The Guardian, December 2, 2021 Landmark ruling says mining permits issued in Los Cedros protected area breach Ecuador’s constitution Ecuador’s highest court has ruled that plans to mine for copper and gold in a protected cloud forest are unconstitutional and violate the rights of nature. In a landmark ruling, the constitutional court of Ecuador decided [...]
Published by Dongallive November 23, 2021. Donegal County Council could make a little bit of history at its meeting on Monday next when it can become thew first local authority in the republic of Ireland to endorse a call to rethink our relationship with nature. The motion is being submitted by Inishowen councillor, Albert Doherty, [...]
Court rules that mining in a protected forest is unconstitutional, violates constitutional rights of nature Published by the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights, December 1, 2021 December 1, 2021 Contact: Hugo Echeverría, Attorney, echejur@yahoo.ca Mari Margil, Executive Director, mmargil@centerforenvironmentalrights.org Quito, Ecuador: On December 1, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador issued a landmark ruling in [...]
CDER and partners are pleased to present a “deep dive” workshop on the White Earth case to enforce the rights of manoomin (wild rice). Update: Find a recording of the event HERE. December 7, 2021 online event, hosted by the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights. About this event Online Event: The First Rights of [...]
Press release published by Lincoln County Community Rights. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Rio Davidson Debra Fant Lincoln County Community Rights board Lincoln Co. Community Rights board [...]
Paul Cienfuegos' new book, "How Dare We? Courageous Practices to Reclaim Our Power as Citizens," is coming out later this month! More details HERE.
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By Niina H. Farah in E&E News on November 18, 2021 A novel claim defending the rights of wild rice against a Minnesota pipeline may pave a new path for tribal lawsuits over U.S. fossil fuel projects. In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit from a tribal nation in the United States, the White Earth Band of Ojibwe [...]
By Lottie Limb, in EuroNews, November 12, 2021. It’s hard to keep track of the calls for action coming out of Glasgow this week. But there’s no doubt that the most radical are not coming from the official COP26 venue, but the side events springing up around the city. At one event organised by the [...]
In addition to Paul Cienfuegos's new book, there's another CR book coming, this one from folks in Ohio. CELDF announced this and other updates in a recent newsletter Nov. 18, 2021. Book Announcement Ohio community members have worked hard over the past eight years with CELDF, proposing charter amendments and ordinances recognizing local self-governance and [...]
