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...
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...
October 25, 2017 CDP in the Press: Explaining the Necessity Defense By CDP CDP's Alice Cherry was quoted in an Associated Press article describing the history and use of the necessity defense by...
October 23, 2017 CDP in the Press: CDP co-founder Kelsey Skaggs Featured in KPFA Interview By CDP CDP Executive Director Kelsey Skaggs was featured in an interview with Christina Aanestad on KPFA...
October 17, 2017 CDP in the Press: Judge Allows ‘Necessity’ Defense by Climate Activists in Oil Pipeline Protest By CDP InsideClimate News reported on a victory for activists and attorneys in Minnesota, where a judge issued...
October 13, 2017 CDP in the Press: Media Coverage of North Dakota Trial By CDP CDP attorney Alice Cherry was a member of the legal team defending activists Michael Foster and Samuel Jessup in...
October 2, 2017 CDP in the Press: Activists in 4-state pipeline protest embrace unique defense By CDP The Associated Press covered the Shut It Down trials, including the North Dakota case of Michael Foster...
August 23, 2017 CDP in the Press: The Dakota Access Pipeline Lawsuit By CDP CDP co-founder Ted Hamilton was quoted in ThinkProgress article on Energy Transfer Partner's lawsuit against environmental groups...
July 19, 2017 CDP Author: Putting the Climate Necessity Defense in Front of Juries By CDP At Earth Island Journal, CDP co-founder Ted Hamilton discusses how judges are misapplying the law by refusing...