This article by Alan Guebert was published in the Beatrice Daily Sun on March 21st, 2019. If the ballot box is the ultimate source of power in the United States, then voters in Toledo, Ohio, used that power Feb. 26 to create what’s now being called a “Bill of Rights” for their wide, blue neighbor, [...]
This article by David Webber was published in The Missourian on, March 8th, 2019. The Lake Erie Bill of Rights, adopted by voters in Toledo, Ohio, last month, establishes the right of citizens to sue polluters of Lake Erie for damages to the lake itself. It establishes “legal rights for nature.” At first blush, this [...]
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 op-ed by Dolly McPhaul appeared in the Concord Monitor on December 15th, 2018. -- It is time for Gov. Chris Sununu to place his allegiance with the people of New Hampshire, where it belongs. Sununu was elected, and is paid, by the people of New Hampshire for representing them. However, he has received Eversource money as [...]
This 49 minute interview with Thomas Linzey happened on October 28th, 2018. This interview can be listened to and downloaded at the Progressive Radio Network, Deep Green Resistance Blogspot, and YouTube. Clicking on the highlighted label will take you to the respective media outlet. Thomas Linzey is the executive director and an attorney for the [...]
This open letter written by the Columbus Community Bill of Rights (CCBOR) citizen group was posted on Facebook, October 9th, 2018. The letter was written after the Ohio Supreme Court recently blocked their extraordinary efforts to put their Community Bill of Rights in front of the Columbus, Ohio voters on the November, 2018 ballot. Dear [...]
Residents in Columbus and Toledo are being told they don’t have the authority to vote to protect their drinking water this November. This article by Simon Davis-Cohen appeared in The Progressive, September 25, 2018. Markie Miller, an organizer from Toledo, Ohio, has been working for more than two years to pass a Lake Erie Bill of [...]
This letter to the editor by Monica Christofili of the New Hampshire Community Rights Network (NHCRN) appeared on Fosters.com, September 20th, 2018. To the Editor: On Thursday, Sept. 27, from 6-8 p.m. at Epping’s public library, the people of New Hampshire can learn how to have a real say about Granite Bridge. Why would they [...]
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 [...]
