Making clear the distinction between ordinances banning harms and Community Bills of Rights laws banning harmful activities as a violation of rights, Coos County, OR,…
The Athens News: County group plans to bring charter proposal back in November
Athens County, OH, residents advance a Community Rights County Charter banning frack wastewater injection wells for the November ballot.
Fosters.com: Barrington narrowly approves ordinance to protect waterways
Barrington, NH, residents assert their right to local self-government in order to protect clean air, water, and soil, and to make the decisions about what…
Press Release: “Community Rights” State Constitutional Amendment Supporters Set Sights on 2017
Community Rights supporters in New Hampshire look to 2017 to bring forward their state constitutional amendment securing rights.
Press Release: The People of Barrington, NH, Vote in Community Rights at Town Meeting
The people of Barrington, NH, adopt a Community Bill of Rights, asserting their right to clean air, pure water, and local, community self-government. The rights-based…
Truthout: A New Strategy to Address Climate Change: Suing for Community Rights
As climate change catapults the planet toward ecological devastation, community rights emerges as a strategy to build a social and political movement addressing its root…
News Lincoln County: Let the People Decide
Lincoln County, OR, residents urge a county judge to recognize the right of communities to gather signatures and vote on the people's Community Bill of…
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript: Viewpoint – Let’s give power back to people
New Hampshire State House Representative Susan Emerson calls for the legislature to place a Community Rights state constitutional amendment forward for a vote by the…
Green Party of England and Wales Adopts Rights of Nature Policy: CELDF Assisted in Drafting New Rights-Based Plank
CELDF assists the Green Party of England and Wales to draft a Rights of Nature policy platform, which was adopted by the Party on Sunday.…
Green Party of England and Wales’ Rights of Nature Policy
On February 28th, the Green Party of England and Wales adopted a Rights of Nature policy, drafted in partnership with CELDF. Read the language here.
CELDF Statement: Corporations Successful in Blocking Spokane from Voting on Community Bill of Rights
In a move reflective of efforts by the corporate state to quash citizens' initiatives across the U.S., the Washington Supreme Court recently denied Spokane residents…
The Bradford Era: Highland Twp. residents to vote on home rule charter in April
Highland Township, PA, residents to vote on home rule as a tool to advance community rights and protect themselves from a fracking wastewater injection well.…
In Remembrance of Gail Darrell
Today marks the one year anniversary of the passing of our friend, mentor, and colleague, Gail Darrell. We at CELDF join the NHCRN in celebrating…
New Hampshire Legislative Committee Deceives Community Rights Supporters
Community Rights state constitutional amendment in New Hampshire receives outpouring of support from residents, and disregard from the legislative committee. The measure advances to the…
NH Legislature Holds First-in-Nation Public Hearing on “Community Rights” State Constitutional Amendment
For the first time in the U.S., a state legislative committee held a public hearing on a Community Rights state constitutional amendment. Residents from across…
Ohio Street Theater Production: The People vs. the Corporate State
The Ohio Community Rights Network partners with Medina County residents to stage The People vs. the Corporate State. Check out the David vs. Goliath production.
The Medina-Gazette: Public airs concerns over NEXUS station with EPA
The Ohio Community Rights Network presented a street theater production prior to the Ohio EPA's public meeting on the proposed compressor station, which is part…
Cleveland.com: No new oil, gas well applications in Broadview Heights, despite court case supporting drillers
Broadview Heights, OH, residents' strong stand to block new drilling wells keeps fracking out and oil and gas companies away.
The Laconia Daily Sun: Come to Concord Thurs. and advocate for local self-governance
As NH communities are threatened with unsustainable development, they are advancing community rights at the state level to ensure their right to protect themselves is…
Citizen.com: Let the People Vote
Article 40, Right of Local Community Self-Government, would amend the New Hampshire Constitution to empower people and their local governments to enact local laws that…
Gazette: Broadview Hts.’ citizens group MADION continues its gas-oil well fight in court
Broadview Heights, OH, residents' CELDF attorney presents oral arguments on the people's inalienable right to protect their communities from fracking over the corporate claimed "right"…
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