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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Minnesota and Washington Courts Said Climate Protesters Could Present Necessity Defense at Trial; Protester Found Guilty of Criminal Mischief and Trespass After North Dakota Court Denied Permission to Present Necessity Defense. A Minnesota trial court granted four environmental activists’ motion to present a necessity defense.

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