Chad Nicholson joins Thom Hartmann to discuss how the 1% are effectively, suing the 99% for their own benefit, citing the findings of our June…
Common Dreams: Abolish Earth Day
For 50 years, environmentalists have celebrated the illusion that the law is on their side. Earth Day’s laws have systematically failed to guard against mass…
50 Years of Earth Day – What Are We Celebrating?
This year CELDF will be hosting an online Q&A with organizers who have been engaging communities across the country in paradigm-shifting work for decades.
VIDEO: ‘The Transformation from Reformist to Revolutionary’
This 6 minute short explains how, across numerous social issues—from housing, worker rights, environmental protection to gentrification—“the people in the community lack the legal authority…
Press Release: “Right to Survive” Ballot Measure Petitions Submitted in Denver
Denver, CO, residents advance "Right to Survive" bill of rights for homeless people, turning in petitions for the May 2019 ballot.
Voices for Biodiversity: How Do Dams Fall? Conversations with the Colorado River
Author Will Falk's story of his connection with the Colorado River, the lawsuit he helped bring forward to protect her rights, and what is necessary…
5280 Denver’s Mile High Magazine: Colorado Sits at the Center of the Rights of Nature Debate
Rights of Nature builds momentum in Colorado - from efforts to advance rights for the Colorado River, to rights for Boulder County's forests and grasslands.
San Diego Free Press: Time to Escalate? First-Ever Rights of Nature Lawsuit Dismissed
Will Falk, as a "next friend" in the recently dismissed Colorado River v. State of Colorado lawsuit, examines the reality of our legal system -…
Post Independent: State files again to dismiss Colorado River ‘personhood’ lawsuit, threatens to sanction lawyer
The Colorado AG wants to shut down the rights of nature case, Colorado River v. State of Colorado. Supporters know the case is part of…
Summit Daily: Attorney in Colorado River lawsuit refuses to withdraw suit despite threats of sanctions from state
As climate change accelerates unabated, growing numbers of people and communities are advancing Rights of Nature in court. In Colorado, the Attorney General uses threat…
Courthouse News: Attorney Rebuffs Colorado’s Threat of Sanctions in River Case
Jason Flores-Williams is arguing for the rights of the Colorado River in federal court and now faces sanctions for doing so. He is unflinching in…
Post Independent: Supporters rally to give Colorado River rights
Supporters of the federal lawsuit to recognize rights of the Colorado River look ahead to build momentum for the broader recognition of the rights of…
Truthout: “Nature Has Rights”: Activists Call for a Legal Transformation
There is a growing global movement of activists and attorneys who are forging a new kind of environmental law by proclaiming the legal "rights of…
KUNC: Is A Personhood Lawsuit The Best Way To Save The Colorado River?
An over-burdened Colorado River ecosystem files a first-in-the-nation lawsuit to have its rights recognized at a time of growing ecological crisis.
NPQ: The Colorado River Has Its Own Lawyer Now
A lawsuit to recognize the rights of the Colorado River to exist, flourish, and evolve, is the next step in the growing Rights of Nature…
CBC Radio’s The Current: Colorado River should have same legal status as a person: lawsuit
The Current interviews attorney Jason Flores-Williams on his work with Deep Green Resistance to recognize the rights of the Colorado River. DGR filed a federal…
Boulder Weekly: Rights of nature lawsuit seeks personhood for the Colorado River
In a groundbreaking lawsuit, the rights of nature is used as a new legal paradigm to protect the Colorado River.
Daily Camera: Lisa Flynn: Take Back Local Government
Longmont, CO, resident calls out state government sacrificing communities for corporate fracking interests. CELDF offers action for residents to protect themselves.
Seeker: Lawsuit Seeks Legal Rights for the Colorado River
Today, the Colorado River files in federal court for recognition of its rights to exist and flourish, as global warming and human consumption threaten its…
New York Times: Corporations have rights. Why Not Rivers?
A federal lawsuit asserting the rights of the Colorado River challenges conventional legal doctrines in the U.S.
San Diego Free Press: Why Does the Colorado River Need to Sue For Rights?
Without rights, the Colorado River is merely an object for human exploitation, rather than recognized as the living ecosystem it is, and wholly necessary to…
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