Following international support for the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, CELDF is honored to work in solidarity with a new French-speaking network to advance Rights…
Press Release: Support Grows for Rights of Wetlands
CELDF officially endorsed a proposal for a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands, organized by lawyers and scientists with the Society of Wetland Scientists’…
Press Release: For All to See – Bias of New Hampshire Judiciary Exposed in Rights of Nature, Healthy Climate Proceedings
In 2019, Nottingham residents passed a Freedom from Chemical Trespass Ordinance securing the rights of ecosystems and of townspeople to a "climate system capable of…
Press Release: ‘The Courts Are a Sham’: New Hampshire Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Rights of Nature, Healthy Climate Arguments
New Hampshire Supreme Court Refuses to hear arguments on Rights of Nature and the right to a Healthy Climate. Amidst ecological catastrophe, movements for a…
Press Release: Gas Company Files Federal Lawsuit To Overturn Small Pennsylvania Township’s Rights of Nature Law…Again
Gas company PGE sues Grant Township over democratically enacted law. The PA Department of Environmental Protection also sued Grant in 2017, making this filing the…
Press Release: CENSORING THE BALLOT – Civil Rights Appeal Filed to Defend Rights of Nature and Local Democracy in Ohio
Ohioans are taking a stand against evasive and oppressive tactics used by the State to suppress local ballot measures and stifle democracy. Plaintiffs from seven…
Press Release: Court Breathes New Life into Lake Erie Bill of Rights Legal Fight
Residents of Toledo, Ohio win appeal in pro se case against the State of Ohio. Lake Erie Bill of Rights lives to fight another day.
Press Release: Grant Township Moves to Dismiss PA DEP Lawsuit
Despite recognizing the Grant Townships local law to ban injection wells the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection continues to sue the township. CELDF files motion…
Press Release: New Hampshire Supreme Court Gives Group Chance to Defend Right to a Healthy Climate Law from Corporate Lawsuit
While local electeds refused to defend Nottingham's Healthy Climate Law, the New Hampshire Supreme Court heard the people's voice. Now residents are able to defend…
Press Release: Toledo Residents Experiment With Civilian Rights of Nature Enforcement
Toledo, Ohio residents give oral arguments in Lake Erie Bill of Rights pro se lawsuit to advances one avenue for participatory Rights of Nature enforcement.
Press Release: Corporate Actors Challenged in Lincoln County, OR: Ecosystem, Petitioners Defend Ordinance
Press Release: Petitioners in Lincoln County, OR filed a detailed appeal to a court decision that overturned a local law banning aerially sprayed pesticides as…
Press Release: New Hampshire Supreme Court: Allow People to Defend Against Corporate Lawsuits
Nottingham, New Hampshire residents appeal Supreme Court to defend their Freedom from Chemical Trespass Ordinance. Adopted in 2019, this ordinance secures the right to a…
Press Release: Rights of Nature Law Forces Pennsylvania to Revoke Industry Permit
PRESS RELEASE: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection enforces local Rights of Nature law. Allows Grant Township to protect vital waterways in revoking permit for dangerous…
Press Release: Grant Township Injection Well Ban Stands, Court Denies ‘Collateral Attack’ from DEP
A decision fro a judge in Grant Township argues that local governing authority is necessary to protect the community’s constitutional rights in the face of…
Press Release: Judge Refuses to Acknowledge Lake Erie’s Rights
In Toledo, OH, a federal judge joined a long list of enablers complicit in the destruction of the natural world by invalidating the democratically enacted…
Press Release: First Rights of Nature legislation introduced in Australia
The first Rights of Nature legislation is introduced in Australia, into the Western Australia Parliament. CELDF's International Center for the Rights of Nature assisted in…
Press Release: Election 2019 – Corporations Are Determining What Gets Voted On
Efforts are growing to not only determine how people vote, but what gets voted on. Your ballot measures are not yours to democratically determine.
Press Release: Rights of Nature Constitutional Amendment Introduced in Sweden’s Parliament
A representative in Sweden's Parliament introduces Rights of Nature legislation - the first time a European national government considers the rights of ecosystems.
Press Release: EXPOSED: Chamber of Commerce Wrote Ohio Law Banning Rights of Nature Enforcement
Investigation by Ohio citizens finds the Ohio Chamber of Commerce drafted Ohio legislation language to stop Rights of Nature enforcement.
Press Release: Democracy Challenged in Williams County, Petitioners Appeal to Ohio Supreme Court Again
Williams County, Ohio, residents partner with CELDF to fight for their right to vote in the Ohio Supreme Court.
Lake Erie Advocates’ Media Statement: Ohio Legislature Attacks Rights of Nature, Protects Polluters in Budget Bill
Community groups release joint statement revealing not only the Ohio legislature's efforts to stop Rights of Nature, but also expanding protections of industrial agricultural operations.
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