Crystal Spring Ecosystem and residents of Highland Township, PA, filed to intervene in a lawsuit today. Parties are fighting to block Seneca Resources' plans 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.
Blog: Relying on Undemocratic Mechanisms to Achieve “Democracy”
Our system to elect the President is undemocratic - and so are efforts to use the electoral college to block President-elect Trump on inauguration day.…
Blog: From Standing Rock to Million Women March and Beyond…if There is One
From North Dakota to Washington, D.C., people are gathering to protect water, air, and soil, and to make a stand for justice and equality. What's…
Community Rights Lane County Receives 2016 Community Service Award
Community Rights Lane County is the recipient of the Eugene Springfield Solidarity Network (ESSN) 2016 Community Service Award for their “faithful and dedicated service in…
PR: Cease and Desist Letter Issued to Highland Township Supervisors
Highland Township, PA, supervisors concede they don't have the authority to remove the Township's Water Authority Board after receiving a cease and desist letter. Supervisors…
PR: Lafayette, CO, Residents Introduce Climate Bill of Rights and Protections
Lafayette, CO, residents introduce a law codifying the right to a healthy climate, and protecting and enforcing that right through non-violent direct action.
Community Rights Paper #15 – Stopping Climate Change: The Slow Train to Nowhere
The Paris Agreement will not stop climate change - most experts agree on that. What will? Only we, in our communities, can achieve the changes…
Community Rights Paper #14: Democratic Rights Matter
There is a corporate state crack down on communities governing themselves and taking action to protect future generations. The crack down is evidence that these…
Blog: U.S. Ruled by 9-Headed Monarch: What We Didn’t Learn in School about the Supreme Court
Regardless of our political affiliations, the Supreme Court claims enormous power over our lives. How does this body of government have the authority to restrict…
Blog: Fracking Resistance in the UK
The British are fighting to protect their communities from fracking, as we are in the U.S. We share a common history: the claimed rights of…
Ryan Talbott Joins CELDF Board of Directors
Ryan Talbott, an environmental lawyer, joins the Board of Directors of CELDF.
2016: A Year in Review
What an amazing year - from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New Hampshire, to Washington and Oregon, people are growing Community Rights and protecting their communities from…
Blog: The Police State Policing Police. How’s That Been Working for You?
We live in a corporatized police state. Violence to protect property and suppress people is condoned by the power elite. Rather than pleading for the…
Blog: Propertied Privilege Trumps Democracy
Upset with the Electoral College and disturbed by the implications of who was elected President? Let's look a little deeper and see what's really going…
Blog: Government Checks and Balances, and the Trump Suit
Trump ideology is poised to take over all three branches of government. And yet the fundamental and powerful principal of government's purpose - to protect…
PR: Highland Township Bans Injection Wells, Rebukes Corporate Rule
Highland Township, PA, voters step up their fight to protect themselves from a frack wastewater injection well, adopting a rights-based Home Rule Charter banning the…
PR: Youngstown Residents: Unshakable Determination as They Look Ahead to Next Community Bill of Rights
The might of the oil and gas industry and its allies were out in force, outspending residents enormously in today's election to defeat the people's…
PR: Waterville Residents Ban Pipelines and Compressor Stations through Adopting Community Bill of Rights
Waterville, OH, residents make clear the Nexus pipeline and compressor station will not cut through their community, overwhelmingly adopting a Community Bill of Rights Charter…
CELDF Blog: From Absurd and Far-Fetched to Inalienable
As the predictable self-destruction of this culture of deceit and greed proceeds and accelerates, CELDF’s recommendations for change will become less "far-fetched" and "absurd." They…
Press Release: Lincoln County Residents to Vote on Clean Air and Water in May 2017
Lincoln County, OR, residents qualify their Community Bill of Rights ordinance banning toxic aerial spraying for the May 2017 ballot.
CELDF Statement: When Protecting Our Communities Becomes Criminal Activity
Oil and gas industry threatens criminal lawsuits against local elected officials taking a stand to protect their communities' health, safety, and welfare. In Grant Township,…
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