As Lane County, OR, voters advance Community Rights, efforts are underway to block them. Community Rights Lane County uses street theater to help fight for…
The Bradford Era: Highland Township Home Rule Charter group holds first meeting
Highland Township, PA's Home Rule Study Commission was voted in last month. Last night, they held their first meeting to begin consideration of becoming a…
The Jambar: Activists Ask President Obama to End Fracking in Film
A screening of Dear President Obama at Youngstown State Univ. provokes discussion on how to address fracking. It is not, says CELDF's Tish O'Dell, about…
The World: Movement growing to defend against corporate interests
State governments block communities' efforts to stop harmful activities. Corporations sue the communities and are backed by the judiciary. What's left? Says blogger Mary Geddry:…
Daily Camera: John C. Lamb: Fracking decisions show the system is rigged
Colorado resident refuses to accede to the CO Supreme Court's recent ruling that denies the people's right to govern themselves and ban fracking. He calls…
YES! Magazine: Faced With a Fracking Giant, This Small Town Just Legalized Civil Disobedience
Grant Township, PA, residents send one clear, united message to the fracking industry: There will be no frack wastewater injection wells in our community. And…
The Laconia Daily Sun: Plymouth Selectboard’s Support of Northern Pass Would be Oath Violation
The NHCRN urges Plymouth, NH's, Selectboard to enforce the people's Right to a Sustainable Energy Future and Community Self-Government Ordinance, adopted by residents in 2012…
The Tribune: Mailbox for May 10: Local Self-Government is needd
The overturning of fracking bans in Colorado reveals corporations have more "rights" than people, and our government is here to protect those claimed "rights." Coloradans…
Thom Hartmann Program: Civil Disobedience Just Became a Civic Duty
Thom Hartmann interviews CELDF's Chad Nicholson on Grant Township's bold move to make civil disobedience a civic duty. Grant residents insist on protecting their community…
Public Herald: Pennsylvania Township First To Legalize Civil Disobedience & ‘Bad Boy’ Tim DeChristopher Has Their Back
How Grant Township, PA, residents continue to make history as they stand against PGE to stop a frack wastewater injection well - and garner support…
Common Dreams: In This Passionate Anti-Fracking Town, Civil Disobedience Just Became Protected Civic Duty
In the face of PGE threatening a fracking wastewater injection well despite a local law banning injection wells, Grant Township, PA, residents make bold move…
The Bradford Era: Highland Twp. supervisor’s comments lead to motion in federal case
A newly appointed Highland Twp, PA, supervisor reveals he is not supportive of the Township's Community Bill of Rights banning injection wells. In a lawsuit,…
Community Rights Paper #12: Preempting Democracy
North Carolina's HB2 is a new state law that preempts local laws that protect LGBT rights. This means that the state legislature deliberately and knowingly…
The Bradford Era: Highland Township voters OK exploration of Home Rule Charter
Residents of Highland Township, PA, vote "yes" to consider a Home Rule form of government as they work for local community decision-making. The Township is…
Ames Tribune: County Bill of Rights proposed
Boone County, IA, residents propose a Community Bill of Rights banning pipelines. Residents are working with CELDF to protect communities from the Bakken pipeline, threatening…
Press Release: Highland Township Votes “Yes”to Consider Home Rule
As Highland Township, PA, residents fight to keep out a frack wastewater injection well, tonight they voted "yes" to form a study commission to consider…
The Daily Item: My Turn: A necessary change to the system
Our own local electeds are bound by our legal structure to allow harmful corporate practices into the communities they've sworn to protect. It's up to…
Philly.com: A tiny town’s resistance to shale gas is put to the test
Seneca Resources vows to defend its property rights - including its claimed right to site a wastewater injection well, which threatens drinking water sources. The…
Geddry: Maybe it is time to revoke our consent to be governed
Our right to local community self-government is unrecognized. Our elected representatives work on behalf of industry rather than we the people. Maybe it's time to…
Boulder Weekly: Community rights versus environmental destruction: Time to turn the page
In a state overrun by fracking, a Colorado leader in advancing Community Rights lays it out plainly: when democracy and fracking cannot coexist, one of…
The World: Secretary of State rejects ballot initiative seeking local control over corporations
Oregonians working to advance a community rights state constitutional amendment to protect the right to local self-government find their Secretary of State is working to…
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