Check out the stories being submitted as evidence this week at the international Permanent People's Tribunal, where the PPT is considering fracking, climate change, and…
Press Release: The Right to Water Shut Off in Unjust Youngstown Election
It was a questionable election at best for Youngstown, OH, where community members are fighting for their right to clean water in a city that…
Fosters.com: A rights-based ordinance for the Great Bay
Newmarket, Durham, and Newington, NH, residents are a part of the growing Community Rights movement building across the state as they work to protect the…
The Daily News: Pig farm fight continues
Todd Township, PA, residents urge township supervisors to adopt their Community Bill of Rights banning a pig factory farm that threatens their community.
The Progressive: Across the U.S., Courts are Keeping Voter Initiatives Off Local Ballots
This is what it looks like when elected officials and courts block direct democracy - citizen initiative rights are stripped and communities' health, safety, and…
Tell Me a Story: Michelle Holman, activist
Michelle Holman is a Community Rights activist in Lane County, OR, where she is fighting aerial-sprayed pesticides with residents and allies. Here, a short video…
Blog: The Gun Establishment’s Weapon of Choice
Courageous local officials in ten Florida cities are fighting punishments enacted by the state legislature under an unjust gun law. But it's the state's claimed…
Oxford Human Rights Hub: RightsUp #RightNow – When Human Rights Are Not Enough: Defending the Rights of Nature
Human rights to a healthy environment are gaining recognition - and today, the rights of nature are growing as well. Here, CELDF's Mari Margil speaks…
Press Release: Colombia Supreme Court Rules that Amazon Region is “Subject of Rights”
In the growing recognition of ecosystem rights around the world, today the Colombia Supreme Court of Justice ruled that the Amazon region in Colombia possesses…
The Progressive: Poll: Voters Want Local Control, Not State Takeovers
State preemption is growing, community members across the U.S. disapprove, and no liberal or conservative political party is coming in to save the day. Instead,…
The Amazon Conservation Team: Breaking News: The Colombian Amazon Has the Same Rights as a Person
"Colombia’s Supreme Court issued a historic ruling combating climate change in Latin America."
The Guardian: It’s only natural: the push to give rivers, mountains and forests legal rights
First initiated with CELDF in the U.S. in 2006, today our Rights of Nature is global. Here, its growing recognition in Australia to protect rivers…
The Register-Guard: Judge’s ruling on spraying initiative thwarts people’s will
A circuit court judge renders meaningless the right to citizen initiative in Lane County, OR. Here's how, why, and a call for the people to…
Jefferson Public Radio: Oregonian Wins Award For Opposition To Pesticides
Carol Van Strum has dedicated her life to fighting pesticides. Here an interview with Van Strum and CELDF's Kai Huschke on pesticides, Community Rights, and…
Daily Camera: Anti-fracking group’s attorney sends letter to Lafayette over possible legal action
Lafayette, CO, residents are unrelenting in their determination to protect their community from fracking harms. At City Council, they insist on enforcement of their Climate…
Broadway World: Core Dance To Participate In National Water Dance
Integrating art with the environmental movement, the 2018 National Water Dance will take place across the U.S. on April 14th. Core Dance is partnering with…
Press Release: Mahoning Board of Elections Defies Supreme Court
The Mahoning County, OH, Board of Elections blocks a duly qualified Community Bill of Rights initiative from the ballot in Youngstown. CELDF assists residents to…
Daily Camera: Lafayette may again consider legalizing anti-fracking civil disobedience
Community members in Lafayette, CO, rally behind an amendment to their Climate Bill of Rights that would legalize non-violent civil disobedience if necessary to stop…
Press Release: Historic Vote on Community Rights State Constitutional Amendment in NH Legislature
The New Hampshire legislature takes an historic vote on the first Community Rights state constitutional amendment considered by a state legislature.
Mongabay: Carol Van Strum, crusader against Agent Orange, wins prestigious environmental award
Carol Van Strum, Community Rights advocate and long time activist, receives the international David Brower Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding environmental and social justice work.
Blog: The NRA, Gun Violence, and Ceiling Preemption
Communities can't adopt the gun laws they believe would best protect their health, safety, and welfare. Here's why - and what communities can do about…
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