Seneca Resources attempts to force a frack wastewater injection well in Highland Township, PA, against the will of the people. Residents request support from Elk…
Press Release: Colombia Constitutional Court Finds Atrato River Possesses Rights
Reversing course from mainstream views of nature as property, Colombia's Constitutional Court finds the Atrato River is a rights-bearing entity - a necessary step to…
Blog: Whose Town is It?
Members of the New Hampshire legislature took advantage of a spring blizzard, attempting to undermine direct democracy.
El Heraldo: Rights of Nature granted to the Atrato River in Colombia
A Colombian court recognizes the rights of the Atrato River to exist and flourish, ordering the end of illegal mining and the use of toxins…
Blog: The US Constitution Is So 1789. It’s Time for a Serious Overhaul
The 1% drive for a constitutional convention, advancing their own corporate interests. But we don't need a convention. We need a whole new constitution.
Press Release: Ohio Communities Assert Right to Propose Laws Protecting Themselves from Fracking
Ohio counties exercise their right to protect themselves from fracking activities using community rights. Residents begin gathering signatures for county charter initiatives, aiming for the…
Press Release: “Free and Fair Elections” Initiative Would Ban Corporate Dollars in Local Elections
Youngstown, OH, residents launch a free and fair election bill of rights initiative for the November ballot. The measure would allow only city residents to…
The Bradford Era: The joke is on Highland Township
We watch as Highland residents fight to protect their water, the oil and gas industry attack, and the people's own state government and PA Department…
Press Release: Oregon’s Right of Local Self-Government Vindicated
Oregon court protects the people's right to initiative, rejecting the Secretary of State's effort to block the people's rights-based state constitutional amendment from the ballot.
GoErie.com LTE: PA DEP suing municipalities during its ‘justice’ tour
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection holds "listening hearings" for feedback from communities, while it sues two townships fighting the oil and gas industry.
The Athens News: Athens County, OH, residents advance community rights charter initiative
Athens County, OH, residents pursue third-year effort to advance community rights and ban fracking activities in the face of continued state efforts to block them.
Desmog: Oregon County Faces Gas Industry Funding, Lobbyists in Battle to Halt Jordan Cove LNG Project
The battle against big money is on in Coos County, OR. With support for industry coming from the White House, Coos residents are up against…
The World: Industry donates enormous funds to defeat community rights measure
Oil and gas industry donates more than $300,000 to defeat Coos County, OR, residents' Right to a Sustainable Energy Future Ordinance.
Earth Island Journal: When Rivers Hold Legal Rights
The first steps towards recognizing the rights of rivers to exist and flourish are taken in New Zealand and India, advancing the growing movement to…
The Huffington Post: They Told A Fracking Company To Go Away. 3 Years Later, They’re Still in Court.
The story of one small community's fierce fight against the oil and gas industry, using community rights with CELDF and spearheading a movement.
The Bradford Era: Highland’s water provider seeks to protect community water rights
Highland Township, PA's, Water Authority files to intervene in a federal lawsuit to protect the community's right to water. Township Supervisors are attempting to give…
Mint Press News: PA Dept. of Environmental Protection Sues Towns Over Fracking Ban
Residents of Grant and Highland Townships, PA, continue the fight to protect themselves from a frack wastewater injection well. Joining the fight against them: the…
The Indiana Gazette: Grant Twp, PA, residents plan local action to protect their water from injection well
Community rights advocates in Grant Township, PA, continue their stand to protect their water from a frack wastewater injection well.
The Christian Science Monitor: An Indian court says glaciers and rivers are ‘living entities.’ Could the same approach work in the US?
From India, Ecuador, and Bolivia, to communities in the U.S., growing numbers of people are advancing nature's rights and protecting ecosystems.
Pipeline foes talk protest
More than 50 people attend the Communities Rising Tour in Medina County, OH, discussing what needs to happen to protect themselves from the proposed Nexus…
Grass-roots groups prepare to dig in deeper against Nexus pipeline
The OH/PA Communities Rising Tour stops in Medina County, OH, where residents face the Nexus pipeline and are organizing using Community Rights to stop it.
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