Today, for the first time, an ecosystem in the United States filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit to defend its own right to…
CELDF Endorses Proposal for Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands
A group of authors organized through the Society of Wetland Scientists have developed a proposal for a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands. CELDF is excited to endorse the efforts as a step toward recognizing and enforcing the rights of wetlands.
Punishing Democracy
Denton, TX, joins a growing number of communities being sued by their own government and corporate entities, to punish communities for democratically enacting bans on…
Press Release: Athens, OH, Bans Fracking and Frack Waste Water Disposal as a Violation of Rights
Athens, OH, residents overwhelmingly adopt a Community Bill of Rights banning fracking wastewater disposal, as a violation of their rights to clean air, water, and…
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…
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…
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…
Press Release: Statement on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Ruling that Parts of Act 13 are Unconstitutional
“This ruling, while welcome, does not stop fracking of Pennsylvania’s communities, nor does it recognize the right of the people of Pennsylvania to govern their…
Press Release: Ohio and Colorado Voters Adopt Community Bills of Rights
Lafayette, CO, and Oberlin, OH, residents ban fracking as a violation of rights with strong majority wins.
Press Release: Sangerville, ME, Adopts Community Bill of Rights Ordinance to Reject Transportation & Distribution Corridors
Voters in Sangerville, ME, adopt a Community Bill of Rights ordinance to protect their municipality from a private transportation corridor.
CELDF Statement: A New Civil Rights Movement: Liberating Our Communities from Corporate Control
A Pennsylvania Judge Holds That Corporations Are Not “Persons” Under the Pennsylvania Constitution.
Position Paper on Sustainable Energy
Currently, most development of wind energy resources is carried out by a handful of large corporations.... The corporation...controls the land, production of energy from the…
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,…
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.
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…
A Movement Diverted: How Corporations Neutralized Anti-Chain Store Campaigns Of the 1920s and 1930s
Early in the 20th Century, giant corporations like Woolworth’s, Sears Roebuck, J.C. Penney, Ligget, and A&P began forcing their chain stores into communities across the…
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