March 22, 2018 No Jail Time or Fines for Climate Activist Leonard Higgins By CDP Fort Benton, MT — Valve-turner and CDP client Leonard Higgins was sentenced on Tuesday for his part in a coordinated protest...
March 18, 2018 Washington Court Issues Written Decision Allowing Necessity Defense By CDP In a big step forward for the climate necessity defense, a Washington trial court has issued a written decision allowing a defendant...
March 8, 2018 CDP and Friends Discuss Climate Necessity Defense at Legal Conference By CDP CDP Executive Director Kelsey Skaggs appeared at the University of Oregon School of Law to discuss the climate...
February 13, 2018 “I’m Just More Afraid of Climate Change Than I Am of Prison” By CDP The New York Times Sunday Magazine has a lengthy feature on a group of our clients, the Valve Turners, who...
February 7, 2018 Invisible Climate Wars, Part II: Climate Destruction as Racial Domination By Alex Marquardt The importance of combating racism in a warming world.
January 10, 2018 CDP in the Press: Climate Change Made Me Do It: Activists Press The ‘Necessity Defense’ By CDP CDP co-founder Kelsey Skaggs was quoted in a Forbes article on the recent progress of the climate necessity defense...