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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Ward freely admits he closed an emergency valve on a tar sands pipeline to prevent harm to the climate, as part of a coordinated action in four states.… In a press release after the verdict, the Climate Disobedience Action Fund said: “There is no dispute about the facts in the case. NEW CASES, MOTIONS, AND NOTICES.

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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.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The plaintiffs alleged that the pipeline project would almost double the pipeline’s capacity and that the project would facilitate increased extraction and use of Canadian tar sands oil, resulting in “significant damage, estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars, due to its contribution climate change.” National Guard Bureau , No.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Wisconsin Federal Court Dismissed Pro Se Lawsuit Claiming That Republican and Conservative Policies—Including Failure to Address Climate Change—Violated Plaintiff’s Rights. Department of Interior , No. 2:16 -cv-00285 (D. A Minnesota trial court granted four environmental activists’ motion to present a necessity defense.

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