A Blog Posting by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from December 7, 2017. This week, President Trump signed proclamations downsizing two natural areas established as national monuments in Utah – Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante – by 85 percent and 46 percent respectively. If court challenges are unsuccessful, over a million acres of protected land will [...]
PERSONHOOD: WHAT IT MEANS This article by Lance Maggart appeared in the Summit Daily, November 30, 2017. Flores-Williams and the Plaintiffs in the case are asking the court to declare the Colorado River a legal person and are not seeking a monetary award. While the personhood request has significance on many levels one of the [...]
This article by Victoria Prieskop appeared in Courthouse News, November 29, 2017. A Denver attorney representing the Colorado River Ecosystem in a bid for “personhood” is facing possible sanctions for refusing to drop the case. Jason Flores-Williams, a criminal defense attorney, gained national attention in 2016 for a class-action lawsuit against Denver challenging its sweeps [...]
Ohio activists are joining ballot efforts around the country that supporters say are aimed at restoring rights to communities to challenge a growing list of corporate incursions. The oil-and-gas industry says their amendment would devastate Ohio's economy. This article by Julie Carr Smyth was published in US News and World Report, November 29, 2017. Activists [...]
IN AN ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE US AND SILENCE THE RIGHTS OF NATURE MOVEMENT, THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS THREATENED SANCTIONS AGAINST OUT LAWSUIT, COLORADO RIVER V. COLORADO. This press release was posted on Deep Green Resistance News Service's website, November 28, 2017. Editor’s note: The first Rights of Nature lawsuit in the United States, Colorado River v. [...]
This press release from the Deep Green Resistance Southwest Coalition, November 28, 2017. Editor’s note: The first Rights of Nature lawsuit in the United States, Colorado River v. Colorado, was filed September 25, 2017, in Denver, Colorado. The full text of the complaint can be found here. by Deep Green Resistance Southwest Coalition Denver, CO – The Colorado [...]
This dispatch by Will Falk appeared on Deep Green Resistance News Service, November 27, 2017. Editor’s note: This is the latest installment from Will Falk as he follows the Colorado River from headwaters to delta, before heading to court to argue for the Colorado River to be recognized as having inherent rights. More details on [...]
This dispatch by Will Falk was posted on Deep Green Resistance News Service November 22, 2017. Editor’s note: This is the latest installment from Will Falk as he follows the Colorado River from headwaters to delta, before heading to court to argue for the Colorado River to be recognized as having inherent rights. More details [...]
This article by Joey Horan appeared in Belt Magazine, November 21, 2017. In late September, temperatures in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan eclipsed 90 degrees for six straight days. Perhaps those who lived further off the shores of Lake Erie worked their cognitive dissonance muscles enough to enjoy the extended summer, but there was no [...]
This interview with Will Falk was posted on the National Community Rights Network's homepage November 20, 2017. The 85 minute video can be viewed HERE. "I recently helped the Colorado River sue the State of Colorado in a first-in-the-nation lawsuit — Colorado River v. Colorado — requesting that the United States District Court in Denver recognize the river’s rights [...]
