Rights of Nature

Rights of Nature

Existing Environmental Laws Treat Nature as Property By most every measure, the environment today is in worse shape than when the major U.S. environmental laws were adopted over thirty years ago.  Since then, countries around the world have sought to replicate these...
Sustainable Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture

Communities across the country are facing the agribusiness industry’s increasing control over food production.  Today, four corporations control over 85% of beef packing in the United States.  Two corporations – Tyson and Smithfield – control over half of pork...
Sustainable Energy

Sustainable Energy

Sustainable Energy The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund is organizing in communities across the U.S. that are seeking to establish their right to sustainable energy. Pittsburgh, PA, is the first community CELDF assisted to establish a right to a sustainable...
Is it Really ILLEGAL to Think Outside the Box?

Is it Really ILLEGAL to Think Outside the Box?

From CELDF   The Legal Doctrines that keep us boxed in and make sustainable communities illegal What is it that keeps us from getting what we want in our communities? Why can’t we say, “No!” to harmful activities? The short answer is: THE LAW. A handful of legal...

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