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 [...]
Watch New Hampshire State Representative Ellen Read (D) talk about the New Hampshire Community Rights Amendment (CACR 8) to those attending the Local Democracy Luncheon hosted by the New Hampshire Community Rights Network (NHCRN) HERE. The video is just over a minute long. To read an explanation of the NH Community Rights Amendment in plain [...]
This letter by Diane St. Germain, NHCRN Board Member, appeared in The Eagle Times, January 21, 2019. To the editor, In 2006 Barnstead Selectman Jack O’Neil proclaimed support for a rights-based ordinance protecting Barnstead’s water resources stating, “…we pledge to walk point for you…”. It’s doubtful that at the time he imagined New Hampshire residents [...]
This 7 minute video titled "The People vs The Corporate State" was published on YouTube by the Ohio Community Rights Network (OHCRN) on November 27th, 2018. Here is a description of the video: In 2012, after suffering over 90 oil/gas frack wells in the community of Broadview Heights, the residents finally said no more. They passed [...]
This letter to the editor by Michelle Sanborn, President of the New Hampshire Community Rights Network (NHCRN), appeared in The Laconia Daily Sun, November 1st, 2018. To The Daily Sun, In early October, and in anticipation of election day on November 6, NHCRN sent surveys to all 2018 N.H. election candidates running for governor, Executive [...]
This letter to the editor by Monica Christofili, coordinator of the New Hampshire Community Rights Network, was published on Fosters.com, October 11th, 2018. To the Editor: This October, the NH Community Rights Network has sent a local choice survey to New Hampshire’s general election candidates running for governor, Executive Council, and for state representative or [...]
This 1 minute and 15 second video about Lincoln County Community Rights successfully banning the aerial spraying of pesticides and other poisons appeared on Redacted Tonight on September 26th, 2018. This video can be watched HERE. Brief commentary by Community Rights US Media Team Member Curt Hubatch: I found this video posted on the New [...]
Residents in Columbus and Toledo are being told they don’t have the authority to vote to protect their drinking water this November. This article by Simon Davis-Cohen appeared in The Progressive, September 25, 2018. Markie Miller, an organizer from Toledo, Ohio, has been working for more than two years to pass a Lake Erie Bill of [...]
This letter to the editor by Monica Christofili of the New Hampshire Community Rights Network (NHCRN) appeared on Fosters.com, September 20th, 2018. To the Editor: On Thursday, Sept. 27, from 6-8 p.m. at Epping’s public library, the people of New Hampshire can learn how to have a real say about Granite Bridge. Why would they [...]
This 29 minute audio interview with Tish O'Dell of the Ohio Community Rights Network was posted on September 18, 2018. This interview can be listened to and downloaded HERE. Bob and Dan interview Tish O'Dell of the Community Rights Network about the September 29 Growing Roots and Rights conference in Columbus, Ohio. Artist: Bob Fitrakis and [...]
