Yes we can! “Yet, in a stunning about-face, DEP enforced Grant’s law and rescinded the injection well permit, last week. “Grant Township’s Home Rule Charter bans the injection of oil and gas waste fluids,” the DEP writes. “Therefore, the operation…
“The judge’s decision allows Grant Township to argue that local governing authority is necessary to protect the community’s constitutional rights in the face of harmful state oil and gas policies. To reiterate: the Department of Environmental Protection sued Grant Township for…
As the Trump administration assaults the Clean Water Act to allow polluters to save a few dollars at the expense of citizens health…. Rights of Nature Launches in Florida: CELDF Press Release: Florida: Flurry of Rights of River Ballot Initiatives…
Communities fight back against corporate interests: “The people of Tacoma were denied a basic democratic right – the right to petition their government and the right to vote. We are looking to the U.S. Supreme Court to not only undo…
“Supercilious corporate elites, however, refuse to let such a trifling matter as the will of the people interfere with their sense of entitlement to poison for profit. So they’ve now gotten top Ohio officials to shill for them in a…
Press Release: How Wealth Rules the World – and What Communities Are Doing About It May 21, 2019 BOOK RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ben Price, National Organizing Director CELDF.org benprice@celdf.org 717–254–3233 MERCERSBURG, PA: Crackdowns on local democracy are accelerating,…
