Boulder County, CO, resident calls for people to stand up to protect themselves from oil and gas industry by driving into law a Community Bill…
The Thom Hartmann Program: The Second American Revolution with Director Leila Conners
Tree Media's Leila Connors speaks to the documentary We the People 2.0 - The Second American Revolution, and how communities across the U.S. are using…
The Thom Hartmann Program: We Don’t Just Have a Fracking Problem, We Have A Democracy Problem!
CELDF's Tish O'Dell is on the Thom Hartmann Program, exploring why we don't have a fracking problem - but instead a democracy problem.
BG Independent News: Pipeline petition passes signature test …. but more obstacles remain
Bowling Green residents and students who submitted petitions to place a Right to Climate charter amendment on the November ballot may face efforts to block…
Columbus Free Press: Corporate State Says Democracy is Too Expensive
While the oil and gas industry declares democracy is "too expensive," CELDF's Tish O'Dell looks at the bigger picture, including the cost of the corporate…
Vindy.com: LTE: Outside money suppresses voice of people in Y’town; the time has come to act
A Youngstown, OH, residents calls for support of the People’s Bill of Rights for Fair Elections and Access to Local Government. The initiative creates non-partisan…
Akron Beacon Journal: LTE: Fallout from the oil and gas industry
A Medina Co, OH, resident invites elected officials to see what's happening in Carroll and Noble Counties, where residents suffer harms from fossil fuel projects…
Vindy.com: Fracking issue in Youngstown could ignite fight in the courts
Gas industry allies in the Ohio legislature adopted a law authorizing BOEs and the Secretary of State to keep measures off the ballot based on…
Fosters.com: We must protect fair elections in NH
The New Hampshire legislature is suppressing voters and refusing to protect the vote through a verification process. This resident calls for using community rights to…
In These Times Rural America: Youngstown Residents Push to Oust Corporations from Election Campaigns, Cap Contributions at $100
Youngstown, OH, residents work to ban corporations from elections and cap campaign spending to level the playing field.
Vindy.com: Committee turns in petitions for elections charter amendment
Youngstown residents submit a petition for the November ballot that would remove corporations from elections, and cap campaign contributions.
The Athens News: Let the people of Athens County have a vote on county charter
A resident and attorney in Athens County, OH, urges support for the county charter initiative advanced by community members to protect the county from fracking.
The Athens News: Anti-fracking group protests rejection of county charter
For a third year, Athens County, OH, residents battle efforts to keep them from voting on their qualified charter initiative. The measure bans fracking activities…
BG Independent News: BG charter amendment group submits ballot initiative
Facing the proposed Nexus pipeline and determined to protect their community's water, Bowling Green, OH, residents turn in signatures for their community rights initiative.
The Athens News: Judge rules charter petition had enough signatures after all
For a 3rd year, Athens County, OH, residents fight to protect themselves from fracking activities through a rights-based Home Rule charter. They continue to come…
Truthout: Oregon Ecosystem Files Lawsuit to Defend Its Rights
As the Siletz River Ecosystem is being destroyed by aerial sprayed pesticides, the river is taking legal action to protect itself, using a community rights…
Public News Service: OR River Could Take Legal Action in Aerial Pesticide Ban Case
Nature's rights are necessary to protect local ecosystems, and the Siletz River in Lincoln County, OR, is filing to intervene in a lawsuit to make…
Akron Beacon Journal: Pipeline opponents gagged in Medina County
Medina, OH, resident lays out the gagging of democratic rights by county government when residents advanced a measure to protect themselves from the Nexus pipeline…
World Policy On Air: “The Rights of Trees”
As global warming accelerates, a radical change in how we view and interact with nature is necessary. World Policy on Air's David Alpern interviews CELDF's…
BG Independent News: Petition aimed at prioritizing people over pipelines
Bowling Green, OH, residents prepare to submit signatures to place a community rights ballot initiative before voters for November. The measure bans the Nexus pipeline…
NexusMedia: Meet the Rural Pennsylvania Town at the Forefront of Environmental Law
Grant Township, PA, digs in deep to fight a frack wastewater injection well, leveraging rights to challenge a legal system stacked against them.
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