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Community Rights Organizing Webinar Recording: Liberate Yourself from the Activist Hamster Wheel
Thank you to those who were able to join us for our February 1, 2018 webinar and to those who have requested a recording of the webinar. We believe that this webinar is an excellent way to introduce new people and groups to the Community and Nature Rights Movement. It is […]
The New Legal Threat to Environmental Attorneys: Sanctions from Judges and Attorneys General
Oil and gas companies are moving beyond simply filing lawsuits against municipalities that pass ordinances banning drilling and other types of industrial activity. In recent months, the energy industry, along with a state attorney general, has started going after the lawyers who are using novel legal arguments to protect small towns […]
Amend To Protect New Hampshire’s People, Communities and Nature from Corporate Harm
National Community Rights Network (NCRN) gives our whole-hearted endorsement to the 2018 New Hampshire Community Rights Amendment campaign and recognizes you all for the incredible work that you are doing for yourselves, your communities, nature and the Community Rights movement. National Community Rights Network (NCRN) is joining with New Hampshire […]
Protecting Lake Erie’s Right to Exist with the Lake Erie Bill of Rights
Tom Groover has an INCREDIBLE conversation with grassroots activists Markie Miller and Will Falk about recognizing and protecting the Rights of Nature through local law-making as a legal solution to a fixed governmental/corporate state system. This fixed system places corporate privilege to pillage and pollute over the rights of nature […]
Liberate yourself from the Activist Hamster Wheel: A Quick Webinar Tour of Community Rights Organizing
Join Our Webinar! We will share why our misguided and programmed actions to ask for help and expect results from elected and other government officials do NOT stop the corporate harms in our communities. SOLUTIONS to liberating yourself and your community from this fixed system will be discussed using the Community […]
Time to Escalate? First-Ever Rights of Nature Lawsuit Dismissed
Our Interview with Will Falk: Will’s Article Republished from San Diego Free Press: Our first-in-the-nation lawsuit seeking personhood for the Colorado River was dismissed. After the Colorado Attorney General filed a motion to dismiss and threatened sanctions against attorney Jason Flores-Williams for the unforgivable act of requesting rights for nature, […]
Ohio Activists Push Amendments to Restore Community Rights
Ohio activists are joining ballot efforts around the country that supporters say are aimed at restoring rights to communities to challenge a growing list of corporate incursions. The oil-and-gas industry says their amendment would devastate Ohio’s economy. Read the entire article here. By JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press COLUMBUS, […]
Colorado River v. Colorado with Will Falk
The Rights of Nature and the Power of Law OCTOBER 18, 2017 By Will Falk Colorado River – Credit: Wikimedia Commons By Will Falk In the war for social and environmental justice, even the best lawyers rarely serve as anything more than battlefield medics. They do what they can to stop […]
Oregon: Lincoln County Community Rights argues Oregon laws that preempt local governments from regulating pesticides are unconstitutional
ARTICLE Published on October 19, 2017 7:58 AM “An Oregon circuit judge is considering a case that argues local voters have a “natural right” to ban aerial spraying in Lincoln County, despite state statutes to the contrary. Lincoln County voters approved an ordinance earlier this year banning aerial spraying. It […]
Ohio: Bowling Green’s Charter Amendment on the November ballot
Ohio Supreme Court upholds Bowling Green ballot initiative amending city charter ByTom Henry | BLADE STAFF WRITER Published on Oct. 19, 2017 BOWLING GREEN — The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a decision by the Wood County Board of Elections to let voters decide Nov. 7 if they want to […]