2019 has been a remarkable year for CELDF and our partner communities. Check out what we are celebrating!

Ohioans know firsthand that the very legal and governing structures we live under are preventing us from governing ourselves and protecting our communities.

A landmark legislative session was held this winter in New Hampshire. It marked the first time a Community Rights state constitutional amendment was debated and voted on by a state House of Representatives.

CELDF attorneys arguing the inalienable and constitutional rights of Grant Township, PA, residents to local community self-government are sanctioned for daring to do so.

For three years, Ohio government and the oil and gas industry have tried to quash Community Rights. This year, communities have come back stronger than ever, and with a win in the Ohio Supreme Court.

CELDF is leading the Rights of Nature movement, working with communities to change our trajectory and establish the sustainable communities so many envision.

What began over twenty years ago as an effort to help communities enforce the nation’s environmental laws, has now fully evolved into a resistance movement focused on driving rights for local self-determination and nature into the highest levels of law.

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!