Why was an environmental law firm sanctioned for helping to block a toxic fracking wastewater project? This article by Justin Nobel appeared in Rolling Stone Magazine, January 10, 2018. Last Friday, a federal judge in western Pennsylvania issued sanctions on two lawyers from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, a law firm that for 15 years has [...]
This article by Valerie Volcovici appeared in Rueters, January 3, 2018. A company that plans to build a coal export terminal in the Pacific Northwest to ship western U.S. coal to Asian markets sued the state of Washington on Wednesday for blocking construction last year. Lighthouse Resources Inc filed a lawsuit in federal court against [...]
This article by Sherry Dugger was published on Hoosier Localvore, January 1st, 2018. A brief response to this article by Paul Cienfuegos, Founder and Co-Director of Community Rights US: Truly disgusting. But not at all surprising, given the wholesale corporate takeover of our government at all levels. Let’s not forget that the 29 states that [...]
This article by Will Falk appeared in the San Diego Free Press, December 8, 2017. Our first-in-the-nation lawsuit seeking personhood for the Colorado River was dismissed. After the Colorado Attorney General filed a motion to dismiss and threatened sanctions against attorney Jason Flores-Williams for the unforgivable act of requesting rights for nature, Flores-Williams withdrew our case. [...]
The initiative would change Tacoma's city charter to allow residents to set water usage limits at the port. This article by Jenna Hanchard appeared on the King 5 News's website, December 1, 2017. Community activists spoke at a state court of appeals hearing Thursday in support of an initiative that could impact industry at Tacoma’s [...]
To combat fracking and accomplish other community ends, charter groups seek more local authority This article by David DeWitt was published in The Athens News, November 28, 2017. A legal organization that has been working with a group of Athens County residents to put an anti-fracking county charter before voters the past three years is [...]
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 article by Jackie Borchardt appeared on Cleveland.com, November 27, 2017. Efforts to give Ohioans more power to pass and enforce local laws that might conflict with state laws gained initial approval Monday. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Monday certified petitions for two proposed amendments to the state constitution: the Ohio Community Rights Amendment [...]
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 [...]
