As communities seek to protect themselves from toxic drilling, Pennsylvania industry group mulls statute to deter such ordinances.
Allied News: Shale waste insights
Residents in Wilmington, PA, gathered to hear a panel discussion on fracking threats. Panelists included Grant Township Supervisor Stacy Long, describing tactics used by the…
The Register-Guard: Retired Eugene attorney sues Lane County over controversial initiatives
Lane County, OR, residents advancing Community Rights initiatives banning aerial pesticide spraying and GMOs face further efforts to block their measures from the ballot.
The Post: Athens County anti-fracking charter determined ‘invalid’ by Ohio Supreme Court
Athens County, OH, residents' frustration grows as the corporate state refuses to recognize their authority to vote on their own county charter measures. Residents face…
The Bradford Era: Appeal filed in Seneca versus Highland Township case
A U.S. District Magistrate Judge refused to allow community or ecosystem intervention in the Highland Township, PA, case, where communities are fighting to stop a…
Press Release: Ho-Chunk Nation General Council Approves Rights of Nature Constitutional Amendment
The General Council of the Ho-Chunk Nation votes overwhelmingly to amend their tribal constitution to enshrine the Rights of Nature - the first tribal nation…
Akron Beacon Journal: Ohio Supreme Court derails efforts to put anti-fracking measures on ballots
Athens, Meigs, and Portage County, OH, residents decry the Ohio Supreme Court's decision blocking their county charter initiatives from the ballot. Residents face fracking harms…
The Bradford Era: Highland Township Home Rule case headed to court
Highland Township, PA, residents put the pressure on their supervisors. The local electeds voted yesterday to try to stop the people's Home Rule charter initiative…
Energy Wire: Ohio Supreme Court keeps anti-fracking measures off ballot
While the Ohio Supreme Court blocks the right to initiative in three counties, one judge dissents, calling the court's action "a usurpation of power from…
The Athens News: Supreme Court flushes county charters yet again
Residents in three Ohio counties find no justice in the courts as the state and oil/gas industry succeed in blocking their County Charter initiatives from…
Columbus Free Press: Ohio residents stand with Standing Rock, protest Nexus pipeline
OHCRN members from across Ohio staged street theater and spoke out in support of the Standing Rock Sioux in front of the state house. Residents…
Fosters.com: Why we must amend the NH Constitution
We live under a corporate state, and in New Hampshire, residents urge their legislature to help lead systemic change by supporting the New Hampshire Community…
The Athens Messenger: Supreme Court says no to Athens County charter proposal
The Ohio Supreme Court refuses to place Athens, Meigs, and Portage Counties' rights-based Charters on the November ballot. County residents are working to protect their…
Press Release: Right to Initiative Rendered Dead by Ohio Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court finds on behalf of the oil and gas industry and the colluding state government. The people's duly qualified rights-based county charter…
The Bradford Era: Highland Home Rule Charter moves forward, for now, after ruling
Highland Township, PA's, residents move a step closer to voting on their own Home Rule Charter proposal in November. Their solicitors are trying to block…
Courier Express: Highland Township home rule question voted to ballot
The Elk County, PA, Board of Elections is advised to place the people's proposed Home Rule Charter measure on the November ballot. Residents face a…
WFMJ.com: Leaders oppose sixth attempt to pass Youngstown ‘Community Bill of Rights’
Youngstown, OH, residents advance their Community Rights Charter Amendment banning fracking, determined to safeguard their community's health, safety, and welfare. Local government and industry allies…
Energy Wire: ‘Rights of nature’ heads back to federal court
Highland Township, PA, residents work with CELDF to push for the recognition of the Rights of Nature in the 3rd Circuit Court.
WeAreCentralPA.com: Home Rule Charter Heads to Ballot
Board of Elections sides with residents as Highland Township, PA, supervisors try to keep the people's Home Rule Charter initiative off the ballot. Residents are…
The Bradford Era: Challenge issued to Highland Township Home Rule
After rescinding an ordinance banning frack wastewater injection wells, Highland Township, PA, supervisors and solicitor further betray residents fighting to protect themselves: they attempt to…
The Baffler: Who Speaks for the Trees?
Recognizing Rights of Nature is part of the growing discourse on the rights of ecosystems to exist and thrive, based on their own intrinsic value.…
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