Coloradan Merrily Mazza distinguishes between frack ban efforts that neglect to address people's community right to local self-government, and those that place that right as…
Spokane,WA 2013 Community Bill of Rights goes to state Supreme Court
After City and corporate interests kept Spokane residents' 2013 Community Bill of Rights off the ballot, CELDF argues before the Washington Supreme Court to recognize…
November Elections Update
Learn the latest news from election day in Grant Township and West Chester, PA; Youngstown, OH; and Spokane, WA. And check out the launch of…
Eagle Times: Legislators take a stand for NH community rights
Representatives in the New Hampshire state legislature endorse a statewide Community Rights state constitutional amendment guaranteeing the rights of the people to democratic local self-government…
The Medina-Gazette: NEXUS gas compressor sparks concerns
Medina County, OH, residents attend a standing-room-only meeting about a proposed NEXUS pipeline that would cut through their communities. Residents declare they will continue to…
Pittsburgh Business Times: This town hates frack waste so much it refuted a federal judge’s ruling and adopted a new charter to ban it
Grant Township, PA, residents refuse to accept a federal judge's ruling in favor of a fracking corporation that wants to site an injection well. Instead,…
Press Release: Youngstown Residents Just Shy of Codifying Community Rights
Youngstown, OH, community rights supporters came within 345 votes of adopting their rights-based charter amendment banning fracking, and are ready to press forward.
Press Release: West Chester, PA, Voters Adopt Community Rights Charter Amendment Banning Fracking Wastewater, Pipelines, and Drilling
The people of West Chester, PA, vote overwhelmingly to assert their community rights and ban fracking activities from their borough. They join dozens of other…
Common Dreams: No Longer Willing to be Bullied and Fracked, How One Pennsylvania Town Fought Back
Grant Township is the first community in the U.S. to draft and adopt their municipal charter based entirely on community rights. In so doing, they…
Press Release: Despite Court Ruling, Grant Township Bans Fracking Injection Wells Again, Through Municipal Charter
The people of Grant Township, PA, adopt the first rights-based charter in the country banning frack wastewater injection wells, two weeks after a federal judge…
The Vindicator: Community Bill of Rights supporters gather at lounge
Youngstown, OH, residents supporting a Community Bill of Rights charter amendment banning fracking, recognize that regardless of election results, their advancing of rights is building…
The World: Power in the hands of the people
Coos County, OR, resident urges a rejection of projects with short term benefit and long term environmental and economic harm. Instead, the Coos County Sustainable…
The Indiana Gazette: Grant Township voters to decide on home rule charter
Grant Township, PA, residents will vote this week on becoming a home rule township through a rights-based charter. The charter establishes the residents' rights to…
Common Dreams: Preempting Democracy: What’s Not Being Voted on This November Is Sinister
State preemptive action to quash local initiatives that are advancing environmental and worker rights are multiplying - and may be the catalyst for rights-based efforts…
East Boulder County United: CELDF Building New Structure of Law
In our culture, sustainability is illegal. CELDF is working with communities across the country to change that.
In These Times: A Bill of Rights That Puts Workers Above Corporations
With union and labor backing, as well as endorsements from local groups and nationally renowned Noam Chomsky, Spokane, WA's, Worker Bill of Rights charter amendment…
KXLY.com: What Prop 1 means for Spokane residents, businesses
Residents supporting the Worker Bill of Rights in Spokane, WA, call out fear tactics used to dissuade voters, and press forward with their efforts to…
The Post: Op-Ed: Ohio University professor hopes people will attend environmental speaker in November
The rate of climate change demands urgent action. Athens, OH, resident and professor urges community members attend a November 13th event: CELDF's Thomas Linzey speaking…
The Southern Illinoisan: Group plans to keep pushing community bill of rights
Jackson County, IL, residents doggedly pursue a Community Bill of Rights ordinance banning fracking and protecting their rights to clean air, water, and local self-government,…
DeSmog Blog: Communities Pushing For Legal Rights To Regain Power Over Fracking Companies
As the fracking industry pushes into communities against the will of the people, growing numbers of communities across the U.S. are using community rights in…
Sentinel Source: Citizens can’t rely on state laws for protection
New Hampshire resident and attorney Lorraine Hansen decries the state and federal regulatory system as a means to protect people and the environment from harmful…
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