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 Jes Burns originally appeared in, EarthFix on May 8, 2017 Voters in Oregon’s Coos County are considering a May ballot measure that would block the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas project. The measure is a product of the community-rights movement, which broadly aims to give local communities final say over corporate projects that affect them. The [...]
This article by Chuck Abraham originally appeared in the, Ridgway Record on May 5, 2017. Four environmentalists approached the Elk County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, asking for support in Highland Township's fight against Seneca Resources of Houston over a Class IID wastewater injection well the oil and gas company is placing within a half [...]
The Court Finds the Atrato Possesses Rights to “Protection, Conservation, Maintenance and Restoration” Rights of Nature Movement Gaining Ground as Court Declares Need to Move Away from Legal Systems in which Humans are the “dominator of nature” A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from May 4, 2017. MERCERSBURG, PA, USA: In November, [...]
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 [...]
Paul Cienfuegos was interviewed for the hour, with live call-in questions, on Mendocino County, California's, community radio station KZYX on April 25, 2017. The station has had a monthly show, 'Corporations & Democracy', for many many years. You can listen to the interview or download the podcast by going HERE. On that new page, scroll [...]
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 [...]
This article by David Dewitt originally appeared in, The Athens News on April 23, 2017 For the third year in a row, the Athens County Bill of Rights Committee will seek to put the question of turning the county into a charter form of government to voters in November. As with the other initiatives, this charter proposal doubles as [...]
On April 18, 2017, the Wisconsin (so-called) Department of Natural Resources and the Army Corps of Engineers held a shared public hearing in Tomah, Wisconsin to hear (and then to ignore) public testimony on the proposed destruction of a significant wetland to make way for a frac sand mining operation. Katie Groves, who lives in [...]
A Blog Posting by Tish O'Dell and Emelyn Lybarger of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from April 3, 2017. The authors question whether it's a genuine win or not. Courageous Colorado youth who are challenging fracking in their state celebrated the decision of the Colorado Court of Appeals last week: the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission [...]