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. Lawsuit Challenged Development Plan for Portion of National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MARCH 6, 2018
Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. 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. Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Alaska, filed Feb.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JANUARY 13, 2021
Ninth Circuit Said NEPA Review for Offshore Drilling Project Should Have Considered Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Foreign Oil Consumption. A lawsuit filed in the federal district court for the District of Alaska challenged a final rule exempting the Tongass National Forest (Tongass) from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
The defendants—two of whom acknowledged they had attempted to shut down tar sands crude oil pipelines by turning shut-off valves on the pipelines—were charged with criminal damage to property of critical public facilities, utilities, and pipelines; trespass on such facilities; and/or aiding and abetting criminal damage to property and/or trespass.
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