January 27, 2020 CDP’s Ted Hamilton Presents on the Climate Necessity Defense at Yale Law School By CDP Climate Defense Project co-founder and staff attorney Ted Hamilton gave a talk on the...
January 14, 2020 Law Professor Amicus Brief Filed in Spokane Case By CDP On behalf of 122 law professors, CDP filed today a friend-of-court brief in support of George Taylor...
December 18, 2019 Appeal Underway in Montana Valve Turner Case By CDP Fort Benton, MT — Leonard Higgins and his attorneys are appealing his conviction for a protest that shut down the...
October 2, 2019 CDP’s Alice Cherry Among 2019 Straubel Leadership Award Winners By CDP CDP Co-Founder and Staff Attorney Alice Cherry was recognized in the 2019 Straubel Leadership Awards.
September 10, 2019 CDP in the Press: Washington Supreme Court Establishes ‘Very Important Precedent’ for Climate Necessity Defense By CDP Common Dreams has a story on our major win at the Washington Supreme Court, where we helped Valve Turner Ken Ward...
September 5, 2019 Victory for Climate Necessity Defense Upheld at Washington Supreme Court By CDP The Washington Supreme Court has declined to review a ruling by the state's Court of Appeals
August 2, 2019 CDP in the Press: Environmental Defenders Silenced Around the World By CDP CDP’s Kelsey Skaggs is quoted in a Civil Eats article on the alarming rise in deadly attacks against environmental defenders across the...
July 23, 2019 Guest Post: Labor and Climate Activism By CDP Author Joey Cherney is a 2019 Summer Law Clerk for CDP. He was a union organizer from 2014-2017 with Service...
May 10, 2019 Michigan Prosecutor Dismisses Charges Against Poor People’s Campaign Activists By CDP A Lansing, Michigan prosecutor has unexpectedly dropped charges against 13 protesters who were poised to argue the climate necessity defense at a trial initially scheduled for this month.
May 6, 2019 Straubel Foundation on CDP and “Necessity” Film By CDP The Straubel Foundation recently posted a short article about CDP's work and the upcoming...
