Recently Forest Jahnke, a Community Rights US (CRUS) Advisory Board member, received a request from Public Citizen to sign an online petition to tell the Cooke Corporation to stand down on its threat to a Washington State Environmental Law. Below is what Forest had to say about it from a Community Rights perspective, and a [...]
But not for long: “We are not going to allow what happened in Flint to happen in Youngstown” A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), from May 9, 2018. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO: The battle for clean water in Youngstown, OH, continues unabated following yesterday’s elections. As the Mahoning County Board of Elections (BOE) refuses [...]
After seeing the scars of coal, Fayette County banned the disposal of natural gas drilling waste. Industry fought back, arguing the community doesn’t get a say. This article by Ken Ward Jr. appeared in ProPublica on May 4th, 2018. FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Matt Wender’s vision for Fayette County begins with the New River Gorge. Whitewater [...]
This article by Timothy Snyder appeared in The Guardian, April 28th, 2018. Historically, immigrants were given special rights to take Native land. If Trump says we are no longer a nation of immigrants, that has consequences Brief commentary by Paul Cienfuegos, one of the founders and directors of Community Rights US (CRUS): We the People are [...]
This article by Simon Davis-Cohen appeared in The Progressive, April 24th, 2018. A brief commentary by Community Rights US media team member Curt Hubatch: Let's not forget that we do have the right as The Sovereign to enact and enforce laws locally to protect our health, safety, and welfare. And, as this insightful article by [...]
A Blog Posting by Thomas Linzey of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from April 14, 2018. A brief commentary by Community Rights US media team member Curt Hubatch: Allowing a few hands at the top to determine what our communities are going to look like for our children and grandchildren hasn't worked well up to this point. [...]
This audio interview with Mari Margil was posted on the Oxford Human Rights Hub April 10, 2018. The 30 minute can be downloaded HERE. A brief commentary by Community Rights US media team member Curt Hubatch: Mari Margil made a few points in this interview that really stuck out for me. The first being that climate change, along with the destruction of the [...]
The Rights of Nature Movement Continues to Advance through Lawmaking and Court Decisions A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from April 5th, 2018. MERCERSBURG, PA, USA: Today, the Colombia Supreme Court of Justice issued a decision declaring that the Amazon region in Colombia possesses legal rights. The case was filed on behalf of [...]
This press release by El Espectador was released The Amazon Conservation Team, April 5th, 2018. Colombia’s Supreme Court issued a historic ruling combating climate change in Latin America. According to the decision, the Amazon region is now subject to rights, similar to those assigned to the Atrato River, and the Presidency and regional entities must act urgently to protect [...]
It seems logical to grant protection to nature by treating it as a living entity. And the law might be catching up This article by Jane Gleason White appeared in The Guardian, March 31st, 2018. On 20 March a community rally on the Margaret river south of Perth called for the river to be recognised [...]
