About 100 people attended a Bowling Green, OH, City Council meeting. Residents urged council members to refuse easement access to Spectra Energy for a pipeline…
The Gazette: “We the People 2.0” documentary shows similar struggles to opposition to NEXUS pipeline
The Nexus Pipeline threatens Medina County, OH, residents. Medina residents gather to watch We the People 2.0, a documentary about communities across the U.S. facing…
PR: Highland Township Bans Injection Wells, Rebukes Corporate Rule
Highland Township, PA, voters step up their fight to protect themselves from a frack wastewater injection well, adopting a rights-based Home Rule Charter banning the…
PR: Youngstown Residents: Unshakable Determination as They Look Ahead to Next Community Bill of Rights
The might of the oil and gas industry and its allies were out in force, outspending residents enormously in today's election to defeat the people's…
PR: Waterville Residents Ban Pipelines and Compressor Stations through Adopting Community Bill of Rights
Waterville, OH, residents make clear the Nexus pipeline and compressor station will not cut through their community, overwhelmingly adopting a Community Bill of Rights Charter…
Kane Republican: Township referendum question causes ad campaign onslaught
As Highland Township, PA, residents prefer to vote on their rights-based Home Rule Charter to protect themselves against a frack wastewater injection well, Seneca Resources…
The Investigative Fund: Big Oil and Gas Take Aim at Ballot Initiative Process in Colorado
In Colorado and Ohio, the oil and gas industry maneuvers to keep citizen initiatives threatening fracking off the ballot. In Colorado, the industry has advanced…
Salon: What’s not being voted on this November: Local democracy is being squashed from coast to coast
Simon Davis-Cohen reveals escalating efforts to quash We the People from exercising our right to initiative. From fracking and water protection, to minimum wage and…
The Gazette: NEXUS route changes, concerns discussed
While the Nexus pipeline has been re-routed, it's simply sacrificing another community in Medina County, Ohio. Residents meet to learn what's happening and what they…
The Blade: Protect children by passing issue 3
In a letter-to-the-editor, Waterville resident urges support for the community's rights-based initiative banning the Nexus pipeline and compressor station, and exercising their right to democratic…
Truthout: Democracy Deferred: Ohio Removes Anti-Fracking Measures From County Ballots
In Ohio and elsewhere, when democracy threatens the oil and gas industry, those occupying our legal and governing structures take liberty in interpreting the law…
The Blade: Nexus is a bad deal for Waterville
A Waterville, OH, residents speaks up on a compressor station: "If our political leaders will not protect our children, then we the people must pass…
Ed “Flash” Ferenc on America’s Work Force Radio Interviews CELDF’s Tish O’Dell
CELDF's Tish O'Dell speaks up on American's Workforce Radio regarding using Community Rights to create the environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable communities we envisions. Begins…
The New Political: Athens anti-fracking charter welcomes Tish O’Dell for fundraiser
Athens County, OH, residents issue a call to action for next steps in their work to protect against fracking activities. The Athens County Community Bill…
Courier Express: Study commission asks to be sued, request granted by the court
An Elk County, PA, judge rules in favor of the Highland County Government Study Commission to intervene in a lawsuit filed by their own Supervisors…
PR: Highland Township Government Study Commission Wins Motion to Intervene
Highland Township Government Study Commission wins their motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought on by Township Supervisors determined to keep the Commission's Charter off…
Vindy.com: Youngstown voters will consider 6 charter amendments on fall ballot
Youngstown, OH, voters will vote for a sixth time on a Community Bill of Rights banning fracking activities within the City. Residents promise to bring…
Press Release: Lincoln County Residents to Vote on Clean Air and Water in May 2017
Lincoln County, OR, residents qualify their Community Bill of Rights ordinance banning toxic aerial spraying for the May 2017 ballot.
The Laconia Daily Sun: A small number of corporations control our energy-delivery chain
What is sustainable? Purported "green" and "renewables" are anything but - particularly when they're run by a small number of corporations. Truly sustainable means truly…
Movement Rights Blog: Ponca Nation Considers Rights of Nature Fracking & Injection Ban
As the corporate state continues to support fracking activities, the Ponka Nation vows to protect the land and people from harm using Rights of Nature…
CELDF Statement: When Protecting Our Communities Becomes Criminal Activity
Oil and gas industry threatens criminal lawsuits against local elected officials taking a stand to protect their communities' health, safety, and welfare. In Grant Township,…
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