provisions for their Constitution. The Ecuadorian people adopted the Constitution overwhelmingly by popular vote. Now, we celebrate the 10 year anniversary, and the growing Rights of Nature movement.

Sep 19, 2018

WCRS Community Radio Columbus: The Ohio Community Rights Conference & More

Bob Fitrakis and Dan Dougan with Community Radio Columbus interview CELDF’s Tish O’Dell on the upcoming Ohio Community Rights Conference – and the recent Ohio Supreme Court decision keeping Columbus residents’ rights-based citizen initiative off the ballot.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Sep 17, 2018

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.

Read More | Community Wires, News, Press Releases, Success Story

Sep 15, 2018

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.

Sep 12, 2018

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.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Sep 9, 2018

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.

Sep 8, 2018

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.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Aug 31, 2018

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.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Aug 31, 2018

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.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Aug 29, 2018

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.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Aug 28, 2018

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.

Read More | Community Wires, News, Press Releases

Aug 27, 2018

ABC Drive (North Queensland): Interview on the rights of the Great Barrier Reef

Listen to Dr. Michelle Maloney, founder of the Australian Centre for the Rights of Nature, on laws recognizing rights of the Great Barrier Reef to exist and flourish.

Aug 26, 2018

InDepthNH.org: Opinion: Northern Pass Appeal Ignores Wishes of NH People

If you think regulatory agencies like New Hampshire’s Site Evaluation Committee (SEC) have your community’s interests at heart, think again. They exist to approve permits that meet legal requirements, regardless of communities’ wishes.

Press Release: Franklin County Board of Elections Denies Residents the Right to Vote

The Franklin County, OH, Board of Elections strips 560,000 Columbus citizens of their right to vote on a rights-based ballot measure to protect the community from fracking waste.

Read More | Community Wires, News, Press Releases

Aug 24, 2018

WOSU Public Media: Franklin County Board Of Elections Rejects Fracking Ban Proposal

Despite Columbus, OH, residents qualifying their Community Rights citizen initiative banning frack waste, the Franklin County Board of Election blocks it from the November ballot.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Aug 23, 2018

CCBOR PRESS RELEASE: COLUMBUS, OH, FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS WILL VOTE ON CITIZEN INITIATED COMMUNITY BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE HEADED FOR BALLOT

An oil and gas industry ally submits a protest to block a Community Bill of Rights initiative banning fracking waste from the ballot in Columbus, OH. CELDF attorney Terry Lodge presents arguments to defend the people’s right to vote on Friday, 8/24.

Read More | Community Wires, News from the Grassroots

Aug 22, 2018

Lagniappe Weekly: Bay lives matter

Mobile Bay is a heavily polluted watershed in Alabama. Let’s follow the lead of communities across the country who are adopting “ecosystem rights” laws to protect air, soil, and water, such that Mobile Bay’s right to exist and thrive is recognized and enforced.

Court of Appeals Decides to Avoid Voting Rights Issue, Denies Athens Residents an Appeal

Athens County, OH, residents advancing Community Rights to protect themselves from fracking through citizen initiative are denied their appeal.

Read More | Community Wires, News, Press Releases

Aug 16, 2018

Press Release: Rights of the Great Barrier Reef, Campaign Launch

Human activity is devastating the Great Barrier Reef. The Australia Earth Laws Alliance works with CELDF to secure rights for the Reef, protecting it from climate change, pollution, and other threats.

Read More | Press Releases & Blogs, Success Story

Announcing CELDF's Proposed Rights of Nature Principles

Sneak Peek! -- End of Year Newsletter 2022: We are Nature

Book: ‘Death by Democracy’

Cleveland.com: Toledoans to vote on Lake Erie Bill of Rights

CELDF is Hiring!

Lake Erie Bill of Rights!

