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Residents of Lafayette, CO, file a first-of-its-kind class action lawsuit against the State, Governor John Hickenlooper, and the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, to protect the rights of the people of Lafayette to self-governance - including their right to ban fracking.

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CELDF In The News

Press Release: Record Number of Ohio Community Rights Initiatives Banning Fracking on November Ballot
10/28/2014 - Community Rights spreads across Ohio as four additional communities have Community Bills of Rights initiatives banning fracking on the ballot November 4th.
Recordpub.com: Letter to the Editor - Kent Bill of Rights Seeks to Regain Power
10/28/2014 - Kent, OH, resident challenges opposition to the City's Community Bill of Rights Charter Amendment banning fracking, and urges support for the right to local self-governance.
Press Release Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent: Kent, OH, Community Bill of Rights Endorsed by UU
10/27/2014 - Issue 21 - Kent, OH's, Community Bill of Rights banning fracking - is endorsed by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent.
KentWired.com: Letter to the editor: Who owns our resources?
10/26/2014 - Kent, OH, resident urges support for their Community Bill of Rights banning fracking, to protect themselves from fracking harms and secure their inalienable rights.

From Our Blog

Colorado Community Rights Network Launches Fundraiser for State Ballot Initiative
10/17/2014 - The COCRN calls for support to advance the Colorado Community Rights Amendment for the state wide ballot in 2015. Check out their fundraising video on INDIEGOGO.
Network Coordinator to Advance the New Hampshire Community Rights Network
07/25/2014 - CELDF announces Michelle Sanborn as our new New Hampshire Community Rights Network Coordinator. Michelle led her hometown of Alexandria, NH, in adopting a Community Bill of Rights banning unsustainable energy development projects in March 2014.
Why the People of the Big Island Can’t Ban GMOs Without Challenging Corporate “Rights”
07/11/2014 - A simple ban on GMOs in Hawai'i County misses addressing our structure of law and governance that allows GMOs at all. To successfully stop them, ordinances are needed that challenge that structure and remove corporate claimed "rights" to plant GMOs against community wishes.
CELDF Statement on New York Fracking Decision
07/01/2014 - We congratulate the victory in the New York Court of Appeals for banning fracking. We also recognize the Court, rather than affirming communities' right to local self-governance, instead affirmed the state legislature may at any time remove those bans. Read more here.