Justice continues to be denied in Oregon. Community rights efforts in Lane and Lincoln counties have, quite wrongly, found themselves mired in the Oregon court…
Rights of Nature, Rights of the People vs. State-Authorized Corporate Toxic Practice in Front of Oregon Courts
NEWPORT, OR: Arguments on the assertion of local democracy over state-sanctioned corporate public health violations and a Rights of Nature law will be presented on…
Corporate Actors Challenged in Lincoln County, OR: Ecosystem, Petitioners Defend Ordinance
Press Release: Petitioners in Lincoln County, OR filed a detailed appeal to a court decision that overturned a local law banning aerially sprayed pesticides as…
High Country News: In Oregon, the fight for local control upends Western norms
Lincoln County residents continue their fight to protect themselves and ecosystems from aerial sprayed pesticides, and spark not only hope, but tangible strategies for advancing…
Media Statement: Court Issues Decision on Two Year Aerial Pesticides Ban in Lincoln County, Oregon
Lincoln County, Oregon, community members prepare to appeal judge's denial of their right to protect themselves from aerial sprayed pesticides.
The Intercept: How a Ragtag Group of Oregon Locals Took On the Biggest Chemical Companies in World — and Won
The chemical industry is doing all it can to shut down communities from banning toxic chemical use. But in Oregon, CELDF partners in Lincoln and…
Jefferson Public Radio: Oregonian Wins Award For Opposition To Pesticides
Carol Van Strum has dedicated her life to fighting pesticides. Here an interview with Van Strum and CELDF's Kai Huschke on pesticides, Community Rights, and…
Mongabay: Carol Van Strum, crusader against Agent Orange, wins prestigious environmental award
Carol Van Strum, Community Rights advocate and long time activist, receives the international David Brower Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding environmental and social justice work.
Press Release: International Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to Oregon Community Rights, Rights of Nature Advocate
Community Rights supporter Carol Van Strum receives the International Lifetime Achievement Award Presented at the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene, OR.
Public News Service: Does Nature Have the Right to Defend Itself in Court?
The Siletz River in Oregon files to intervene in a lawsuit brought to overturn a community rights ban on aerially sprayed pesticides.
Truthout: Oregon Ecosystem Files Lawsuit to Defend Its Rights
As the Siletz River Ecosystem is being destroyed by aerial sprayed pesticides, the river is taking legal action to protect itself, using a community rights…
Public News Service: OR River Could Take Legal Action in Aerial Pesticide Ban Case
Nature's rights are necessary to protect local ecosystems, and the Siletz River in Lincoln County, OR, is filing to intervene in a lawsuit to make…
Press Release: Oregon River Stands Up for its Rights
The Siletz River watershed in Lincoln County, OR, files to intervene in a case to protect itself against aerially sprayed pesticides. The practice was banned…
The News Guard: Aerial Spraying: Lawsuit reaction
Community rights advocates in Lincoln County stand firm on their right to be free from aerially sprayed pesticides. They are fighting to protect Lincoln residents'…
EugeneWeekly.com: Aerial Spray Ban
Lincoln County, OR, residents recently adopted the nation's first countywide ban on aerially-sprayed pesticides. They're celebrating their win - and preparing to defend their law…
Press Release: Lincoln County, OR, Adopts First-in-Nation Ban of Aerial Pesticide Spray
Lincoln County, OR, residents, facing decades of pesticide use by the timber industry, adopt the first ban of the practice as a violation of environmental…
KBOO: Lincoln County Aerial Spray Ban Passes
Aerial spraying of pesticides is banned by Lincoln County, OR, voters. Residents elevate the rights of communities over corporate "rights" as they protect themselves from…
Street Roots News: Victory, defeat and alternative facts in two coastal county elections
Using citizen initiative, two Oregon communities fight to protect themselves from the timber and oil/gas industry, and secure their democratic and environmental rights.
KUOW: Oregon Voters Could See More Community Rights Measures Going Forward
Two community rights measures were on the Oregon ballot this week to stop corporate harms, and more coming down the pipe. Growing numbers of Oregon…
Press Release: Lincoln Co., OR: On Verge of First in Nation Citizen Initiative to Ban Aerial Spray Pesticides
A Community Bill of Rights by the people of Lincoln Co, OR, is just ahead at the polls. Residents are fighting for their democratic and…
KBOO: Rights-based ban on pesticide spraying in Lincoln Co, OR, is on May ballot
Seeking to elevate environmental rights over corporate "rights," Lincoln Co, OR, residents will vote on a ban on aerial pesticide spraying in May.
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