Recognizing the rights of nature is a strategy leveraged by communities in partnership with CELDF across the U.S. to protect themselves from fracking harms. The…
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…
‘Fracking’ issue tests citizens’ authority
Plain Township, Canton and other public officials currently face a direct human and environmental assault on their communities over “fracking” — vertical and horizontal gas…
Democracy Matters
Pittsburgh City Councilman Doug Shields headlines our "Best of 2010" interviews on Democracy Matters
Peters Twp, Washington County PA
Marcellus Shale Awareness Group to meet Jan. 5
Holy Frack! Pittsburgh Bans Gas Drilling Through Rights-based Ordinance
Pittsburgh is the first major U.S. city to adopt a rights-based ordinance that includes the legal rights for nature.
Press Release: Pittsburgh Bans Natural Gas Drilling
Today, the Pittsburgh City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance banning corporations from conducting shale gas drilling in the city.
Letter to the Editor
A Corporate State
Marcellus Shale
whose scare tactics?
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