The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
Community Bill of Rights
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Community vs. Corporation: From Ohio to Oregon, Citizens Escalating Fight for Home Rule
Across the country, battles are raging as communities attempt to protect the air, soil and water within their borders and the safety of their residents.
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Amending Colorado's Constitution: Do Communities Have Right To Clean Air and Water?
By enacting the Colorado Community Rights amendment, communities in the state will be empowered to stand up to the corporations that bully them.
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Voters Ban Fracking from Ohio to California to Texas
Residents overwhelmingly asserted their rights to clean air, water and local self-governance by banning fracking and frack wastewater injection wells in two U.S. cities and one county.
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Asserting Community Bill of Rights, a Colorado City Files Suit to Halt Fracking
Residents of Lafayette, Colo., filed a first-of-its-kind class action lawsuit demanding their right to ban drilling.
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Local Lawmaking: A Call for a Community Rights Movement
Communities like Wells Township, Pa. and Barnstead, N.H., are leading the way creating local governments — and establishing new laws — that protect the rights of citizens, not corporations.
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How a Community Bill of Rights Is Empowering People Against Corporations
The public interest law firm Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund has coined the term “Community Bill of Rights,” setting standards at the municipal and county levels to privilege environment and health over corporate profit.
