ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 11, 2020
The Washington Court of Appeals affirmed a guilty verdict against a climate activist who cut a chain to enter a pipeline facility and attempted to cut a bolt that secured a shutoff valve on the pipeline, which carried tar sands oil from Canada. In Minnesota v. Chevron Corp. American Petroleum Institute , No. 20-cv-1636 (D.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
Vermont Court Said Former Attorney General Could Be Deposed on Use of Private Email Account. Attorney General of Vermont , No. A Minnesota trial court granted four environmental activists’ motion to present a necessity defense. A Minnesota trial court granted four environmental activists’ motion to present a necessity defense.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MARCH 6, 2018
The action involved closing valves on pipelines in Washington, Montana, Minnesota, and North Dakota. The Climate Disobedience Action Fund reported that the North Dakota court sentenced an activist who disabled the TransCanada Keystone 1 tar sands pipeline in North Dakota to three years in prison, with two years deferred.
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