July 17, 2020 CDP Signs Statement Condemning Federal Forces in Portland By CDP CDP has joined over 50 civil society organizations in signing a statement that condemns the use of unlawful tactics and excessive force by...
July 15, 2020 CDP’s Ted Hamilton Speaks at Sabin Center for Climate Change Law By CDP CDP staff attorney Ted Hamilton delivered a talk to the Columbia University Center for Climate Change Law as...
June 8, 2020 CDP’s Kelsey Skaggs Gives Keynote Address at Arkansas Bar Association Annual Meeting By CDP CDP Executive Director Kelsey Skaggs gave the opening keynote at the 122nd Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Bar Association, which was...
February 4, 2020 CDP’s Alice Cherry Interviewed on KBOO By CDP Alice Cherry, CDP Co-Founder and Staff Attorney, was interviewed on Portland-based radio station KBOO...
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 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
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.
