“We’re sick and tired of a system in which a few wealthy corporations have the legal right to pollute our water, poison our communities, and…
Press Release: “Water is Life” — Lane County, Oregon Seeks Watershed Rights
Should people have a right to clean drinking water and healthy rivers and streams? Or, should corporations have the legal right to pollute and harm…
Living in a Warzone in Oregon – Support CELDF in the Resistance!
CELDF and its partner Community Rights Lane County are not only resisting these violent assaults, we are attempting to flip the script all together. Read…
Glen’s Parallax Perspectives – Interview with Kai Huschke
Glen Anderson interviewed two experts — Kai Huschke and Elliott Moffett — who have savvy insights and practical experience working to protect environments and establish…
Whose Constitution Is It?
Join CELDF attorney Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin for a presentation and discussion on the history and current significance of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the…
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…
Thom Hartmann Program: State Law Benefits Corporations Against You – You Lose
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…
Press Release: 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…
Rights of Nature Interview on KB00 Radio!
Pacific Northwest organizer, Kai Huschke, details how COVID-19 has opens timely conversation about the Rights of Nature as a legal framework for protecting Nature.
People Power in a Time of Pandemic
In this interview, Kai speaks on the current state of community rights, gives an explanation of the events taking place in Grant Township, and talks…
Rights of Nature Podcast: Kai Huschke
Check out this interview with CELDF's Hawaii and Northwest organizer, Kai Huschke, on CELDF's partnerships with communities across the U.S. who have spearheaded the Rights…
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: Coos Bay Estuary Speaks Out Against FERC
Coos Bay Estuary on the coast of Oregon files to intervene in FERC proceedings. Coos Bay is threatened by a massive LNG export terminal and…
Immense Possibilities: The True Rights of Communities
Immense Possibilities interviews CELDF's Thomas Linzey and Coos County, OR, community rights activist Mary Geddry.
Oregon Live: Jordan Cove spends heavily to kill Coos County anti-LNG measure
Veresen Corporation spends more than $300,000 to defeat Coos County, OR's, community rights campaign. If adopted, the initiative would stop the Jordan Cove LNG export…
The World: Local control can replace 19th-century energy thinking
Coos County, OR, residents aim to transform their community through Community Rights, democratizing energy development and creating sustainability. They're willing to challenge unjust laws to…
Salon: What’s not being voted on this November: Local democracy is being squashed from coast to coast
Simon Davis-Cohen reveals escalating efforts to quash We the People from exercising our right to initiative. From fracking and water protection, to minimum wage and…
Truthout: Corporate Suppression of Direct Democracy Fuels Fight for Community Rights
Across the U.S., corporations and government officials are working to block We the People from exercising our right to direct democracy. As their efforts increase,…
EugeneWeekly.com: County Calls a Temporary Halt to Controversial Changes to Petition Process
Lane County, OR, residents succeed in pressuring County Commissioners to drop a proposed ordinance that would have allowed Commissioners to block proposed ballot initiatives.
Geddry: Wall dares invoke the constitution
Recognizing sustainability is illegal under our current structure of law, blogger Magix of Coos County urges the Community Bill of Rights to challenge the law…
We the People, We Decide – Columbia County Sustainable Action for Green Community (CCSAGE)
Check out CCSAGE's video: Columbia County, OR, residents partner with CELDF to advance Community Rights to stop fossil fuel transportation threatening their communities.
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