September 17, 2018 Support CDP’s Groundbreaking Climate Necessity Trial in Minnesota By CDP Three climate activists are going to trial on October 8 in Clearwater County, Minnesota for their courageous protest against the fossil fuel industry...
September 6, 2018 CDP Releases Principles of Climate Civil Resistance Summarizing Legal Basis for Resisting Fossil Fuel System By CDP Berkeley, CA — In conjunction with this week’s Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice protests, Climate Defense Project has released the...
September 6, 2018 Principles of Climate Civil Resistance By CDP The Principles of Climate Civil Resistance is a document summarizing the legal basis for resistance to the fossil fuel system...
September 5, 2018 CDP Joins Protect the Protest Coalition By CDP Climate Defense Project has joined a coalition of nonprofits and legal groups called Protect the Protest.
July 17, 2018 Climate Activists Win in Minnesota Supreme Court, Setting Stage for Historic Climate Necessity Trial By CDP The Minnesota Supreme Court today ordered that a groundbreaking climate protest case be allowed to...
June 12, 2018 CDP Co-founders Alice Cherry and Kelsey Skaggs Named Echoing Green Climate Fellows By CDP Climate Defense Project co-founders Alice Cherry and Kelsey Skaggs have been awarded a prestigious...
June 8, 2018 A Climate Constitution in the Courts and the Streets By CDP Climate Defense Project's work to promote the climate necessity defense is featured in Jeremy Brecher's article...
May 30, 2018 Washington Court of Appeals Rules Against Necessity Defendants But Leaves Room Open for Future Defenses By CDP The Washington Court of Appeals today ruled against a group of defendants known as the Delta 5, who had...
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...
