The Kent Environmental Council endorses the Portage Community Rights Group's rights-based county charter initiative. The county charter would ban frack wastewater injection wells as a…
Tacoma Weekly: ‘Water warriors’ plan to continue fight after initiatives blocked
Tacoma local government allies with big business interests, using the courts to block Tacomans from voting to protect their water. Undaunted, Tacomans prepare for a…
KOMO News: Group fighting for a say in the future of Tacoma’s water
Tacoma, WA, residents determine next move as a county judge denies their right to protect their local water through initiative.
The Athens Messenger: Petitions submitted for second attempt to place anti-fracking law on county ballot
Athens County, OH, residents submit signatures to place a Community Rights county charter on the November ballot that would maintain the current governing structure while…
Akron Beacon Journal: Medina County group files 6,578 signatures seeking November vote on community bill of rights
In Medina County, OH, residents gather over 6,500 signatures, qualifying for the November ballot a Community Rights County Charter banning fracking activities. They join six…
Press Release: Ohioans Determined to Stop Fracking through Asserting Rights
Last summer, the corporate state led efforts to keep Ohioans from voting on fracking bans. Ohio communities are back in action, refusing to be deterred,…
The Vindicator: An anti-fracking charter-amendment proposal could be in front of Youngstown voters for a sixth time
Youngstown, OH, residents show their grit and commitment as they advance their Community Bill of Rights banning fracking to the ballot for a vote by…
WKBN 27: Frackfree group to put fracking ban on Youngstown ballot again
Youngstown, OH, residents assert their right to initiative as they advance a rights-based initiative to ban fracking as a violation of their right to clean…
Akron Beacon Journal: Youngstown group to submit community bill of rights petitions
Determined to protect their community and safeguard their water from fracking, Youngstown, OH, residents submit well-over the required number of signatures for a Community Bill…
Gotham Gazette: Required in Some Cases, Home Rule Sheds Light on City-State Power Dynamic
When municipal interests and Home Rule powers come into conflict with state preemption, communities are losing. It will take community rights and a people's movement…
The Pierce Progressive: Whose Water is It?
Local government and corporate interests in Tacoma, WA, collude to stop the City's residents from their democratic right to initiative. Residents are advancing a rights-based…
The Business Journal: Group to Place Anti-Fracking Amendment on Ballot
Youngstown, OH, residents turn in signatures to place their charter amendment on the ballot in November. The measure establishes the rights of residents to clean…
The Bradford Era: Highland Township Home Rule group discusses progress made
Highland Township, PA, residents review their governing code, finding it insufficient to meet the needs of the community because it places corporate "rights" over community…
The Crescent-News: OEPA hosts meeting on proposed Defiance compressor station
Several communities in three counties face Rover pipelines and a compressor station north of Defiance, OH. Residents gathered at a OEPA hearing to make clear…
Agua Para Tod@s: Cientos de comunidades en EEUU están construyendo escudos legales frente a las empresas de energéticos
Simon Davis-Cohen's article on communities in the U.S. learning from indigenous peoples and leveraging community rights to overcome unjust western legal doctrines, is reprinted here…
Press Release: Spokane Initiative to Ban Coal, Oil Trains as Threat to Climate and Public Safety
Coal and oil trains passing through Spokane, WA, spark physician Gunnar Holmquist to take action, filing a CELDF-drafted Community Bill of Rights charter amendment banning…
KPLU 88.5: Grassroots Group Decries Port Of Tacoma’s Move To Block Ballot Measures Over Industrial Water Use
The corporate state in Tacoma, WA, attempts "...to use the court as a weapon to strangle democracy in Tacoma." Residents are advancing their right to…
Community Rights Paper #13: Breaking the Planet
Breaking the Planet takes an unflinching look at climate change, the legal and governing structures accelerating our own destruction, and the radical action necessary to…
Tacoma Daily Index: Port of Tacoma files suit to keep water initiatives off ballot
Tacoma, WA, residents fight to protect their water while their own local electeds stand against them. Local government and business interests are suing to block…
Akron Beacon Journal: Portage County group seeking signatures on petition calling for community bill of rights vote
Portage County, OH, residents gather signatures to place a Community Rights County Charter on the November ballot to ban fracking activities. Residents are advancing rights…
Truthout: Climate Justice From the Ground Up: Six Ballot Initiatives to Watch in 2016
Local communities are using their inalienable right to govern the places where they live to take action against climate change. Truthout highlights them here, including…
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