This original editorial by John C. Lamb appeared in the, Daily Camera on June 8, 2017 Lafayette Mayor Christine Berg was not "an overseer of Lafayette's Climate Bill of Rights and Protections" as was printed in the Camera. In fact, she led the way for the Lafayette City Council to gut the bill and pass [...]
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 [...]
Also, In Ironic Charade, PGE Appeals Its Own Permit A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from May 18, 2017. Mercersburg, PA: Last month, in a revealing display of state power being used to protect corporate interests, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) sued Grant Township (Indiana County) and Highland Township (Elk [...]
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” [...]
The latest local news from a corporate media slant about the breathtaking amount of corporate money being spent to defeat a Community Rights ballot initiative in Coos County, Oregon, challenging a liquefied (so-called "natural") gas pipeline. Oregonians go to the polls on May 16. More than $1 million dollars has been donated or spent to [...]
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 [...]