June 24, 2017

Sentence for “Valve-Turner” Climate Activist Ken Ward: No More Jail Time

By CDP

Sabotage Charge Dropped; Ward and Supporters Vow to Overturn His One Remaining Conviction...

June 23, 2017

CDP Author: Dissidents Ramp Up Direct Action Against Climate Destroyers. Who Will the Courts Defend?

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On Truthout, CDP co-founder Ted Hamilton analyzes the strategic value of climate necessity activism and discusses...

June 19, 2017

Understanding the Paris Withdrawal: It’s Still Up to the Movement to Make the Future

By CDP

The past several months in global politics have been disorienting and frightening. Movements for liberation find themselves under assault from...

June 7, 2017

After Court Restricts Constitutional Right to Defense, Climate Activist Receives Split Verdict for Pipeline Protest

By CDP

Mount Vernon, WA — Following controversial court rulings restricting his right to present a defense, climate activist...

May 10, 2017

CDP Author: Do Climate Activists Have a Legal Justification for Civil Disobedience?

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CDP co-founder Ted Hamilton and Loyola University Professor Bill Quigley analyze the legal basis of the climate...

May 10, 2017

Judge Denies Climate Activist’s Necessity Defense, Restricting Right to Defend Protest at Trial

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Mount Vernon, WA — A Washington state judge has ruled that Ken Ward, a climate activist who who helped to...

May 8, 2017

CDP in the Press: Montana Valve-Turner Trial

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The Corvallis, Oregon Gazette-Times featured a piece on climate activist Leonard Higgins. The article quotes CDP's Kelsey Skaggs on the climate necessity defense...

April 24, 2017

Guest Post: Emily Johnston on Climate Change, Interconnectedness, and Tolerating Personal Risk

By CDP

Emily Johnston is a poet, writer, and climate activist currently facing criminal prosecution for her participation in the #ShutItDown (a.k.a. “valve-turner”)...

March 8, 2017

Why the Climate Movement Is Stronger Than You Think

By CDP

It’s all about the numbers.

March 6, 2017

CDP’s Kelsey Skaggs Featured in Necessity Defense Panel Discussion at Public Interest Environmental Law Conference

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On March 4, as part of a panel discussion at the University of Oregon School of Law’s annual Public Interest...