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Todd Township U.S. Community Bill of Rights and rights of Nature Ordinance

United States of America
Todd, Pennsylvania
Overturned in 2019
Local law
Rights Of Nature
"Ecosystems and natural communities"
All Nature
Todd Township Community Action (civil society) and CELDF (NGO)
Civil Society, NGO

Summary

In 2018, Todd Township, Pennsylvania adopted a Community Bill of Rights ordinance banning industrial farming. The ordinance also recognized the rights of ecosystems and natural communities within the township, “which includes the right to be free from industrial farm activity as an infringement of this right.” The ordinance declares the right of self-government, the right to a healthy climate, right to a sustainable climate, right to sustainable agriculture, right to clean air, water and soil, the right to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic, and esthetic values of the environment, right to government representation, and right to protection from governmental and corporate influence. However, township supervisors repealed the ordinance the following year.

Legal Document

To see the original legal document(s) for this initiative, click the links below:

Todd Township Community Bill of Rights [PDF]

Additional Resources

To see other supplementary information related to this initiative, click the links below:

Article - Community Enacts Law to Protect Family Farms and Its Environment
CELDF Press release
Article - Ordinance to be repealed

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