Evan Folds speaks with the "Port City Daily" in Wilmington North Carolina about new ways to think about local environmental problems. Folds is the supervisor of the New Hanover Soil and Water District. https://portcitydaily.com/audio/2020/08/01/podcast-rights-of-nature-corporate-pollution-and-taking-back-local-power-free/?fbclid=IwAR1NiRd6sARA3zpS48j4fPLiZbYmpzCKDj-t19i14k9SAdDwiNNRA7qDtUA
The Watermelon Way: Anticapitalism and Environmentalism in the American Rights of Nature Movement by Camylle Lanteigne Published by CELDF Jul 20, 2020 Camylle has a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (Honours) from McGill University. She will be starting a Master’s degree in Public Policy and Public Administration at Concordia University in the Fall of 2020, [...]
In news that seems like satire, but isn't, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp wants to prevent Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and other local leaders from requiring masks to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. Recent research shows that actual infections are 6-10 times higher than official counts in the United States. Additionally, one study [...]
The headline is deceptive. The law actually prevents local water protection even if the state fails to act. Published by WUFT on June 30, 2020 By Marlowe Starling MIAMI – Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Tuesday a proposal expected to improve water quality across the state. The Republican governor called the measure “one of [...]
Oregon communities must hold the line against the timber industry By Kai Huschke in Eugene Weekly 06/05/20 The COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide uprisings are making systemic societal change possible. People are open to thinking big and structurally. Ahead of the pandemic, multiple Oregon communities were engaged in deliberate efforts to shift the purpose of state [...]
A new Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund report details a standard operating procedure of how corporate interests, and the politicians who serve them, retain power. Just like the 2008 financial crisis, the federal government is once again bailing out corporate interests while leaving local communities (and their budgets) left out to dry. State and municipal [...]
The Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights' released a video on the recent developments of Rights of Nature in Ecuador. From CDER: "Our June 2020 webinar focused on Ecuador, with an excellent presentation by Attorney Hugo Echeverria, who is based in Quito and who works with CDER. He spoke about the Rights of Nature constitutional [...]
On June 12th, 2020, the Minneapolis City Council made history, passing a Resolution (12 to 0) declaring its intent to entirely dismantle the police dept of that city, and rebuild something new from the ground up that does a much better job of protecting the safety of all of its community members. It is a [...]
Will Falk is author of How Dams Fall: On Representing the Colorado River in the First-Ever American Lawsuit Seeking Rights for a Major Ecosystem and a practicing rights of Nature attorney. He is embarking on a journey to get to know the Ohio River. In his own words: "For the rest of 2020, I will [...]
CELDF presents a webinar on exploring the rights of nature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Ocd4Y_WRg
