An update from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from May 21st, 2018. This update was published in the Spring 2018 issue of CELDF’s newsletter, The Susquehanna.
A landmark legislative session was held this winter in New Hampshire. It marked the first time a Community Rights state constitutional amendment was debated and voted on by a state House of Representatives. The proposed amendment would recognize the authority of people in towns throughout the state to enact local rights-based laws protecting individual and communities’ rights, free from corporate interference and state preemption. That authority includes the right to protect the natural environment.
Bi-partisan Support
Nine bi-partisan sponsors championed CACR19, known as the NH Community Rights Amendment. It is the first Community Rights amendment in the nation to receive support from a legislative subcommittee with a recommendation of “ought-to-pass.” MORE…