Lafayette, CO, is the first community in the state to adopt a right to climate ordinance, recognizing the right of residents to a healthy climate.
Communities take action when their government fails them: Community Rights in PA/OH
Environmental activists, leaders, and residents are touring Pennsylvania and Ohio, sharing what they are doing in the face of the corporate state attempting to force…
PR: India Court Declares “Personhood” of Glaciers and Ecosystems
The High Court of Uttarakhand at Naintal in northern India issues a ruling declaring that glaciers and ecosystems have the rights of persons.
Blog: Colorado Fracking “Win:” Redefining Victory
Colorado youth gained a win with the recent Court of Appeals decision regarding the COGCC and fracking permits. But how far does that win go?
For economic and environmental sustainability, we need to govern ourselves
A Coos County, OR, resident calls out local officials supporting the oil and gas industry, rather than supporting residents in building long term economic and…
Who Needs Sanctuary? We All Do
People can’t be illegal, but policies that strip them of fundamental rights can be. What can we do? Govern ourselves in the places we live,…
In These Times: Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection Sues Towns for Trying to Protect Their Environment
It doesn't get any clearer than this: our own environmental regulatory agencies suing communities who dare to protect the environment by banning fracking activities. Is…
KBOO: Rights-based ban on pesticide spraying in Lincoln Co, OR, is on May ballot
Seeking to elevate environmental rights over corporate "rights," Lincoln Co, OR, residents will vote on a ban on aerial pesticide spraying in May.
PennLive: Outrage and localism after state sues towns that banned frack water wells
Residents of Grant and Highland Townships, PA, are outraged by the Dept. of Environmental Protection's lawsuits against them for rights-based laws banning frack waste injections…
PR: The Corporate State of Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection sues Townships with Community Rights Home Rule Charters to force in fracking injection wells.
PA Dept of Environmental Protection sues its own communities over fracking injection wells
A state agency charged with protecting the health and safety of communities and the natural environment sues Grant and Highland Townships in Pennsylvania, attempting to…
PR: India Court Declares Personhood for Ganga and Yumana Rivers
This week the High Court of Uttarakhand, a state in India, recognized the personhood rights of the River Ganga and River Yumana - a step…
PR: Ohio / Pennsylvania Communities Rising Tour: Defying the Corporate State
Ohio and Pennsylvania residents are inundated with environmental harms, and have had enough. Join the Communities Rising tour, featuring voices from the front lines in…
PR: First in Ohio Ballot Initiative: Right to a Healthy Climate in Bowling Green
Bowling Green, OH, students and residents join together to advance a Community Rights Charter Amendment for the November ballot. The measure would establish a right…
Changing the power structures through We the People 2.0 and Community Rights
Gig Harbor, WA, residents face over-development and environmental threats - and turn to the documentary We the People 2.0 and Community Rights for solutions.
CCBOR Media Release: Columbus Water Protectors Deliver Anti-Fracking Petitions to City Hall
Columbus, OH, residents to deliver more than 10,000 signatures to City Hall on Friday. Residents are working to place a Community Bill of Rights banning…
Voices Network: Occupy Community Rights
Co-host David Callihan interviews CELDF's Emelyn Lybarger and OHCRN's Tish O'Dell, discussing Community Rights to create the change necessary to transform our oppressive structure of…
Earth Island Institute: Achieving Self-Governance
A review of CELDF's book, We the People - Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the United States.
Indiana Gazette LTE: Learning from Grant Twp, PA, on protecting our communities from fracking
When our government fails to protect us from fracking activities, we must do so ourselves.
The World: Coos County Right to a Sustainable Energy Future Ordinance on May ballot in OR
Coos County, OR, residents advance rights to stop Jordan Cove LNG export project.
CELDF Blog: Worried about SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch? Remember, movements don’t begin and end at the Supreme Court steps
Driving rights forward requires our joining together in advancing cultural and legal change - it will not begin with the Supreme Court.
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