Residents in Toledo, Ohio, just won a major victory for clean water. This article by Valerie Vande Panne appeared on Salon, March 7th, 2019. This article was produced by Local Peace Economy, a project of the Independent Media Institute. On February 26, voters in Toledo, Ohio, passed the Lake Erie Bill of Rights in a special [...]
This news story appeared on CBS 4 Denver on February 28th, 2019. DENVER (CBS4) – Gov. John Hickenlooper says he won’t tolerate cities and towns that ban oil and gas drilling within their borders and he promises to take them to court. CBS4 Political Specialist Shaun Boyd sat down with the governor, who was blunt. He [...]
This article by Tom Henry appeared in The Toledo Blade, February 26th, 2019. Toledo voters have reached a consensus: Lake Erie — the world’s 11th largest lake and one that provides drinking water to 12 million U.S. and Canadian citizens — deserves to have its own bill of rights. In a special election that drew only [...]
The Wisconsin Farmers Union Convention also saw the US premier of Community Rights US ’ new Photography Exhibit, “Hidden in Plain Sight: How Corporations Exercise Their Constitutional 'Rights' Under Our Very Noses“, which garnered a lot of attention. The captioned photo shown is one of dozens from the exhibit. Our goal for the exhibit is that it be [...]
Paul Cienfuegos was honored to be chosen to lead this year’s Groundswell half-day workshop at the 88th Annual Wisconsin Farmers Union Convention in Appleton WI. About 75 participants learned that there are more politically effective strategies available to us than the existing single-issue regulatory or zoning urgent-response activism in order to stop the endless proliferation of corporate [...]
The agreement with Consumers Energy follows a complaint about a nonprofit group linked to the utility. This article by Andy Balaskovitz appeared on the Energy News Network, January 28th, 2019. In an unprecedented move, the Michigan Public Service Commission has prohibited a major utility from using corporate dollars to fund nonprofit political advocacy groups. The [...]
This article by Simon Davis-Cohen appeared on DeSmog, January 24th, 2019. Commentary by Valley Mills, Texas resident and Community Rights supporter Ingrid Martine* below. Quote from article: Klamath Tribal Council Chairman Don Gentry told DeSmog that the tribal council believes “we need to exhaust every administrative opportunity that we have to express our opposition to [...]
This audio clip (1 min 50 sec) and text by Eric Tegethoff appeared on The Public News Service, September 28, 2018. NEWPORT, Ore. – A grassroots effort in a seaside Oregon county last year could serve as an example for how other communities can beat large corporate interests. Last year, Lincoln County voters banned the [...]
Objections to the Bayou Bridge Pipeline demonstrate how the system is rigged. This article by Sue Lincoln appeared in The Bayou Brief on September 16, 2018. n Sept. 4, 2018, with bulldozers revving their engines in accompaniment, Cherri Foytlin was tackled and placed in a choke hold by a non-uniformed man who then knelt atop [...]
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld Winona County's frack sand ban. This AP article appeared in the US News and World Report, July 30th, 2018. The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday upheld Winona County's ban on mining frack sand, used to fracture shale rock to extract oil and natural gas. In a split decision, a [...]
