April 30, 2019 CDP Hosts Film Screening and Benefit Event By CDP On Friday, April 26, CDP partnered with psychologist and documentary filmmaker Jan Haaken to host a...
April 8, 2019 Washington Court of Appeals Upholds Right to Present Necessity Defense in Climate Case By CDP Today the Washington Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the conviction of climate activist Ken Ward...
March 8, 2019 CDP Organizes Panel on Climate Necessity Defense at PIELC By CDP CDP Staff Attorney Alice Cherry moderated and participated in a panel on the climate necessity defense...
February 26, 2019 CDP Featured on Climate Change Podcast By CDP Check out CDP's Kelsey Skaggs in conversation with podcast host, author, and legal scholar Grace Nosek...
February 12, 2019 New Law Review Article on Climate Necessity Defense By CDP CDP staff attorney Ted Hamilton and Stetson University College of Law professor Lance N. Long have published...
January 25, 2019 Upcoming Film Features Climate Defense Project By CDP CDP co-founders Kelsey Skaggs and Alice Cherry are featured in the upcoming film Necessity: Oil, Water, and Climate Resistance...
October 29, 2018 CDP Staff Speak About Climate Movement Lawyering to Law Students By CDP CDP staff attorneys Alice Cherry and Ted Hamilton spoke to law students at Harvard Law School's Pro Bono week about the need for movement...
October 9, 2018 Victory in Minnesota: Valve Turners Acquitted of All Charges By CDP The climate movement secured a major victory today after a judge dismissed all charges against the Valve Turner activists...
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...