The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) is proud to announce the publication of “Can You Handle the Truth? Essays of Hard Truths Aimed at Right- Relationships with the Earth and Each Other.” It includes pieces written by Kai Huschke, Tish O’Dell, Terry Lodge, Michelle Beatty,…

Dozens of activists for the rights of nature who traveled to the United Nations to participate in a high-level meeting were unexpectedly barred from speaking on April 22nd, Earth Day, due to a supposed “security breach.” The attendees, each of whom was personally invited by the Bolivian…

About half of all waters in the United States are too polluted for swimming, fishing, or drinking. That, according to advocates, is why we need the Great Lakes and State Waters Bill of Rights, a new law which was introduced into the New York legislature by Assemblyman Patrick Burke (District…