It doesn't get any clearer than this: our own environmental regulatory agencies suing communities who dare to protect the environment by banning fracking activities. Is…
PA Dept of Environmental Protection sues its own communities over fracking injection wells
A state agency charged with protecting the health and safety of communities and the natural environment sues Grant and Highland Townships in Pennsylvania, attempting to…
Press Release: Ecosystem and Residents File Motion to Intervene In Federal Lawsuit
Crystal Spring Ecosystem and residents of Highland Township, PA, filed to intervene in a lawsuit today. Parties are fighting to block Seneca Resources' plans to…
CELDF Blog: From Absurd and Far-Fetched to Inalienable
As the predictable self-destruction of this culture of deceit and greed proceeds and accelerates, CELDF’s recommendations for change will become less "far-fetched" and "absurd." They…
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…
Doug Shields from We the People 2.0 – The Second American Revolution
Former Pittsburgh City Council President Doug Shields, featured in We the People 2.0, refuses to fold to the oil and gas industry, standing his ground…
Cathy Miorelli from We the People 2.0 – The Second American Revolution
Facing legal and political intimidation tactics aimed at silencing her, Cathy Miorelli refused - and led the way to advance Community Rights in Tamaqua, PA.…
Common Dreams: Fracking Industry’s New Plan? Prosecute Those Who Push Drilling Bans
As communities seek to protect themselves from toxic drilling, Pennsylvania industry group mulls statute to deter such ordinances.
The Baffler: Who Speaks for the Trees?
Recognizing Rights of Nature is part of the growing discourse on the rights of ecosystems to exist and thrive, based on their own intrinsic value.…
November Elections Update
Learn the latest news from election day in Grant Township and West Chester, PA; Youngstown, OH; and Spokane, WA. And check out the launch of…
Press Release: Grant Township, PA: The People Left Out of Court Decision
A U.S. District Court finds in favor of corporations to site a frack wastewater injection well in Grant Township, PA - ignoring the will and…
All is not Well in Grant Township
The true story of one community's struggle to save their heritage watershed. And the corporations actively trying to destroy it.
Tamaqua Borough, Pennsylvania
The story of one Pennsylvania community gaining community rights.
Press Release: Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection Recognizes Community Authority to Ban Frack Wastewater Injection Wells
MERCERSBURG, PA: On August 12, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) took an unprecedented step, for the first time suspending the issuance of a…
Press Release: Highland Township Supervisors Vote to Defend Community Bill of Rights Banning Frack Wastewater Injection Wells
This week, Highland Township, PA, Supervisors, with overwhelming community support, voted unanimously to defend their Community Bill of Rights banning frack wastewater injection wells rather…
Highland Township
Highland Township in Elk County, PA, adopted a Community Bill of Rights Ordinance in January 2013, codifying the community’s rights to clean air, water, the…
Community Organizing in Pennsylvania
My phone rings, and a very worried women on the other end tells me that she is outraged that a large energy corporation has applied…
Press Release: Ecosystem, Community Group, and Municipal Authority File for Intervention in Lawsuit to Defend Community from Injection Well
HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP, PA: Today, an ecosystem in the United States filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit to defend its own rights to…
PACRN Statement: Conestoga Township, PA, Resident Unjustly Arrested for Speaking Truth at a Public Meeting
The Pennsylvania Community Rights Network stands by Conestoga Township, PA, resident Kim Kann, who was arrested for speaking truth at a public meeting this week.…
Highland Township plans to fight injection well lawsuit in federal court
Highland Township, PA, residents urge their Supervisors to defend their community and fight Seneca Resources as the energy corporation files a federal lawsuit to overturn…
The Bradford Era: Highland Township retains law firm in injection well fight
CELDF is retained by Highland Township, PA, to defend the Township's Community Bill of Rights Ordinance banning fracking wastewater injection wells against Seneca Resources Corporation.…
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