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…
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Press Release: Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection Recognizes Community Authority to Ban Frack Wastewater Injection Wells
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: 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…
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....
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 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…
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…
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....
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: Democracy Challenged in Williams County, Petitioners Appeal to Ohio Supreme Court Again
Some things never change, but we better start!
...criticism, anger, and the shocking experience of being blackballed from environmental forums. At the beginning of my current work with Community Rights and Rights of…
International Work
Staying Home with Josh Fox: Preemption and Property Rights
Ben Price discusses Rights of Nature and how the concepts of preemption, claimed corporate rights, and property rights challenge local democracy and ecosystem rights....
November Elections Update
Interview on the Great Lakes and NY State Waters Bill of Rights: Does Nature Have Rights?
...Max Wilbert, Publicist for CELDF on the NYS Assembly Bill AO5156A, the Great Lakes and State Waters Bill of Rights, which is currently IN the…
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…
Restructuring Ohio State Government
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