April 24, 2018 CDP in the Press: Minnesota court says activists can use climate change as a defense in trial By CDP ThinkProgress has a piece on the big climate necessity win at the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Kelsey Skaggs, co-founder...
April 23, 2018 Minnesota Court of Appeals Allows Groundbreaking Climate Necessity Case to Proceed By CDP In a high-profile victory for climate activists and lawyers, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled today that four protesters may present...
April 16, 2018 CDP in the Press: “These states want to make planning a pipeline protest a crime” By CDP CDP co-founder and staff attorney Alice Cherry is quoted extensively in a ThinkProgress article on efforts by the fossil fuel industry...
March 28, 2018 Massachusetts Judge Dismisses Charges Against Climate Activists and Recognizes Necessity of Protest By CDP In a victory for the climate movement yesterday, Judge Mary Ann Driscoll of the West Roxbury District Court in Massachusetts found...
March 28, 2018 CDP in the Press: Reactions to the Outcome in the West Roxbury Case By CDP CDP co-founder Alice Cherry was quoted at length in a ThinkProgress article about the West Roxbury case...
March 22, 2018 Charges Reduced for West Roxbury Fracked Gas Pipeline Resisters By CDP One week prior to trial, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office has abandoned its plans to prosecute the remaining Resist...
March 22, 2018 “Environmental Extremism” or Necessary Response to Climate Emergency? By CDP The Intercept has a story by Alleen Brown on the Valve Turners. Climate Defense Project continues to...
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...
