Lafayette, CO, City Council attempts to move forward with legalizing fracking while residents plan next steps to protect the community.
Lafayette, CO, Residents Shut Down City Council Meeting
A right to a healthy climate is preserved in Lafayette, CO, as community members overtake a City Council meeting.
Denver7: Anti-fracking protesters shut down LaFayette council meeting
As community members in Lafayette, CO, demand their City Council stand by the City's Climate Bill of Rights, they force the council meeting to adjourn.…
Daily Camera: Anti-fracking protest forces Lafayette City Council to adjourn early, suspend vote on new drilling rules
Lafayette, CO, residents shut down City Council, protecting their Climate Bill of Rights as council members attempt to legalize fracking.
Daily Camera: Anti-fracking group’s attorney sends letter to Lafayette over possible legal action
Lafayette, CO, residents are unrelenting in their determination to protect their community from fracking harms. At City Council, they insist on enforcement of their Climate…
Daily Camera: Lafayette may again consider legalizing anti-fracking civil disobedience
Community members in Lafayette, CO, rally behind an amendment to their Climate Bill of Rights that would legalize non-violent civil disobedience if necessary to stop…
Daily Camera: Lafayette’s oil, gas forum ‘day one in the real resistance,’ activists say
CELDF's Thomas Linzey speaks to an overflowing crowd in Lafayette, CO, on defending their Climate Bill of Rights. The City's ordinance bans fracking as a…
Daily Camera: Lafayette to meet with legal fund on fracking ban defense, over counsel’s concerns
Lafayette, CO, city council looks to defend its Right to Climate ordinance banning fracking activities, holding an open forum with CELDF on strategies to do…
Daily Camera Opinion: John C. Lamb: Democrats not helping in battle against fracking
Don't be fooled - the Democratic Party is as supportive of oil and gas as the Republican Party. The answer isn't in our party electeds,…
PR: First Right to Climate Law Passes in Colorado
Lafayette, CO, is the first community in the state to adopt a right to climate ordinance, recognizing the right of residents to a healthy climate.
Daily Camera: Lafayette leaders, Standing Rock members voice support for anti-fracking proposal
Lafayette, CO, residents and Standing Rock members call for local action as Lafayette advances a Climate Bill of Rights and Protections.
Boulder Weekly: Lafayette Council considers legalizing direct action to protect environment
The state of Colorado refuses to recognize residents' right to protect themselves from fracking. But Lafayette City Council considers a Right to Climate ordinance legalizing…
The Colorado Independent: Lafayette’s Climate Change Bill of Rights: A small town grapples with a big idea
An overwhelming number of Lafayette, CO, residents attend a City Council meeting to urge support for a Climate Bill of Rights and Protections that legalizes…
KDV1 Fox 31 Denver: Proposed ordinance sparks fracking debate in Lafayette
Lafayette and other Colorado residents come out in force to support a Climate Bill of Rights ordinance that bans fracking.
Daily Camera: Merrily Mazza: Why we need a Lafayette Climate Bill of Rights
Lafaytte, CO, City Councilwoman Merrily Mazza co-sponsors the Lafayette Climate Bill of Rights and Protections, calling for nonviolent civil disobedience to end unjust laws under…
Daily Camera: Lafayette considers legalizing civil disobedience against fracking operations
City Council in Lafayette, CO, advances a Climate Bill of Rights and Protections ordinance that legalizes nonviolent direct action to protect against oil and gas…
PR: Lafayette, CO, Residents Introduce Climate Bill of Rights and Protections
Lafayette, CO, residents introduce a law codifying the right to a healthy climate, and protecting and enforcing that right through non-violent direct action.
Daily Camera: John C. Lamb: Fracking decisions show the system is rigged
Colorado resident refuses to accede to the CO Supreme Court's recent ruling that denies the people's right to govern themselves and ban fracking. He calls…
Boulder Weekly: Community rights versus environmental destruction: Time to turn the page
In a state overrun by fracking, a Colorado leader in advancing Community Rights lays it out plainly: when democracy and fracking cannot coexist, one of…
Community Rights Papers #8: A Touch of Class
While the state and the oil and gas industry work together to force fracking activities into communities, those same communities are working to reclaim their…
DeSmog Blog: Communities Pushing For Legal Rights To Regain Power Over Fracking Companies
As the fracking industry pushes into communities against the will of the people, growing numbers of communities across the U.S. are using community rights in…
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