But it’s not for the reasons you would hope A press release by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund published on May 9th, 2019. COLUMBUS, OH: Today, the Ohio House of Representatives adopted its 2020-2021 budget with provisions that prohibit anyone, including local governments, from enforcing recognized legal rights for ecosystems. The political maneuver is [...]
Denies People their Right to Defend Local Law Recognizing Rights of Lake Erie A press release posted by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund on May 8th, 2019. Toledo, OH: Yesterday, Toledoans for Safe Water (TSW) and the Lake Erie Ecosystem were denied their motion to intervene in the lawsuit brought by Drewes Farm Partnership of Wood County [...]
Derrick Jensen interviews Thomas Linzey for the seventh time on Resistance Radio. This interview happened on April 21st, 2019. In this interview they talk about the Lake Erie Bill of Rights that was recently passed in Toledo, Ohio; the Rights of Nature, and other topics concerning Community Rights. This 51 minute interview can be listened [...]
This news story and 2 minute video by John Clay appeared on WTAJ-TV on March 20th, 2019. Todd Township, Huntingdon County - About 10 minutes from Raystown Lake in Huntingdon County sits Todd Township. About 1000 peole live there. Some run family farms that are welcome. But a new type of farm has residents steaming. [...]
But residents in Lincoln County, Oregon, are fighting to rise about preemptive restrictions. This article by John Abbots and Eric de Place was published by the Sightline Institute on March 12, 2019. Local communities can often see connections between pollution and environmental health long before big government agencies respond. That’s what happened on the Oregon [...]
This news story appeared on CBS 4 Denver on February 28th, 2019. DENVER (CBS4) – Gov. John Hickenlooper says he won’t tolerate cities and towns that ban oil and gas drilling within their borders and he promises to take them to court. CBS4 Political Specialist Shaun Boyd sat down with the governor, who was blunt. He [...]
A press release issued by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, February 4th, 2019. Youngstown, OH: Members of seven Ohio community groups — from the cities of Youngstown, Toledo and Columbus, as well as Portage, Medina, Athens and Meigs counties — have filed suit against their respective Boards of Elections and the Ohio Secretary of [...]
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 [...]
This public testimony by Greg Pace was published on The Columbus Community Bill of Rights Facebook page, December 11th, 2018. Chairman Blessing and committee members, Thank you for the opportunity to speak before you today, regarding House Joint Resolution 19. I have spent the past four years in three attempts to get our city law [...]
This editorial by Michelle Sanborn appeared in The Laconia Daily Sun, November 15, 2018. She is the current serving president of the New Hampshire Community Rights Network (NHCRN). To The Daily Sun, Did you know that our individual right to collectively come together and cast a vote on matters that actually mean something to our [...]
