A state agency charged with protecting the health and safety of communities and the natural environment sues Grant and Highland Townships in Pennsylvania, attempting to…
PR: Ohio / Pennsylvania Communities Rising Tour: Defying the Corporate State
Ohio and Pennsylvania residents are inundated with environmental harms, and have had enough. Join the Communities Rising tour, featuring voices from the front lines in…
PR: First in Ohio Ballot Initiative: Right to a Healthy Climate in Bowling Green
Bowling Green, OH, students and residents join together to advance a Community Rights Charter Amendment for the November ballot. The measure would establish a right…
Changing the power structures through We the People 2.0 and Community Rights
Gig Harbor, WA, residents face over-development and environmental threats - and turn to the documentary We the People 2.0 and Community Rights for solutions.
CCBOR Media Release: Columbus Water Protectors Deliver Anti-Fracking Petitions to City Hall
Columbus, OH, residents to deliver more than 10,000 signatures to City Hall on Friday. Residents are working to place a Community Bill of Rights banning…
Earth Island Institute: Achieving Self-Governance
A review of CELDF's book, We the People - Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the United States.
Indiana Gazette LTE: Learning from Grant Twp, PA, on protecting our communities from fracking
When our government fails to protect us from fracking activities, we must do so ourselves.
The World: Coos County Right to a Sustainable Energy Future Ordinance on May ballot in OR
Coos County, OR, residents advance rights to stop Jordan Cove LNG export project.
The World: Coos and Columbia Counties exercise right of local self-government
Oregon residents take a stand over state preemption and unsustainable fossil fuel projects.
The Seattle Times LTE: City Council applauded – now it’s time for Community Rights
Seattle's City Council withdraws financial ties with Wells Fargo over the Dakota Access Pipeline. Now it's time for them to take the next step.
Lancaster Online: No remedy to protect themselves, Lancaster Co, PA residents take direct action
Lancaster Co, PA, residents move to non-violent civil disobedience to protect their communities from the Atlantic Sunrise LNG pipeline.
The Colorado Independent: Lafayette Climate Bill of Rights draws passionate support from mothers, children
Lafayette, CO, residents show resounding support for a Climate Bill of Rights that would legalize non-violent civil disobedience to enforce their ban on fracking.
Daily Camera: Lafayette leaders, Standing Rock members voice support for anti-fracking proposal
Lafayette, CO, residents and Standing Rock members call for local action as Lafayette advances a Climate Bill of Rights and Protections.
The Oberlin Review: Oberlin Must Stand by Community Bill of Rights
The City of Oberlin, OH, has a Community Bill of Rights protecting them from unsustainable energy projects - and an Oberlin resident calls on the…
The Spokesman-Review: Oil, coal train protesters in Spokane file federal lawsuit claiming climate change protections
Residents of Spokane, WA, file a federal lawsuit asserting the people's right to a healthy climate.
KREM2: ‘Raging Grannies’ and other protesters file federal lawsuit claiming climate change protections
"Raging Granny" residents in Spokane, WA, file federal lawsuit for a right to a livable climate.
PR: Spokane Arrestees Sue U.S. Government: Seek to Overturn Federal Preemption of Local Control Over Coal and Oil Trains
CELDF files lawsuit against the federal government, asserting federal law preempting municipal control of fossil fuel rail shipments violates residents’ constitutional right to a healthy…
PR: Spokane Arrestees Sue U.S. Government: Seek to Overturn Federal Preemption of Local Health and Safety Laws Concerning Coal and Oil Trains
CELDF files lawsuit against the federal government, asserting federal law preempting municipal control of fossil fuel rail shipments violates residents’ constitutional right to a healthy…
Columbus Free Press: Corporate State Attempts to Choke Off Citizens’ Initiatives
As prior people's movements have taught us, when unjust government promotes unjust laws, we must promote local laws advancing rights.
Counterpunch: Get The Frack Out of Pennsylvania
Fiction mirrors reality, and author Lee Ballinger draws the parallels between a novel set in Pennsylvania describing the ravages of fracking, and the reality in…
The Athens Messenger: HB 463 will not stand
Ohioans recognize the state legislature's assault on democracy through the adoption of HB 463. Presented as a foreclosure bill, legislators encroached on citizens' right to…
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