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…
Media Statement: Crowdfunding to Defend Lake Erie
The oil and gas industry tried to quash the Lake Erie Bill of Rights at the ballot. The agriculture industry is trying to quash it…
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…
Media Release: Not an April Fools Joke in Grant Township
GRANT TOWNSHIP, INDIANA COUNTY, PA: On April 1, federal Judge Susan Paradise Baxter issued an order that was not a joke: Grant Township (pop. 741),…
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…
Media Release: New Hampshire Community Rights Amendment Hijacked by Party Politics
The New Hampshire Community Rights Amendment, CACR8, went before the state House of Representatives last week. It was blocked from advancing to a vote by…
Media Release: Lake Erie and Local Residents File Court Motions to Defend Rights of Lake
Lake Erie files a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed by industry to overturn the Lake Erie Bill of Rights.
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.
Media Release: 2nd Right to a Healthy Climate Law Adopted in New Hampshire
Nottingham, New Hampshire, residents adopt the second right to healthy climate law in the state at Town Meeting.
Media Release: First Right to Climate Law Adopted in New Hampshire
Yesterday, Exeter, New Hampshire, residents adopted their Right to a Healthy Climate Ordinance at Town Meeting. This is the first right-based climate law in the…
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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