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...
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...
December 20, 2017 CDP in the Press: The criminalization of environmental protest in Trump’s America By CDP CDP co-founder Kelsey Skaggs was extensively featured in a ThinkProgress article on government and corporate crackdowns...
December 4, 2017 Law Professors File Amicus Brief in Minnesota v. Johnston et al. By CDP 107 law professors, along with the Society of American Law Teachers, filed an amicus brief in the Minnesota v. Johnston...
November 28, 2017 CDP in the Press: Higgins found guilty of turning off pipeline valve in Chouteau County By CDP CDP's Kelsey Skaggs was quoted in an article on the trial of climate activists Leonard Higgins in Montana...
November 22, 2017 After Court Denies Right to Present Full Defense, Climate Activist Convicted in Pipeline Shutdown Case By CDP Fort Benton, MT — After a judge denied his right to present a full defense, climate activist Leonard Higgins was convicted...
November 20, 2017 Climate Defense Project Files Brief Arguing That Public Trust Doctrine Supports Climate Necessity Defense By CDP On Friday, Climate Defense Project (CDP) filed a first-of-its kind brief in a Washington state climate necessity case...
