Communities across the U.S. are stripped of their right to local self-government, and the right to protect themselves from corporate harms and the corporate state.…
The Athens News: Appeals court in fracking case should stand up for basic rights
A class action lawsuit filed by CELDF on behalf of Broadview Heights residents to uphold their inalienable right to local self-government - including their right…
The Ledger Transcript: Support Community Rights in NH
The NHCRN and CELDF partner with New Hampshire communities to advance community rights - today manifesting in a state consitutional amendment that has bi-partisan support…
National Community Rights Network endorses proposed New Hampshire state constitutional amendment
The National Community Rights Network supports New Hampshire's efforts to secure the right to local, community self-government, protecting community rights from state preemption and corporate…
The Keene Sentinel: Elected officials seeking to slow pipeline proposal with state legislation
As a pipeline project cutting through New Hampshire threatens a number of communities, several pieces of legislation are being proposed at the state level -…
The World: Your View – Support your right to be the decision maker
Rather than being the cornerstone of democracy, our U.S. Constitution is the cornerstone of oligarchy - as evidenced by corporate projects forced into communities, such…
Community Rights Paper #10: Paradise Lost
What does a property and commerce driven U.S. Constitution mean for native Hawai’ians? Through a relentless and inexorable colonization process over many decades, including superimposing…
Community Rights Papers #9: Drowning the Clean Water Act in the Constitution’s Bathtub
In the U.S., laws securing civil rights, worker rights, and environmental protections have been pinned not on Congress’s authority to protect people or nature, but…
The Leap: Can Local Law Enforcement Be Democratized By A People’s Movement?
As communities move beyond slowing down unwanted fossil fuel projects such as pipelines, and begin using local community self-governance to stop them, they are bumping…
PA Township News: Pre-emptive State Laws and Corporate ‘Rights’ Are Fraught with PERIL for Municipalities
CELDF responds to inaccuracies presented by the general counselor to the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Association regarding Community Bills of Rights and our organization.
New Hampshire Community Rights Amendment Moves Closer to Committee Public Hearing
New Hampshire's Community Rights state constitutional amendment securing the right to local, community self-government for all Granite Staters, moves forward for the 2016 Legislative Session.
Community Rights Papers #8: A Touch of Class
While the state and the oil and gas industry work together to force fracking activities into communities, those same communities are working to reclaim their…
New Hampshire Community Rights Justified Heritage
New Hampshire Community Rights Network Coordinator Michelle Sanborn asserts the state's Community Rights Amendment - co-sponsored by several state legislators - has its roots in…
City Council Should Focus on Abolishing, Not Rerouting, NEXUS Pipeline
The Oberlin Review urges Oberlin, OH's City Council to stop working to reroute the NEXUS pipeline, and stand behind its Community Bill of Rights banning…
Guest Opinion: Pushing for community rights
Mary Russell of Carbondale, CO, advocates for community rights as a tool for the people to make self-governing decisions in their communities, and urges support…
Two Landslide Wins in PA
In November, both Grant Township and West Chester Borough, PA, residents adopt community rights measures to assert their authority for self-determination and to protect themselves…
CELDF Celebrates 20 Years!
The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund turns 20 years old! What began as a mission to help communities fight permits has evolved into a Community…
Keene Sentinel: Rindge state rep wants to amend NH constitution
New Hampshire state representative Susan Emerson sponsors the NH Community Rights Network's community rights state constitutional amendment, aimed to protect rights to democratic, local self-governing…
Dave Solomon’s Power Plays: NH joins energy community rights network
The New Hampshire Community Rights Network, supported by growing numbers of Towns across the state, receives legislative endorsement for a state constitutional amendment securing the…
The BG News: Environmental lawyer calls for revolt against corporations
Rather than protecting people's rights to local self-government and clean air and water, our legal and governing structures are designed to protect corporations as they…
Students, Communities Protest Proposed Pipeline
As the NEXUS pipeline threatens residents of Oberlin, OH, community groups join together, using community rights to assert their local self-governing authority to stop construction.
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