August 10, 2017 Activists Explain Disruption of Dakota Access Pipeline By CDP On July 24th, Ruby Montoya and Jessica Reznicek publicly explained how and why they had disrupted construction...
June 24, 2017 Sentence for “Valve-Turner” Climate Activist Ken Ward: No More Jail Time By CDP Sabotage Charge Dropped; Ward and Supporters Vow to Overturn His One Remaining Conviction...
June 7, 2017 After Court Restricts Constitutional Right to Defense, Climate Activist Receives Split Verdict for Pipeline Protest By CDP Mount Vernon, WA — Following controversial court rulings restricting his right to present a defense, climate activist...
May 10, 2017 Judge Denies Climate Activist’s Necessity Defense, Restricting Right to Defend Protest at Trial By CDP Mount Vernon, WA — A Washington state judge has ruled that Ken Ward, a climate activist who who helped to...
March 6, 2017 CDP’s Kelsey Skaggs Featured in Necessity Defense Panel Discussion at Public Interest Environmental Law Conference By CDP On March 4, as part of a panel discussion at the University of Oregon School of Law’s annual Public Interest...
March 2, 2017 CDP Political Necessity Defense Jurisdiction Guide: Spreading Knowledge for Legal Activism By CDP CDP has just published the Political Necessity Defense Jurisdiction Guide, a comprehensive resource on the necessity...
February 17, 2017 Climate Defense Project Files Amicus Brief in Delta 5 Case By CDP On February 14, the Climate Defense Project (CDP) filed an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief in State v...
February 6, 2017 CDP Author: Here’s How Eco-Activists Can Fight Trump By CDP Activist Ken Ward admits he broke the law when he shut off a tar sands pipeline, but the surprising outcome of his trial...
February 1, 2017 Trial of Pipeline Protester Ken Ward Ends with Hung Jury By CDP Mount Vernon, WA — In a victory for the climate movement, a jury was unable to reach a verdict in the trial of Ken...
January 24, 2017 CDP in the Press: Climate Defense Project Featured in “We Are Here” Inauguration Day Rally By CDP Changemakers all over the United States responded to Donald Trump’s inauguration with "We Are Here," a call to...
