CELDF fights for the people's right to vote in Athens County, OH, court of appeals.
The Laconia Daily Sun: Perhaps Northern Pass is falling to our fatigue, but my generation has had enough, we’re done; vote yes on CRBO in Ashland
This powerful letter-to-the-editor by an Ashland, NH, resident, is what builds a people's movement.
The Athens News: Judges to hear appeal of Board of Elections’ rejection of charter
Denied their right to vote by the Athens County Board of Elections in Ohio, county residents make their case today in the 4th district court…
Fosters.com: To the Editor: Let the people vote on CACR19
With bi-partisan support, the New Hampshire House Municipal & County Government committee will vote how to recommend the Community Rights state constitutional amendment CACR19 to…
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dennis Kucinich supports Community Rights state constitutional amendment
Columbus Free Press covers Ohio's Dennis Kucinich and his support for a Community Rights state constitutional amendment.
The Register-Guard: Rural residents in Lane County fight spraying of herbicides by helicopters
Community members advance community rights in Lane County, OR, fighting for their health and safety against the timber industry's use of pesticides.
In These Times: The Community Rights Movement to the New Hampshire House: Let the People Decide What’s Best
Taking steps to assert decision-making authority over their own communities, New Hampshire residents work with the CELDF and NHCRN to advance a rights-based state constitutional…
New Hampshire Public Radio: Local Governance Advocates Try Again To Amend State Constitution
New Hampshire supporters of a community rights state constitutional amendment urge the legislative committee to advance the amendment to the House.
Think Progress: The new legal threat to environmental attorneys: Sanctions from judges and attorneys general
From ThinkProgress on the efforts of the oil and gas industry to stop Community Rights and Rights of Nature, the courageous communities who refuse to…
New Hampshire Public Radio: Plymouth Is Latest To Try Blocking Big Energy Projects With Local Ordinance
Plymouth, NH, residents are among the growing numbers of New Hampshire communities using Community Rights to stop projects harmful to their health, safety, and welfare.
Columbus Free Press: Overturning Ohio HB 463 – Dismantling a corporate state and building something new
CELDF stands by Ohio residents. Together, the people succeeded in overturning unjust law, and today they are ramping up their efforts to advance democratic and…
The Register-Guard: Don’t delay aerial spray ballot issue discussion
Lane County, OR, residents urge their county commissioners to place Community Rights measures on the ballot for a vote by the people. Residents are taking…
New Hampshire Rep. Ellen Read on adopting a Community Rights state constitutional amendment
As the New Hampshire Community Rights state constitutional amendment moves forward to a legislative committee, Representative Ellen Read voices her support for the amendment. Listen…
Union Leader: Plymouth residents take aim at Northern Pass with new ordinance
Facing a massive electrical power corridor cutting through New Hampshire, the people of Plymouth ban the project in their Town using Community Rights. Next step:…
The Laconia Daily Sun: Let’s not wait for the Legislature’s permission to self-govern
A former Selectperson from Ashland, NH, writes this LTE on the NH Community Rights state constitutional amendment. We are born with the inalienable right to…
In These Times: Does the Natural World Needs Its Own Bill of Rights?
Environmental regulations aren't doing much for the environment - but recognizing nature's rights is.
Non-Profit Quarterly: Nonprofit Legal Firm Ordered to Pay for its Defense of Anti-Fracking City Ordinance
Sanctioning public interest attorneys for defending Grant Township, PA's, ban on fracking wastewater injection wells is the next step in efforts to stop communities from…
Desmog: Court Orders Nonprofit Law Firm to Pay $52,000 to Oil and Gas Company for Defending Local Fracking Waste Ban
Community Rights is growing, and this is the corporate state's punitive response.
The Athens News: City Council commits to codifying citizen-OKed laws, including anti-fracking, pot de-penalization
Protecting water means enforcing their Community Bill of Rights fracking ban, says Athens, OH, residents. The rights-based law was adopted overwhelmingly by residents in 2014.
Rolling Stone: The Rights of Nature Movement Goes on Trial
The people of Grant Township, PA, are fiercely defending their right to clean air and water. A federal judge sanctions two attorneys for standing with…
Daily Camera: Lafayette to meet with legal fund on fracking ban defense, over counsel’s concerns
Lafayette, CO, city council looks to defend its Right to Climate ordinance banning fracking activities, holding an open forum with CELDF on strategies to do…
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