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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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CELDF: Now Forget Everything You Were Taught About How to Resist Injustice

“Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation confirms the Court’s trajectory, since the 1960’s, away from defending human rights and democracy. No longer can impact litigation attorneys write their cases for Justice Kennedy’s swing vote. It’s a solid five-Justice conservative block now, and they are ready to undo the Warren Court decisions from half a century ago that we …

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Here’s How Community Rights Could Help Save the Great Lakes

” “We the people are following laws written by corporations for their benefit. It’s greed,” says O’Dell. “They’re using our communities as resource colonies,” she added. https://www.alternet.org/local-peace-economy/can-community-rights-save-great-lakes Local Peace Economy Here’s How Community Rights Could Help Save the Great Lakes Organizers in Toledo work to save their drinking water. By Valerie Vande Panne / Independent …

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International Rights of Nature Symposium Quito Ecuador September 27 – 28, 2018

“….Price realizes that “our instincts were right, and all the pragmatic reasons why it is not practical to recognize unalienable rights for Nature are manifestly wrong. Materialism is literally substance abuse. We can either awaken from the pipe dream of dominion over the world or perish in our self-delusion. The era of the reign of …

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Press Democrat Opinion: Be a Climate “lobbyist’

Tom, it’s called the Community Bill of Rights/Rights of Nature and over 200 communities across our country have begun this movement with the help of CELDF. See: https://celdf.org for more information. Their mission: The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) is building a movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic, …

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CELDF partners with Australian Earth Laws Alliance to secure Rights of Nature for the Great Barrier Reef

Press Release: Rights of the Great Barrier Reef, Campaign Launch Aug 16, 2018 “Today, across the United States, in Australia, and around the world, growing numbers of people, organizations, and countries understand that we need a new legal paradigm. One that secures the highest legal protection for nature, through the recognition of legal rights. One …

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