Highland Township, PA, prepares to enforce its CELDF-drafted Community Bill of Rights Ordinance banning injection wells against Seneca Resources Corporation.
The Bradford Era: Highland Township citizens group joins fray over injection well
Highland Township, PA, stands behind its Community Bill of Rights banning injection wells with the support of Township Supervisors, residents, and CELDF, as Seneca Resources…
The Western Front: Frontline – Support a Community Bill of Rights
Western University students in Bellingham, WA, call on their peers to launch a Community Bill of Rights initiative in Bellingham.
The Bradford Era: Firm set to offer legal support in Highland Township injection well fight
CELDF affirms it will defend Highland Township, PA's Community Bill of Rights Ordinance that bans fracking wastewater injection wells against Seneca Resources, which has been…
Daily Kos – Food Fight: Local Media Coverage
A diary from occupystephanie on Oregon Community Rights and sustainable food systems in the face of hostile state and corporate interests.
Corvallis Gazette-Times: Food fight turns on local rights
A fight to protect the Willamette Valley, OR, from GM seed reveals itself to be a fight to protect Community Rights to create local, sustainable…
Press Release: Statement on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Ruling that Parts of Act 13 are Unconstitutional
“This ruling, while welcome, does not stop fracking of Pennsylvania’s communities, nor does it recognize the right of the people of Pennsylvania to govern their…
Press Release: Ohio and Colorado Voters Adopt Community Bills of Rights
Lafayette, CO, and Oberlin, OH, residents ban fracking as a violation of rights with strong majority wins.
The Piscataquis Observer: Letter to the Editor – Sangerville a leader in self-governance
Sangerville, ME, resident stands behind their first-in-the-nation Community Bill of Rights infrastructure ordinance, adopted by residents in September.
Read the Dirt: When The State Pushes Back
Editor Simon Davis-Cohen interviews CELDF's Pacific Northwest Community Organizer Kai Huschke about our structure of law and governance that functions to deny communities' rights when…
Press Release: Sangerville, ME, Adopts Community Bill of Rights Ordinance to Reject Transportation & Distribution Corridors
Voters in Sangerville, ME, adopt a Community Bill of Rights ordinance to protect their municipality from a private transportation corridor.
Press Release: Oregon Communities Launch Statewide Network for Community Rights
On September 12th, community members from eight Oregon counties gathered in Corvallis, Oregon, to launch the Oregon Community Rights Network (ORCRN).
The Pacific Northwest Inlander: Judgment Day
Corporate and government interests in Spokane, WA, succeed in blocking citizens' initiatives that would establish Community Rights.
The Bradford Era: Earthquakes elicit Elk County opposition to proposed injection well
Elk County Commissioners speak out against fracking injection wells.
Noozhawk: Fracking and the Rights of Nature
Community Rights and the Rights of Nature are changing our western legal paradigm, and are tools to protect Santa Barbara, CA, from fracking.
Noozhawk: Protecting Santa Barbara County — Community Rights vs. Corporate Control
Wayne Mellinger on Community Rights to protect Santa Barbara from fracking corporate interests.
Local Lawmaking: A Call for a Community Rights Movement
While on their face these issues may appear to be different – ranging from corporate agribusiness to energy extraction – the communities on the receiving…
Piscataquis Observer: Sangerville group outlines community bill of rights to halt east-west highway
East Sangerville, ME, residents and selectmen partner with CELDF to use a Community Bill of Rights to stop a $2.1 billion limited access highway.
Santa Maria Sun: Down the tube
San Luis Obispo, CA, residents consider a community rights ordinance to stop fracking before it starts.
Press Release: First County in U.S. Bans Oil and Gas Extraction
Mora County, NM, adopts first-in-the-nation ban on oil and gas extraction, protecting residents and local ecosystems from fracking.
CELDF Statement: A New Civil Rights Movement: Liberating Our Communities from Corporate Control
A Pennsylvania Judge Holds That Corporations Are Not “Persons” Under the Pennsylvania Constitution.
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