Mr. Merrell recently posted an open letter to the people of Peters in which he made several assertions regarding the content of the ballot referendum.…
StateCollege.com: State College Council Members Fight Environmental Proposal, Cite Procedural Concerns
With a week left before Election Day, a State College Borough Council majority has begun lobbying against a proposed borough-charter amendment. The amendment would add…
Turning Occupation into Lasting Change
If the Occupy movement is to succeed over time, it must follow the lead of community rights building efforts that have begun work to dismantle…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Natural gas drilling ban remains on Peters ballot
Peters officials do not plan to challenge a judge's decision to allow a controversial referendum question on the ballot for the Nov. 8 general election…
CELDF Press Release: “Peters Township Citizens Prevail: Local Bill of Rights and Fracking Ban to Appear on Ballot”
Washington County Judge Paul Pozonsky turned down a request by Peters Township Council to bar a referendum question from appearing on the ballot in November…
Observer-Reporter: Unclear if referendum will make PT ballot in election
With less than two months to go before the Nov. 8 general election, it's still unclear whether a referendum on a home rule charter amendment…
The Almanac: PT advances gas referendum
Peters Township Council voted unanimously Monday to let a Washington County Court judge determine whether a referendum on a home rule-charter amendment seeking to ban…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Peters council heads to court to block shale referendum
A lawyer representing Peters council is expected to be in Washington County court this morning in an attempt to block a voter referendum on whether…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Judge to rule on Peters drilling referendum
A Washington County judge has set a Sept. 28 hearing for arguments over whether to block a voter referendum on natural gas drilling in Peters.…
The Raw Story: Penn. township challenges fracking with ballot initiative
A small township in western Pennsylvania is fighting back against fracking and attempting to write a ban on the practice into their local Bill of…
StateCollege.com: Proposed Gas-Drilling Ban, Environmental-Rights Question Set for State College Ballot
State College voters will decide Nov. 8 on a proposed borough-charter amendment -- an amendment that would ban commercial gas drilling and establish environmental rights…
State College: As Anti-Drilling Push Unfolds, Penn State Campus Could Land in No-Drill Zone
For generations, Braden Crooks' family has maintained a farm in Clarion County, in western Pennsylvania. Its lifeblood, as with so many other homesteads in that…
Wired: Giving Nature Its Own Rights Might Avert Future Oil Disasters
Considering the rights of ecosystems dates to 1972 with Christopher Stone, and has evolved today to local laws establishing Rights of Nature as a means…
Press Release: Pittsburgh Bans Natural Gas Drilling
Today, the Pittsburgh City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance banning corporations from conducting shale gas drilling in the city.
Blaine Township
Blaine Township is a small rural township some 45 miles west of Pittsburgh, in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Western Pennsylvania has been mining coal for 250…
Mt. Shasta Water Rights: Who Decides – A report on the Mt. Shasta Community Water Rights and Self-Government Ordinance
We can disagree on many things as neighbors and residents, but we can ALL come together on one — what happens in Mt. Shasta that…
State Bar to Propose Reforms
The Pennsylvania Bar Association joined the fray last week by announcing the formation of a review commission to offer recommendations on what sort of constitutional…
Constitutional changes not imminent prospect
The Pennsylvania Bar Association joined the fray last week by announcing the formation of a review commission to offer recommendations on what sort of constitutional…
Press Release: Laying the Groundwork for a People’s Constitutional Convention Pennsylvania Community Rights Network Launched
To organize a people’s convention of delegates, representing municipal communities, who will propose constitutional changes to secure the inalienable right to local, community self-government free…
The New York Times: Ecuador Constitution Grants Rights to Nature
Ecuador makes history with the people's adoption of a new Constitution recognizing the Rights of Nature to exist and flourish.
Press Release: Ecuador Approves New Constitution: Voters Approve Rights of Nature
By an overwhelming margin, the people of Ecuador today voted for a new constitution that is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable…
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