A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from September 21, 2017. The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) is serving as a legal adviser for the first-in-the-nation lawsuit in which a river is seeking recognition of its legal rights. MORE...
This audio interview with Jason Flores-Williams originally happened on Resistance Radio with Derrick Jensen on September 17, 2017. Jason Flores-Williams is a noted civil rights attorney and author who has litigated some of the most important cases of our time. he has been featured on CNN, The New York Times, Washington Post and has given speeches [...]
This print and audio news story by Eric Tegethoff originally appeared on the Public News Service, September 11, 2017. NEWPORT, Ore. – Can a river defend itself in court? On Monday, a judge in Newport will answer that question in the case of the Siletz River Ecosystem. MORE...
This audio interview with attorney Jason Flores Williams originally happened on Resistance Radio with Derrick Jensen September 10, 2017. Jason Flores-Williams is a noted civil rights attorney and author who has litigated some of the most important cases of our time. he has been featured on CNN, The New York Times, Washington Post and has given speeches [...]
This article by Dahr Jamail originally appeared in Truthout, July 26, 2017. On July 24, the Siletz River Ecosystem (SRE) in Northwestern Oregon took legal action to protect itself. MORE...
This article by Eric Tegethoff originally appeared in the Public News Service, July 25, 2017. The Siletz River ecosystem could take some novel legal action in an Oregon case over a measure banning aerial pesticides. In May, Lincoln County residents passed a measure outlawing the spraying of pesticides from aircraft. The measure is the first [...]
The Siletz River watershed in Lincoln County, Oregon, files a motion to intervene in a lawsuit that attempts to overturn its right to be free of aerial sprayed pesticides A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from July 24, 2017. Lincoln County, Oregon: Last week, the Siletz River watershed in Lincoln County, OR, [...]
This letter the editor by Markie Miller originally appeared in The Blade, July 13, 2017. After “participating” in the virtual town hall hosted by Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson to discuss the upcoming algal bloom season that threatens Lake Erie, I was outraged at not only the content of the meeting, but also the format. MORE...
This original article by Cathy Holt appeared in Mountain XPress, June 29, 2017. At the July 4 Independence From Fossil Fuels gathering at Lake Julian, many T-shirts and signs will ask “Who decides?” Who determines what kind of energy will power our city? Right now, the answer is “Duke Energy decides.” Duke (the largest electric utility [...]
This original article by David DeWitt appeared in The Athens News, June 28, 2017. For the third year in a row, the Athens County Bill of Rights Committee will seek to place the question of turning the county into a charter form of government before voters in November. MORE...
