Valve Turner Appeals Court Refusal to Allow the Climate Necessity Defense
November 9, 2017 Mount Vernon, WA — An appeal was filed today in the Washington Court of Appeals challenging a Superior Court ruling that denied climate activists the ability to present a necessity defense to a jury. Ken Ward, a climate activist from Corbett, Oregon,...
Announcing CLDC’s Winter Know Your Rights Training for Trainers Series!
Become a trainer for the immigrant and/or activist community! English and Spanish speakers needed! In Lane County, across the state and the nation, our immigrant and activist communities are being targeted and suppressed by the Trump administration and law...
Update from North Dakota Climate Trial
Greetings from Cavalier, North Dakota where we are currently defending the North Dakota Valve Turners, Michael Foster and Sam Jessup. It’s day 3 of trial today. We spent a day and a half picking a jury in this rural, conservative farming community on the outskirts...
