In 2007, after a series of Democracy Schools held in Spokane, Washington, a group of citizens led by local school teacher Brad Read built a…
The Colorado Statesman: How Congressman Jared Polis and Food and Water Watch sold out Colorado
CELDF's Thomas Linzey calls out the blatant sellout of Coloradans by a Congressman who had claimed to support communities banning fracking, and a non-profit's abandonment…
EcoWatch: Colorado Town Sues State, Gov. Hickenlooper and COGA to Protect Right to Ban Fracking
Lafayette, CO, residents file a preliminary injunction to protect their Community Bill of Rights banning fracking.
Daily Camera: Lafayette group files motion to block oil and gas industry’s lawsuit, enforce local fracking ban
With 60% of Lafayette, CO, residents adopting a Community Bill of Rights banning fracking last November, residents file a motion for a preliminary injunction against…
Press Release: Lafayette, CO, Residents Seek Injunction Against State & Oil and Gas Industry for Violating the Right of Local Self-Government
Lafayette, CO, residents seek a preliminary injunction against the State of Colorado, the Governor, and the Colorado Oil and Gas Association to enforce their Community…
Daily Camera: Opinion – Home Rule — On the ‘rights’ side of history
Boulder County, CO, resident urges support for advancing communities' rights over corporate claimed "rights" through Home Rule local self-governance.
Longmont Daily Times Call: Boulder County home-rule charter proponents haven’t yet turned in petitions
The Boulder County Community Rights Network in Colorado has gathered more than 10,000 signatures to place a home rule charter question on the ballot for…
Longmont Daily Times-Call: Boulder County charter proponents launch petition drive
The Boulder County Community Rights Network in Colorado is gathering signatures in the first steps towards creating a Community Rights Home Rule Charter for the…
Longmont Daily Times-Call: Boulder County home-rule charter proponents hope to gain spot on fall ballot
The Boulder County Community Rights Network in Colorado gathers signatures to create a Home Rule Charter Commission, intending to enact a Home Rule Charter built…
Boulder Weekly: Petition for home rule circulates Boulder County
Boulder County, CO, residents gather signatures to place an initiative on the November ballot. The measure is the first step in creating a Community Rights…
CELDF Statement on New York Fracking Decision
We congratulate the victory in the New York Court of Appeals for banning fracking. We also recognize the Court, rather than affirming communities' right to…
Highland Twp. picnic for clean water held Saturday
Highland Township, PA, residents, adopting a Community Rights Ordinance banning fracking injection wells in 2013, receive broad community support on Saturday at an event attended…
Daily Kos: New Civil Rights Movement
A diary from occupystephanie draws parallels between Community Rights and other rights' movements, and describes CELDF's work with municipalities across the U.S. to leverage those…
The Bradford Era: Community rights gathering slated in Highland Township
Communities and government representatives from across Elk County, PA, are invited to Highland Township's community rights picnic gathering on Saturday, 6/21. The gathering will include…
The Bradford Era: Feds knock down Highland Township injection well appeals
Highland Township, PA, and CELDF are prepared to defend the Township's Community Rights Ordinance banning wastewater injection wells as Seneca Resources moves a step closer…
The Bradford Era: Picnic held in Highland Township to discuss injection well
Highland Township, PA, receives support from surrounding communities at the Residents Fight for Clean Water Picnic held Saturday. Highland residents face a fracking wastewater injection…
Ridgeway Record: Jay Twp. supports Highland’s injection well ordinance
Highland Township, PA, receives a letter of support from Jay Township, as Highland stands behind its Community Bill of Rights Ordinance banning fracking wastewater injection…
The Bradford Era: Highland Township Supervisors receive support in injection well fight
Support grows from other municipalities as Highland Township Supervisors stand by their Community Rights Ordinance banning fracking wastewater injection wells. The Township faces opposition from…
Global Exchange’s People to People Blog: Mendocino County: Charting a new course for water protection?
Mendocino County, CA, residents work with CELDF's partner Global Exchange in Community Rights organizing to protect their water. Communities are working on Community Bills of…
The Southern Illinoisan: Both sides of fracking debate plan next move
Residents in Johnson County, IL, are moving forward with next steps to protect their community from fracking through a Community Bill of Rights Ordinance.
The Southern Illinoisan: Johnson County Board receives draft ‘bill of rights’
Johnson County, IL, residents present a Community Bill of Rights Ordinance to County Commissioners to protect the community from fracking.
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