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Colorado Community Rights Amendment

Proposed Colorado Community Rights Amendment

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado

In the constitution of the state of Colorado, add section 32 to article II as follows:

Section 32. Right of Local Community Self-Government

(1) As all political power is vested in and derived from the people, and as all government of right originates from the people, the people have an inherent and inalienable right of local community self-government in each county, city, town, and other municipality.

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Preemption of Ban on Fracking

A Greeley ban on oil and gas extraction enacted as a local ordinance in 1985, both by ballot initiative in a home rule city, and by city council action, was overturned by two 1992 Colorado Supreme Court cases, Voss v. Lundvall Bros. Inc and Bowen/Edwards Assoc. Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners of La Plata County, holding that the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act (O&GCA) preempts any outright ban as well as any local regulation that creates an “operational conflict” with O&GCA.… Read the rest

The case of the Colorado River

“On September 26, 2017, Jason Flores-Williams, an experienced civil rights attorney licensed in Colorado and Washington D.C, filed a Rights of Nature lawsuit on behalf of the Colorado River Ecosystem against the State of Colorado in US District Court [Case 1:17-cv-02316-NYW].  Working for the environmental group, Deep Green Resistance, and using the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) as legal adviser, Flores-Williams filed the first suit in the country for a river seeking recognition of its legal rights – to exist, flourish, regenerate, be restored and naturally evolve.… Read the rest

Oil Train Videos

The Crude Gamble of Oil by Rail: Bomb Trains  July 24, 2014, VICE News documentary showing the Canadian accident and others across US

A Danger on Rails April 21, 2015 NY Times documentary that focus on oil trains in Albany NY along the Hudson River

“Bomb Trians” Threat to Small Towns – May 14, 2015, CNN documentary on Bakken crude by rail

BOOM: Crude Oil Bomb Trains Exploding in North America, , June 27, 2015, WilderUtopia.com… Read the rest