This letter to the editor by Tish O'Dell appeared in Crain's Cleveland Business, September 9th, 2018. I am writing in response to Ted Auch's Aug. 26 op-ed, "Personal view: Icy feelings about offshore wind project are misguided." I am a lifelong Clevelander, have a deep affection for Lake Erie and, in full disclosure, I am a [...]
This letter to the editor by Michelle Sanborn of the New Hampshire Community Rights Network (NHCRN) appeared in InDepthNH.org, August 26, 2018. Brief commentary by Community Rights US media team member Curt Hubatch: A lot of people ask what they can do when faced with a corporate harm like an oil pipeline, frac-sand mine, factory [...]
This 1 minute audio and text news story by Nick Evans was posted on WOSU Public Media's website on August 24th, 2018. Columbus Ohio -- The Franklin County Board of Elections has rejected the "Columbus Community Bill of Rights," a ballot issue that would have banned fracking within city limits. Supporters of the initiative erupted [...]
This letter to the editor by Thomas Linzey appeared in the Lagniappe Weekly, August 22nd, 2018. Editor: Having been born and raised in Mobile, I have fond memories of summer days spent playing in Dauphin Island’s surf, exploring Gaillard Island and walking the boardwalks over Mobile Bay. Due to the far-seeing acts of pioneering environmental [...]
This Op-Ed by Bill Lyons appeared in the August issue of the Columbus Free Press. Most Columbus residents assume that our city is safe from the fracking industry. It is not. There are currently 13 injection wells of toxic radioactive frack waste in the Upper Scioto Watershed area, Columbus’ source water protection area. This waste [...]
One industry that’s growing in Pennsylvania: hog farming. 2018 has been a record year for the number of hogs produced in the state. But for some communities that’s not good news. In one Pennsylvania town, residents are trying to keep a new hog farm out. This article by Julie Grant appeared in The Allegheny Front, July 20th, [...]
Stopping the Martin Marietta gravel mine, the expansion of Gross Dam, and ending fossil fuel extraction by a direct fight against corporate power. This blog post by Cliff Willmeng appeared on the Willmeng For Boulder County Commissioner website, July 17, 2018. All of these projects share a conflict regarding local authority nearly identical to the [...]
This article by Mitch Perry appeared in the Florida Phoenix, July 17, 2018. Brief commentary by Community Rights US media team member Curt Hubatch: One of the components of the Community Right's strategy is to exercise our inalienable right to local, community self-government in the places we live and want to protect. Over 200 communities across [...]
This article by Lynne Peeples appeared in FairWarning, July 11th, 2018. A brief commentary by Community Rights US Director and Founder Paul Cienfuegos: It’s so rare, and also so helpful, for news stories about corporate abuse of power to explicitly explain to their readers that corporations are winning yet another round in yet another battle [...]
This article by Kevin Stankiewicz appeared in the Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch, July 10, 2018. -- A proposal to ban oil and gas extraction and waste disposal in Columbus received enough signatures to appear on the November ballot, though the legality of the initiative is in question. Organizers tried to put the measure on the ballot [...]
