Town of Danbury Right to a Sustainable Energy Future & Community Self-Government Ordinance..

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Town of Danbury Right to a Sustainable Energy Future & Community Self-Government Ordinance..

Danbury, Merrimack County, NH

Legislation Status: Passed

Topics: Community Self-Government, Renewable Energy, Rights of Nature

Notes:

We have been unable to locate a copy of this ordinance, so you will see below the Grafton, NH, ordinance which we understand is nearly identical.

This Ordinance prohibits the land acquisition necessary for the construction of unsustainable energy systems, or land acquisition necessary to engage in construction or siting of any structure to be used in the operation of unsustainable energy systems, because such actions would violate the right of Grafton residents to a sustainable energy future. “Unsustainable energy systems” means those systems that are controlled by state and federal energy policies, rather than community controlled energy policies; including industrial scale wind power when it is not locally or municipally owned and operated.

Danbury’s Town Meeting voted to approve the Community Bill of Rights by a vote of 264-124.

Grafton, Danbury, Hebron, and Alexandria, New Hampshire, all passed rights-based ordinances specifically to stop commercial wind turbines from sprouting all over their towns that are not of, by, and for the people. These ordinances prohibit other “unsustainable energy systems” as well.

Date of Legislation: 3/11/2014

Decided By: Voters at Special Town Meeting

Press Release 1: http://www.windaction.org/posts/40042-3-nh-towns-vote-for-local-control-over-wind-farm-projects#.XBM61WhKg2w

Organizing Group 1: Danbury Residents Against Wind Turbines

Organizing Group 2: New Hampshire Community Rights Network (NHCRN)

CELDF: https://celdf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Susquehanna_Spring_2014.pdf

Community Rights News: http://indepthnh.org/2018/03/05/opinion-nh-towns-act-to-protect-community-rights/

Other Info https://www.laconiadailysun.com/opinion/letters/community-rights-ordinances-adopted-in-alexandria-danbury-hebron/article_4a5e63e9-c492-5f77-979e-2a19b33e48a8.html

Please contact us if you have further information on this ordinance or know that any of the information above is incorrect!

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