The Yurok Tribal Council adopts law recognizing the rights of the Klamath River, which is central to the culture and life of the Yurok.
Salud America: Toledo Mom Fights for Clean Drinking Water for Her Own, All Children
The story of one Toledo mom and her taking action to protect her children, her community, and the Great Lake Erie through Community Rights and…
KGNU: Who Paid to Defeat Initiative 300?
An interview with CELDF's Ben Price on Denver's Right to Survive ordinance, and the $2.3 million spent by industries to defeat it.
Truthout: UN Report Says Indigenous Sovereignty Could Save the Planet
It's time to recognize the rights of ecosystems and the authority of communities to stop harmful projects. "[T]he best defenders of nature and biodiversity are…
DC Media Group: Biodiversity in Collapse: How to Save 1 Million Species from Extinction
“[It's time to] enact laws that recognize the inalienable rights of ecosystems to exist, flourish and naturally evolve, and the authority of the community to…
Standard Speaker: Supervisors want to hear from nonprofit about well issue
Community members in North Union Township, Pennsylvania, engage with CELDF and its partner Network to discuss using Community Rights to protect their water from being…
ANI News: Ecuador native community defeats government in court, gets oil exploration banned
Oil corporations were forced to back off native lands in Ecuador. A court decision held that their actions were "inadequate and violated the 'community's right…
National Geographic: A Voice for Nature
More than just recognizing legal rights, the growing Rights of Nature movement is a paradigm shift in the relationship between human beings and nature.
The Blade: Watch: Lake Erie activist addresses the United Nations
Community Rights leader Markie Miller, from Toledo, Ohio, speaks to the UN General Assembly. She was invited to talk about the Lake Erie Bill of…
Environmental News Service: Earth Day 2019 Marked By Climate Concerns
Earth Day celebrations span the globe, highlighting Earth's beauty and the threat of climate change devastation. Rights of Nature is a growing movement to stop…
The Blade: BP wasted money fighting LEBOR
The Editorial Board of the Toledo Blade calls out the irony of Houston-based BP Corporation funding the anti-Lake Erie Bill of Rights campaign, which attacked…
Toledoans for Safe Water: Campaign Finance Report Sheds Light on Corrupt Corporate Influence Against the Lake Erie Bill of Rights
BP Corporation was the sole monetary donor behind the campaign to quash the Lake Erie Bill of Rights (LEBOR). The measure won with 61% of…
The Blade: United Nations invites Lake Erie activists to speak about bill of rights
Community members from Toledo, Ohio, are invited to the United Nations this month to speak about the Lake Erie Bill of Rights adopted by citizens…
Fosters.com: State reps block local rights effort
The people of New Hampshire have the right to govern themselves and protect their communities from corporate harm - yet the state legislature blocks them…
Cleveland.com: Lake Erie – yes, the body of water – asks to be let into lawsuit over bill of rights
The Great Lake Erie files to intervene in a lawsuit brought by the agricultural industry to overturn Toledo, Ohio's, Lake Erie Bill of Rights.
Thom Hartmann Program: Lake Erie Getting Personhood Rights. What?
Thom Hartmann interviews CELDF's Ohio organizer Tish O'Dell on the Lake Erie Bill of Rights adopted by Toledo residents.
The London Free Press: What an Ohio city’s bold move to protect Lake Erie tells us
"What we really need to do is look at the (lake) as a whole, as an ecosystem that has inherent rights, that transcends the political…
Smithsonian Magazine: Toledo, Ohio, Just Granted Lake Erie the Same Legal Rights as People
“We’ve been using the same laws for decades to try and protect Lake Erie. They’re clearly not working." Thus, Toledo, Ohio, community members recognized the…
The Toledo Blade: Put a rush on LEBOR
The Editorial Board of the Toledo Blade takes a stand for the Lake Erie Bill of Rights.
The Telegraph: US lake wins its own ‘human rights’ in landmark ruling
Lake Erie joins growing numbers of ecosystems around the world where people and governments are recognizing their rights to exist, flourish, and evolve.
The Hill: Ohio city votes to give Lake Erie same legal rights as a person
Lake Erie's legal rights are now acknowledged following Toledo, Ohio's, special election on Tuesday.
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