The home rule fight over natural gas drilling has come to Ohio.
Alliance for Sustainable Communities: The Importance of Being Radical
As an activist in Easton, there is one crucial challenge I have encountered in trying to engage residents in any cause, regardless of the issue.…
Gloucester, MA Part 2
Gloucester residents celebrate legislation putting control of their municipal water system in community hands - Part 2
Gloucester, MA Part 1
Gloucester residents celebrate legislation putting control of their municipal water system in community hands - Part 1
CELDF Press Release: Las Vegas, New Mexico, Adopts Community Bill of Rights; Bans Corporations from Fracking for Shale Gas
In front of a standing-room only crowd of residents, by a vote of 3-1, the City Council, Las Vegas, New Mexico enacted the Las Vegas…
Las Vegas Optic: Anti-fracking law adopted
The Las Vegas, NM, City Council adopted a Community Bill of Rights ordinance establishing rights to clean water and to local self-government, banning fracking as…
Las Vegas Optic: Support for city’s ‘rights’ ordinance
Community members in Las Vegas, NM, urge support for their Las Vegas Community Bill of Rights and Local Self-Government Ordinance, which bans fracking.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Op/Ed by CELDF’s Ben Price – Fracking spurs a municipal mutiny in Pennsylvania
Not content to leave Pennsylvania communities with any control over gas drilling within their borders, state legislators have stripped municipalities of their zoning authority under…
Santa Monica Patch: Council Moves Toward Making ‘Green’ Goals Mandatory
Santa Monica City Council members unanimously passed a resolution backing a bill of rights for the environment, which would give legal standing to city officials…
The Best Government the 1% Can Buy
Is Reversing Citizens United or Corporate Personhood Enough?
Statement on Efforts to Amend the U.S. Constitution following Citizens United
A great deal of activism has emerged in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC. In that case,…
Marcellus Protest 2011: November 18th – Power to the People, Not the Corporations
Be part of something big. Something really big! Plan to join us on November 18th in State College, PA at the Penn State University campus…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Peters council opposes proposed drilling regulations
Less than a week after residents in Peters overwhelmingly voted to reject a ban on Marcellus Shale gas drilling, council members passed a resolution opposing…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Election showed fracking’s key role in region
Right up to Election Day, Peters residents were receiving sleek fliers in the mail encouraging them to vote against a referendum to ban gas drilling…
Philly.com: Pittsburgh suburb: No to drill ban
By a ratio of more than 4-1, voters in an affluent Pittsburgh suburb said natural-gas drilling could go on in their township. In Tuesday's general…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Who knows best: On drilling, Republicans sell out on local control
Republicans often say they are advocates of local control, repeating bromides such as "the people know better than the politicians or bureaucrats." But not when…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Bid to ban drilling in Peters is defeated; voters in State College succeed
Despite the work of a very determined group of citizens, a referendum banning Marcellus Shale gas drilling was overwhelmingly defeated Tuesday in Peters, Washington County....A…
Real Clear Politics: Upscale Pittsburgh suburb rejects drilling ban
By a margin of more than four-to-one, voters in an affluent Pittsburgh suburb say natural gas drilling can go on in their township. In Tuesday's…
CELDF Press Release: State College Voters Adopt Community Rights Charter Amendment That Bans Gas Drilling
By a vote of 72% in favor, the people of the Borough of State College, home of Penn State University, adopted an amendment to their…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Gas-drilling ban stalls in Peters
Despite the work of a determined group of citizens, a referendum banning Marcellus Shale gas drilling was overwhelmingly defeated in the Washington County township of…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Drilling war in Peters fought on the ballot
Amid the sea of colorful, plastic campaign signs scattered around Peters are angrier, bolder signs flapping in the wind, screaming "VOTE NO!! Protect Your Township,"…
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