This article by Jeffrey Williamson appeared in Climate Liability News on, December 26, 2018. Climate change litigation is a relatively new front in fighting the accelerating effects of global warming—having jumped to the forefront over the past year with some high-profile cases garnishing international attention. Nonetheless, it might already need a shift in strategy to [...]
This article by Daniel McGraw appeared in the Cleveland Scene, on, December 26th, 2018. After a long and arduous process that has gone through the Ohio Supreme Court and various public agencies, citizens in Toledo, Ohio will finally get their chance in February to vote on a bill that has caught the attention of environmental [...]
This article by Tom Henry appeared in The Toledo Blade, December 21st, 2018. The Lucas County Board of Elections has ended the months-long debate over Toledo’s other citizen-led ballot initiative from 2018 by doing the same for the proposed Lake Erie Bill of Rights as it did for the Keep the Jail Downtown Toledo’s initiative a month ago. Both [...]
This story about the courageous citizens and local government officials of Grant Township was written and published by The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF). Should a liquor distributor be allowed to sue a “dry county” over lost profits? Should a tobacco company be allowed to sue a municipality over profits lost due to a [...]
This story about the fight for democracy in Ohio was recently published by The Community Environmental Legal Defense fund (CELDF) on their website. “Let us vote! Let us vote!” members of the Columbus Community Bill of Rights organization chant outside county offices and their state courthouse. “Let us vote!” “It’s crystal clear that not only [...]
Lake Erie Bill of Rights Campaign to Continue A Press Release from Toledoans for Safe Water, from December 11, 2018. Toledo, OH: At a meeting held on Monday, December 10, to certify the Lake Erie Bill of Rights (LEBOR) to the special election ballot in February, the Lucas County Board of Elections instead received a [...]
This article by Ryan Dunn appeared in The Toledo Blade, December 10th, 2018. A last-minute filing Monday to the Lucas County Board of Elections again postponed the possible ballot addition of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights. The submitted protest regarding a proposed Toledo city charter amendment by law now sets a hearing in which both sides [...]
This touching 4 minute video and text about the work the San Juan Community Rights citizens group is doing to prevent more preventable deaths of the southern resident pod of the Salish Sea orcas can be accessed HERE. -- Beginning of text: There was rejoicing at the birth – the first in the family in [...]
This story about Jean Porter and her Rights of Nature work in Hawaii was publish by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), December 7th, 2018. -- What can one person do as we face environmental devastation? Meet CELDF champion Joan Porter, of Kauai. A private landowner, she established a conservation easement for eight acres of [...]
The Great Lake may become the 1strecognized ecosystem in the U.S. with rights to exist and flourish A press release posted by The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) on December 6th, 2018. TOLEDO, OHIO: On Tuesday, December 4, the Toledo City Council voted unanimously to place the proposed Lake Erie Bill of Rights law onto the ballot [...]
