Youngstown, OH, voters will vote for a sixth time on a Community Bill of Rights banning fracking activities within the City. Residents promise to bring…
WFMJ.com: Leaders oppose sixth attempt to pass Youngstown ‘Community Bill of Rights’
Youngstown, OH, residents advance their Community Rights Charter Amendment banning fracking, determined to safeguard their community's health, safety, and welfare. Local government and industry allies…
Press Release: Ohioans Determined to Stop Fracking through Asserting Rights
Last summer, the corporate state led efforts to keep Ohioans from voting on fracking bans. Ohio communities are back in action, refusing to be deterred,…
The Vindicator: An anti-fracking charter-amendment proposal could be in front of Youngstown voters for a sixth time
Youngstown, OH, residents show their grit and commitment as they advance their Community Bill of Rights banning fracking to the ballot for a vote by…
WKBN 27: Frackfree group to put fracking ban on Youngstown ballot again
Youngstown, OH, residents assert their right to initiative as they advance a rights-based initiative to ban fracking as a violation of their right to clean…
Akron Beacon Journal: Youngstown group to submit community bill of rights petitions
Determined to protect their community and safeguard their water from fracking, Youngstown, OH, residents submit well-over the required number of signatures for a Community Bill…
The Business Journal: Group to Place Anti-Fracking Amendment on Ballot
Youngstown, OH, residents turn in signatures to place their charter amendment on the ballot in November. The measure establishes the rights of residents to clean…
The Jambar: Activists Ask President Obama to End Fracking in Film
A screening of Dear President Obama at Youngstown State Univ. provokes discussion on how to address fracking. It is not, says CELDF's Tish O'Dell, about…
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: Youngstown Residents Just Shy of Codifying Community Rights
Youngstown, OH, community rights supporters came within 345 votes of adopting their rights-based charter amendment banning fracking, and are ready to press forward.
The Vindicator: Community Bill of Rights supporters gather at lounge
Youngstown, OH, residents supporting a Community Bill of Rights charter amendment banning fracking, recognize that regardless of election results, their advancing of rights is building…
Eye on Ohio: Ohio Supreme Court rules against anti-fracking ballot measures
Reporter Simon Davis-Cohen provides in-depth reporting on state and industry efforts to keep fracking and pipeline initiatives off the ballot in Ohio - including the…
NCRN Press Release: National Community Rights Network Endorses the Youngstown Community Bill of Rights Charter Amendment
NCRN endorses Youngstown, OH's Community Bill of Rights Charter Amendment. The initiative advances the rights of residents and prohibits fracking activities that would violate community…
WKBN First News 27: Youngstown fracking amendment makes another run, group supports passage
Frack Free Mahoning Valley members urge support in Youngstown for a Community Bill of Rights banning fracking, which is on the November ballot.
Earth Island Journal: Government and Gas Industry Team Up Against Local Fracking Ban Initiatives in Ohio
Reporter Simon Davis-Cohen reveals how Ohio state government used tax payers' money, hiring private oil and gas industry law firms to keep the people's community…
Press Release: Ohio Supreme Court Upholds the Right of the People of Youngstown to Vote on a Citizens’ Initiative
The people of Youngstown’s constitutional right to vote on a local Bill of Rights charter amendment initiative was upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court.
WFMJ: Court overrules election board on Youngstown anti-fracking amendment
Youngstown, OH, residents' Community Bill of Rights charter amendment banning fracking has been ordered back on the ballot by the Ohio Supreme Court.
Government and Corporations Collude Against the People: Ohio Is a Corporate State
Ohio government officials, both locally and at the state level, use oil and gas industry law firms in an attempt to keep the people's ballot…
Press Release: Ohio Government Officials Again Deny Citizens the Right to Vote on Fracking
YOUNGSTOWN, OH: A week following Ohio Secretary of State John Husted’s ruling which stripped residents in three counties of their right to vote on Home…
Vindy.com: Mahoning elections board votes to keep Youngstown anti-fracking proposal off ballot
With the Mahoning County Board of Elections unanimously voting to keep a Youngstown anti-fracking charter amendment proposal off the Nov. 3 ballot, backers of the…
The Vindicator: Youngstown council puts anti-fracking amendment on November ballot
YOUNGSTOWN — City council voted today to put an anti-fracking charter amendment proposal on the Nov. 3 ballot, and the Mahoning County Board of Elections…
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