The day has finally arrived when Lincoln County Community Rights has its day in court, to challenge the judge’s overruling of their CR ordinance last year. See below for links to both their pre-court info session and their court hearing listen-live link. ~Paul Cienfuegos, CRUS Founding Director Oral arguments on Lincoln County’s 2017 Ban of [...]
CELDF posted a request for proposals in this recent press release. The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund is providing a limited number of small grants to support grassroots efforts aimed at advancing systemic change. We will only consider proposals from grassroots, constituent-led organizations that are using community-organizing and base-building strategies to accomplish their goals. Funding [...]
CELDF Press Release, March 3, 2021 Following international support for the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, CELDF is honored to work in solidarity with a new French-speaking network to advance Rights of Nature in Europe. OHIO, UNITED STATES: The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund applauds the formation of a French-speaking network to advance Rights of [...]
CELDF press release of February 15, 2021. Amidst ecological catastrophe, Granite State judges have chosen to overturn local right to climate law in order to protect corporations from hypothetical “harm.” NOTTINGHAM, NH: Facing industrial threats to freshwater systems and climate disruption, residents of Nottingham popularly adopted a Freedom from Chemical Trespass Ordinance at their 2019 [...]
A new democratic structure will empower collaboration and expansion. CELDF just celebrated its 25th birthday. Now, we’re investing in the next 25 years. For decades, our staff have spearheaded issues few others would touch. CELDF was years ahead of the curve on Rights of Nature and a structural demand for local community self-determination to counteract [...]
A group of authors organized through the Society of Wetland Scientists have developed a proposal for a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands. CELDF is excited to endorse the efforts as a step toward recognizing and enforcing the rights of wetlands. “The ongoing destabilization of the global climate and rapid loss of biodiversity impress [...]
New Hampshire Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Rights of Nature, Healthy Climate Arguments December 24, 2020 Amidst ecological catastrophe, movements for a paradigm shift in law have made global gains in 2020. Granite State judges have chosen to reject a request for a people’s defense of a municipal Rights of Nature and healthy climate law. [...]
Request for Proposals CELDF (The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund) is providing a limited number of small grants to support grassroots efforts aimed at advancing systemic change. We will only consider proposals from grassroots, constituent-led organizations that are using community-organizing and base-building strategies to accomplish their goals. Funding priorities include: Community & ally outreach, leadership [...]
Posted by CELDF Oct 2, 2020 Imperiled Lake Erie must be protected. Lake Erie Bill of Rights lives to fight another day, but still faces obstacles FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2, 2020 CONTACT: Tish O’Dell Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund Ohio Community Organizer CELDF.org tish@celdf.org 440-552-6774 TOLEDO, OH: Yesterday, an Ohio court of appeals reversed [...]
CELDF posted this press release on Sep 24, 2020 The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, under investigation, is still suing Grant Townships for banning frack waste injection wells FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Chad Nicholson Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund Pennsylvania Community Organizer CELDF.org chad@celdf.org 207-541-3649 Grant Township, Indiana County, PA: On September 21, 2020, Grant [...]
