Waterville, OH, residents adopt a Community Bill of Rights Charter Amendment banning Spectra Energy’s pipeline and compressor station. Youngstown residents are a beacon, refusing to give up Community Rights no matter how much they are outspent.

The oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania threatens to criminalize elected officials protecting their communities from fracking activities. Grant Township Supervisors are undaunted and refuse to back down from stopping an injection well siting.

What an amazing year – from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New Hampshire, to Washington and Oregon, people are growing Community Rights and protecting their communities from corporate harms. Your support makes our work possible!

Communities work to advance their right to local community self-government through the Oregon Community Rights Network, submitting a petition for a state constitutional amendment protecting that right. The Oregon Secretary of State attempts to block them from continuing.

Tacomans refuse to surrender their rights as the court denies them access to initiative. Residents are working to protect their water – and their right to vote.

Undaunted by the courts, the state legislature, or the oil and gas industry, Ohioans understand the power to protect themselves is in We, the People, as they fight for their rights.

The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund turns 20 years old! What began as a mission to help communities fight permits has evolved into a Community Rights Movement for people and nature.

This November, Spokane, WA, residents led groundbreaking work in advancing worker rights, and made a stand for community rights in the Washington Supreme Court.

Learn the latest news on Spokane, WA’s, Worker Bill of Rights, read Community Rights Paper #5 on Citizens United, and join us for the launching of the Ohio Community Rights Workshop.

Here’s an update on some of our latest work.