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. Religious Order Sought Damages Under Religious Freedom Restoration Act from Pipeline Developer.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Indigenous Environmental Network v. filed Dec.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

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. The action involved closing valves on pipelines in Washington, Montana, Minnesota, and North Dakota.

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