Rights of Nature is Here to Stay!! From Lee County Rights of Nature Governor Ron DeSantis will be SUED in FEDERAL COURT for his signing of SB712 and stealing our community rights to create the environmental laws we want in our community. Read the Press Release HERE. And the Federal Complaint HERE. Florida Governor Ron [...]
Most of the time, the Floridan Aquifer feeds the nearly 200 springs in the Suwanee River Basin, pushing water up through ancient porous limestone to the surface. During times of flood, pressure from the rising waters can cause the springs to reverse flow. The springs recharge the aquifer instead of the other way around. This [...]
This press release was published by the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (CDER) on April 7th, 2020. Sheffield (4/7/2020) – The first rights of nature initiative in Massachusetts has qualified for a town-wide vote in Sheffield, in western Massachusetts. The initiative, advanced to the annual Town Meeting by community members of Sheffield concerned about [...]
This press release was published by Wisconsin United to Amend on March 24th, 2020 Seventeen Communities to Vote to Reclaim Democracy from Moneyed Interests Madison, WI (March 24, 2020) – On Tuesday, April 7th, Wisconsin residents in Seventeen communities will vote on whether to amend the U.S. Constitution to clarify that only humans should have constitutional [...]
This press release was published on the Center for Democratic and Environmental Right's (CDER) website on February 18th, 2020. February 18, 2020 · In January 2020, the legislature of the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin adopted Resolution 19-52, Recognition of the Rights of the Menominee River. As the resolution explains, the Menominee people's "place of origin was at [...]
This Community Rights action update was written and posted by Curt Hubatch, Community Rights US Media Team Member. He is also the founding member of the Washburn County Community Rights Alliance (WCCRA). Five members of the Washburn County Community Rights Alliance (WCCRA) attended the November town meeting at the Chicog Town Hall the evening of [...]
This article was posted by the Pachamama Alliance on October 4th, 2019. Trouble in the Water For several years, many communities in Florida have encountered toxic cyanobacteria, a result of toxic agribusiness runoff, in their local bodies of water. Florida residents have reported several adverse effects of cyanobacteria on their communities. The local economy, which [...]
This press release was published by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund on June 27th, 2019. Today, citizens of Toledo, Ohio will be filing a Pro Se Complaint to validate the Lake Erie Bill of Rights at the Lucas County Courthouse, 10 a.m. As citizens of the City of Toledo, Michael Ferner, Bryan Twitchell, and [...]
This press release by KeepHaweabeautiful appeared on Scoop Independent News on June 7th, 2019. When we learnt about the proposed rapid urban development of our loved rural landscape in Hawea, we like many folk in the community fell victim to chronic distress at the reality that the place in which we reside and live has [...]
This press release by Community Rights of San Juan appeared in the San Juan Islander on May 14, 2019. COMMUNITY RIGHTS OF SAN JUAN ISLANDS PRESS RELEASE: The Salish Sea needs you. We need you. Join us. We are a group committed to protecting the Salish Sea by advancing a Rights of the Salish Sea [...]
