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 [...]
Residents in Toledo, Ohio, just won a major victory for clean water. This article by Valerie Vande Panne appeared on Salon, March 7th, 2019. This article was produced by Local Peace Economy, a project of the Independent Media Institute. On February 26, voters in Toledo, Ohio, passed the Lake Erie Bill of Rights in a special [...]
This article by Cameron La Follette was published in the American Association of Geographers newsletter on March 6th, 2019. Rights of Nature is a short-hand term for a form of ecological governance that both provides for and prioritizes Nature’s right to flourish. It also provides for various subsidiary rights, such as the right to restoration, [...]
This political cartoon by Kirk Walters appeared in The Toledo Blade, March 5th, 2019. It can be viewed at its original source HERE.
This editorial by the editorial board of The Toledo Blade was published, March 1st, 2019. Well, that was fast. Within hours of Toledo voters approving a ballot measure to establish a Lake Erie Bill of Rights, opponents filed a federal lawsuit to block it. The challenge was expected. After all, much is at stake with a change to [...]
This article by Daniel McGraw appeared in The American Conservative, February 28th, 2019. TOLEDO, Ohio—About a month ago on a snowy afternoon, driving over the spindly 90-year-old Anthony Wayne Bridge, I couldn’t help but notice how this city seemed stuck in neutral. Behind me was the huge Toledo Refinery, a 280-acre gasoline processing plant, but [...]
Local residents now have standing in court to sue corporate polluters on behalf of the lake. The local effort has been vigorously opposed by a group linked to some of the largest corporations and lobbying groups on the planet. This article by Simon Davis-Cohen appeared in The Progressive, February 27th, 2019. Last night, residents of [...]
This article by Tom Henry appeared in The Toledo Blade, February 26th, 2019. Toledo voters have reached a consensus: Lake Erie — the world’s 11th largest lake and one that provides drinking water to 12 million U.S. and Canadian citizens — deserves to have its own bill of rights. In a special election that drew only [...]
A proposal, among the first of its kind for large U.S. cities, could redefine conservation efforts. This article by Trevor Bach appeared on the U.S. News and World Report website, February 22, 2019. BY EARLY AUGUST OF 2014 hundreds of square miles of Lake Erie's surface were covered in a thick green ooze, a massive algae bloom [...]
The controversial legal bill will allow citizens to sue a polluter on behalf of the lake and for penalties to be imposed This article by Daniel McGraw appeared in The Guardian on, February 19th, 2019. In early August 2014, Crystal Jankowski was late in her pregnancy and knew she was about due. In was hot [...]
