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…
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The Rights of Nature in the U.S.A.: Legal and Social Debates
...Community Rights Network. She currently serves on the CELDF communications team. She is an ambassador for the Lake Erie Bill of Rights and the Rights…
Guest Blog: How Qualified Immunity Subverts the Rule of Law
...courts as “instruments of suppression of civil rights.” Writing in 1967, he makes plain the continuing relevance of the Civil Rights Acts enacted during the…
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....
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....
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…
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…
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…
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…
Think32: Uniting Behind the Rights of Nature, the Rights of Ireland
Amidst calls for a new Irish Constitution are calls to recognize the Rights of Nature, changing how humankind and nature are in relationship, and how…
Press Release: Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection Recognizes Community Authority to Ban Frack Wastewater Injection Wells
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....
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…
Oregon Community Rights Network: Community Rights Workshop
...most to us in Oregon? This 2-hour workshop hosted by the Oregon Community Rights Network and the CELDF will provide an overview of: Why conventional…
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…
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…
Press Release: Athens County Residents Fight for Right to Initiative
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…
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