Oregon Community Rights Network

How a Ragtag Group of Oregon Locals Took on the Biggest Chemical Companies in the World – And Won

CELDF: This fall, an investigative journalism probe revealed the lengths the corporate chemical industry is going to undermine Community Rights – specifically targeting active communities, including Lincoln County, Oregon. There, in 2017, our partners adopted the first rights-based ban on aerially sprayed pesticides as a violation of democratic and environmental rights. Industry unsuccessfully did everything …

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Lincoln County, OR, Adopts First-in-Nation Ban of Aerial Pesticide Spray

https://celdf.org/2017/05/press-release-lincoln-county-adopts-first-nation-ban-aerial-pesticide-spray/ Press Release: Lincoln County, OR, Adopts First-in-Nation Ban of Aerial Pesticide Spray May 31, 2017 First-in-state to elevate community rights over corporate “rights” and recognize rights of nature OREGON: The election results from Lincoln County, OR, are in: Lincoln residents adopted the first-in-the nation countywide Freedom from Aerial Sprayed Pesticides ordinance by 61 votes. …

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