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....
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Why Local Communities Need to Assert Their Inalienable Rights to Self-Government
Press Release: New Hampshire Community Rights Network Signs the Barnstead Declaration
The New Hampshire Community Rights Network signs the Barnstead Declaration, stating their intention to provide education for a statewide call for legislative and constitutional changes…
Press Release: Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection Recognizes Community Authority to Ban Frack Wastewater Injection Wells
Envision Spokane: River Rights, Not Corporate Polluter Rights
...the highest protections for the River and Aquifer – recognizing their rights to exist; it then provides for us – as Spokane residents – the…
The Calvert Recorder: LNG project opponents drafting ‘Community Bill of Rights’
Calvert County, MD, residents are working with CELDF to draft a Community Bill of Rights to protect themselves from future harmful corporate projects, such as…
Press Release: Grant Township, PA: The People Left Out of Court Decision
...the will and the rights of the people who live there. Grant residents consider an appeal, while growing numbers of residents seek a state constitutional…
Challenges to Implementing Rights of Nature in the U.S
Legislation and judicial rulings securing legal Rights for Nature and individual ecosystems have lit-up the political landscape around the world. In the United States we…
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....
Press Release: Athens County Residents Fight for Right to Initiative
Ohioans Take a Stand for Rights
...by the courts, the state legislature, or the oil and gas industry, Ohioans understand the power to protect themselves is in We, the People, as…
Press Release: Rights of Michindoh Aquifer Encounter First Hurdle
While efforts mount to stop Rights of Nature in Ohio, community groups press on, insisting on their right to protect the ecosystems upon which they…
Press Release: Split Decision in Ohio Supreme Court for Youngstown Ballot Initiatives
In a 4-3 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court denies Youngstown residents the right to vote. Residents vow they are not surrendering their rights....
The Killing of Lake Erie and Discovering Right Relationship Ten Years Later
...paper entity and its corporate rights. The system’s veto of the Rights of Nature didn’t end there. In April 2019, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce…
Blog: Having a Dream is Just the Beginning
Dr. Martin Luther King is remembered for his extraordinary leadership in advancing Civil Rights. Let us not forget, either, how the system he and his…
Press Release: White Earth Band Enacts First-of-its-Kind Rights of Nature Law
CELDF assisted Honor the Earth to develop the first Rights of Nature law to protect a plant species, which was adopted by the White Earth…
Guest Blog: How Qualified Immunity Subverts the Rule of Law
...commitment to featuring diverse perspectives and ideas in the quest to bring about a community rights and rights of nature existence into full being. Photo…
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Wouldn’t You Say? – What are the Rights of Nature?
...been to employ the most effective weapon devised by civilization to intentionally coerce change in human behavior: Law. Photo by Joel Holland By positing legal…
It’s Not All Bad
...~ Continued below ~ Michelle Sanborn “Community Rights” A poem by Michelle Sanborn, CELDF “Community Rights” is a reflection of the journey I’ve witnessed as…
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