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Sheriffs Block Access to Pipeline Resistance Camp

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The Minnesota Sheriff’s office has blocked access to one of the protest encampments set up to resist the Enbridgement Line 3 Tar Sands pipeline, reports The Intercept.

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Manoomin Case is a Compelling Legal First

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According to Ojibwe law, manoomin, or wild rice, has the right to exist, flourish, regenerate, and evolve. Now we'll see if that right stands up in court.

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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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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Minnesota scheduled a hearing on Minnesota’s remand motion for January 13, 2021. Minnesota v. Lawsuits Challenged Federal and State Authorizations for, and Sought to Halt Work on, Line 3 Pipeline Project in Minnesota. Delaware v. BP America Inc. , 1:20-cv-01429 (D.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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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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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