This article by Gillian Pomplun appeared in the Crawford County Independent, June 27th, 2018. VIROQUA - The Viroqua City Council met as a committee of the whole on Wednesday, May 30 for a presentation and discussion about community rights. Paul Cienfuegos of ‘Community Rights’ spoke to council members and almost 50 concerned citizens about the [...]
Council will also pick up decisions on new development rules and planning commissions This article by Anthony Hahn appeared in the Daily Camera, June 21st, 2018. Lafayette's City Council is scheduled to vote at its July 3 meeting on the proposed oil and gas regulations that were derailed Tuesday night by an anti-fracking protest, city spokeswoman [...]
Todd Twp. residents hold second community meeting This article by Adam Watson appeared in The Daily News, May 1st, 2018. The Todd Township Supervisors will be asked at their Monday, May 14, meeting to consider adopting an ordinance that would stop a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) from being built in the township. The ordinance [...]
This event took place on March 5th, 2018 at a scheduled city council meeting in Lafayette, Colorado. This text can be read, and video can be viewed HERE. Mr. Linzey offers his insights on defending the City’s Climate Bill of Rights. Sound begins approximately 17 minutes, Q&A approximately 36 minutes.
'You don't have an oil and gas problem; you have a democracy problem' This article by Anthony Hahn appeared in the Daily Camera, March 5th, 2018. Calls for an outright fracking ban took center stage at a community forum with representatives of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund on Monday night — a meeting heralded [...]
Community Rights US Founding Director Paul Cienfuegos participated in the 3rd Regional Gathering in the Driftless Area of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, held on March 4th, 2018. 50 people attended from more than a dozen counties. An archive of audio, video, and text of this extraordinary full-day event's sessions and other group discussions will soon [...]
This event was posted on the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund's website, February 28, 2018. What’s happening? Last spring, in the City of Lafayette, CO, residents took a stand to protect themselves from the unrelenting fossil fuel extraction threatening their health, safety, and welfare. The City Council adopted the first CELDF-drafted Climate Bill of Rights [...]
Paul Cienfuegos presented the Keynote Speech at Progresstival in La Crosse, Wisconsin on February 3rd, 2018. The full text of his speech is below. To listen to it on audio, click HERE and scroll to the six-minute mark. Thank you all for inviting me to such a wonderful event today. It’s a pleasure to be here [...]
This 52 second video of Rep. Ellen Read (D) urging others to support the New Hampshire Community Rights Amendment (CACR19) can be viewed HERE.
This one hour video interview was posted on the National Community Rights Network (NCRN) website, January 29th, 2018. Tom Groover has an INCREDIBLE conversation with grassroots activists Markie Miller and Will Falk about recognizing and protecting the Rights of Nature through local law-making as a legal solution to a fixed governmental/corporate state system. This fixed system places [...]
