This original editorial by Ken Ward appeared in The Hill on May 31, 2017 To the dismay of our allies, the White House could any day announce the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. But as a patriot and climate activist, I’m not dismayed. I actually want to pull out. MORE...
This editorial by Cliff Willmeng originally appeared in the, Daily Camera on May 11, 2017 In the life-and-death, high-stakes game of oil and gas drilling, the Boulder County commissioners officially laid their cards on the table in a Daily Camera guest opinion published last Sunday ("Lack of local control over oil and gas frustrating, difficult," [...]
This article by Marty Robacker Wilder originally appeared in The Bradford Era on April 27, 2017 Over the years, it has been fascinating to watch a David-and-Goliath situation play out in tiny Highland Township over an oil company's plan to drill an injection well not far from its supply of clean, fresh water. Many big-time issues are [...]
This letter to the editor appeared in, GoErie.com on April 24, 2017 and was published by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. April 27 is shaping up to be a big day for Erie County residents when it comes to environmental justice. From 5 to 7 p.m., the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will hold a “listening session” at [...]
An editorial in The World - Coos County, Oregon's local newspaper - about their upcoming Community Rights ordinance on the county's ballot on May 16, that would ban the proposed LNG pipeline and terminal. Once again we in Coos County find ourselves facing a ballot issue that is more a political statement than legislative rule, [...]
To the Editor: The American Revolution came about because the British Parliament denied local, community self-government to the colonies. Are we now being colonized by corporations masquerading as “family” farmers and denying our local rights to protect our water, air and property? We already have enough local large confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to know [...]
Guest Editorial in the Des Moines Register by Iowa State Rep. Ralph Watts of Adel, Iowa. Ralph is a Republican, an engineer, a small business owner, and one of Iowa's leading members of ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council). The Register published an op-ed Feb. 23 written by Paul Cienfuegos, an Oregon-based community activist who preaches an [...]
Guest Editorial in the Des Moines Register by Paul Cienfuegos. Paul is a leading Community Rights educator and organizer, based in Portland, Oregon. He has been working actively with 100 Grannies for a Livable Future to stop the Dakota Access pipeline through Iowa. Are you concerned that the proposed Bakken pipeline could have significant negative [...]
OpEd from Rick Fromm, the Managing Editor of Decorah Journal, in Decorah, Iowa, published on March 6, 2014. Should a community/county have the right to determine its own future and protect the inherent rights of its citizens? The obvious answer to that question is a resounding “yes,” but it’s not quite that simple. Not by a [...]
This Op-Ed by Joshua Stephens was published in Truth-Out on June 26, 2013. Joshua is a board member with the Institute for Anarchist Studies, and has been active in anti-capitalist and international solidarity movements across the last two decades. He writes on antiauthoritarian social movements for various outlets. A little over a year ago, I found myself [...]