community rights

When $ rules politicians: House Farm Bill Could Wipe Out Communities’ Power to Prohibit Pesticides

When money rules our politicians, short term corporate profits come before families and their children’s health. Health over corporate profits! SWAMP WATCH: House Farm Bill Could Wipe Out Communities’ Power to Prohibit Pesticides ByAndy McGlashen Environmental Health News for TRUTHOUT Published September 7, 2018 Environmental Working Group Alert: Action of the week: is lawmakers convene on Capitol Hill …

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Colorado’s Merrily Mazza headlines Oregon Community Rights Tour

CELDF: Communities’ protecting the environment: “What do you do when local and state elected officials will not protect your community? When you realize our legal and governing structures are designed to support and perpetuate these harms, rather than stop them?” Colorado’s Merrily Mazza headlines Oregon Community Rights Tour May 22, 2018 — May 24, 2018 …

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We Will Continue to Resist the Assault on Environmental Protest

“Corporations are already abusing existing laws to silence dissent and shut the public out of decision-making. Now, lawmakers are trying to give corporate interests even more tools to punish people for speaking up for their families and communities. That is an attack on democracy—one our organizations will continue to resist.”  We Will Continue to Resist …

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CELDF: 1st U.S. Rights of Nature Conference in October; Bowling Green’s Right to Climate Initiative

Wine and Water Watch totally supports this growing nationwide-movement that puts people and the environment ahead of corporate profits. In the early 1800’s our country had barely 20 corporations chartered because they had to prove community benefit. We now have multi-national corporations making our laws, writing “their” regulations (think ALEC and Koch Bros.), and now …

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