Cleveland.com: The Ohio Supreme Court has rightly affirmed that Toledoans get to vote on a proposed Lake Erie Bill of Rights

Inforum: The Rights of Wild Rice

The Bayou Brief: Red Tides, Green Lakes, Dead Zones: How a Single City Ordinance Could Change It All

Imascalzoneit.com: Rights of Nature

The Blade: Recognizing the rights of nature

National Lawyers Guild Incorporates Rights of Nature into Constitution

Orcas Issues: Initiative to Protect the Salish Sea Takes Shape. Does Nature Have Rights?

Press Release: New Hampshire Legislators to Consider Community Rights State Constitutional Amendment

KNKX: ‘Rights of nature’ movement expands locally to help protect endangered orcas, Salish Sea

Fosters.com: NH constitutional amendment for local self-governance backed by nonprofit

Cleveland Scene: Citizen-Led Ballot Initiative Will Allow Toledo Residents to Vote on ‘Lake Erie Bill of Rights’

The Blade: Lake Erie Bill of Rights headed to Feb. 26 ballot

Climate Liability News: As Climate Lawsuits Grow Worldwide, Legal Strategies Evolve Too

The Press: Board hearing Thursday: Lake rights bill to be contested

The Blade: To the editor: Put Lake Erie “bill of rights” on ballot

Press Release – Rights of Lake Erie: One Step Closer to the Ballot, One Step Closer to Recognition

13ABC WTVG: Lake Erie Bill of Rights backers call on Toledo City Council to include ordinance in special election

The Laconia Daily Sun: What’s the point of local government when we can’t decide?

Eugene Weekly: Alarmed Into Action

The Blade: Supporters keep up push to put Lake Erie Bill of Rights on ballot

The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio Supreme Court rules to keep anti-fracking initiative off the ballot

Fosters.com: To the Editor: Where do NH’s candidates stand on local choice?

Blog: With Justice Kavanaugh, Forget Everything You Were Taught About How to Resist Injustice

Press Release: “Right to Survive” Ballot Measure Petitions Submitted in Denver

Alternet: Here’s How Community Rights Could Help Save the Great Lakes

The Progressive: ‘Not Another Flint! Let Us Vote!’

The Rights of Nature Journey: Reflections

Press Release: Ohio Supreme Court Ignores Rights, Blocks Citizen Initiative Protecting Lake Erie

Blog: A Decade of Legality: Rights of Nature Coming of Age

WCRS Community Radio Columbus: The Ohio Community Rights Conference & More

Press Release: Ho-Chunk Nation General Council Approves Rights of Nature Constitutional Amendment

The Intercept: How a Ragtag Group of Oregon Locals Took On the Biggest Chemical Companies in World — and Won

Toledo City Paper: Water Rights: Protecting Lake Erie and our Drinking Water

WGRZ.com: Nature’s Law: The Rights of Nature to Exist

Columbus Community Bill of Rights: Corporate Lobbyists Attack the People’s Right to Vote on the Columbus Community Bill of Rights Initiative

The Toledo Blade: Elections board sued in Ohio Supreme Court over Lake Erie Bill of Rights ballot initiative

The Columbus Dispatch: Letter: Citizen initiative would be important protection

The Toledo Blade: Board of Elections rejects downtown jail, Lake Erie bill of rights petitions

Press Release: Lake Erie Bill of Rights Blocked from November Ballot

ABC Drive (North Queensland): Interview on the rights of the Great Barrier Reef

InDepthNH.org: Opinion: Northern Pass Appeal Ignores Wishes of NH People

Press Release: Franklin County Board of Elections Denies Residents the Right to Vote

WOSU Public Media: Franklin County Board Of Elections Rejects Fracking Ban Proposal

CCBOR PRESS RELEASE: COLUMBUS, OH, FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS WILL VOTE ON CITIZEN INITIATED COMMUNITY BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE HEADED FOR BALLOT

Lagniappe Weekly: Bay lives matter

Court of Appeals Decides to Avoid Voting Rights Issue, Denies Athens Residents an Appeal

Press Release: Rights of the Great Barrier Reef, Campaign Launch

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