This original letter by Lynne Anderson appeared on Vindy.com (scroll down), June 25, 2017. If you want positive change for Youngstown, there are two citizen initiatives to support by signing petitions so we the people can vote on them in November. The first one, the Youngstown Drinking Water Protection amendment, is about protecting our drinking [...]
Lincoln County passes a ballot measure banning the aerial spraying of pesticides This original article by Meerah Powell appeared in the, EugeneWeekly.Com on June 15, 2017 On May 30, Lincoln County passed ballot measure 21-177, a measure banning the aerial spraying of pesticides, making it the first county in the nation to do so. A [...]
This original article by Jan Morice appeared in. Cleveland.Com on May 31, 2017 CLEVELAND, Ohio - Years before cleveland.com conceived its Western Reserve project to push for fair representation in northern Ohio, a grassroots group drafted its own declaration of self-governance to launch a fight for local control. "We declare," the Columbus Declaration states, "that the [...]
Environmental activists turn to local organizing to fight corporate interests This original article by Stephen Quirke appeared in, Street Roots News on May 26, 2017 In the battle to protect the environment, activists are increasingly turning to a model of local organizing that mixes face-to-face democracy with the power to create law. Not everyone is [...]
Grant Township, Pennsylvania, population 741, has became the front line of a radical new environmental movement – and they're not backing down. Rolling Stone magazine's first-ever major story about the Community Rights movement, with a focus on the courageous residents of Grant Township, Pennsylvania, who are continuing to make national history as they defend their right to [...]
This original article by Darryl Ivy appeared in, KUOW on May 18, 2017 Voters in Coos County said ‘no’ Tuesday to a measure that could have blocked a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal and pipeline. The results are too close to call for a Lincoln County measure banning aerial pesticide spraying. These Oregon measures stem [...]
This story appeared on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). Voters in Coos County said ‘no’ Tuesday to a measure that could have blocked a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal and pipeline. The results are too close to call for a Lincoln County measure banning aerial pesticide spraying. These Oregon measures stem from the broader “community rights” [...]
An Associated Press story on various Community Rights and other efforts to stop the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure across the Pacific Northwest. Coos County, Oregon, residents will be visiting on May 16 on a Community Rights ordinance that would ban the construction of the proposed LNG terminal and pipeline. Residents of a coastal community in [...]
This original article by Spencer Cole appeared in, The World on May 15, 2017 COOS COUNTY — More than $1 million dollars has been donated or spent to crush a controversial ballot measure that targets the proposed Jordan Cove liquid natural gas export terminal and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline. The staggering amount has made the campaign [...]
This article by Simon Davis-Cohen originally appeared in DeSmog Blog. Two weeks ahead of an Oregon county special election, backers of the multi-billion dollar Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project are spending an additional $236,500 to prevent that vote from halting the proposed fossil fuel project. That’s on top of the $359,000 the LNG project’s [...]