In April 2013, Mora County, NM became the first county in the US to ban oil and gas extraction through a community and nature’s rights ordinance. In Shapleigh, Maine, the City Council moved to protect the city’s ground water resources from corporate extraction and exploitation by companies such as Nestle to produce bottled water. Food sovereignty, the Tar Sands pipe line, threat of toxic contamination, and other emerging issues are uniting communities to stand for the rights of both their human and natural communities.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 02:32:10 +0000