Tim Dechristopher

Tim DeChristopher Appealing Prison Sentence

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 05.10.2012

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DENVER (AP) — An environmental activist who disrupted an oil and gas auction for land near Utah's national parks did so in protest, bringing attenti...

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Four Eco-Documentaries That Will Fuel Your Fire

Stefanie Penn Spear | Posted 04.02.2012

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Stefanie Penn Spear

After watching four films in two days at this year's Cleveland International Film Festival highlighting the magnitude of problems plaguing our world, you might think I'd be ready to crawl into a hole. But how can I hide from these issues that are in desperate need of people advocating for solutions?

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Activist Reportedly Out Of Isolation Unit

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 05.29.2012

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A prominent environmental activist has been released from an isolation unit at a federal prison and placed back into a minimum...

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Lucia Graves

Activists Say Tim DeChristopher In Isolated Confinement

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.28.2012

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Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher has been placed in isolated confinement, nonprofit Peaceful Uprising reports. DeChristopher has been held ...

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Colo. Court Rules In On Utah's Energy Sector

AP | By COLLEEN SLEVIN | Posted 01.19.2012

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DENVER -- A federal appeals court must decide if the Obama administration gave energy companies sufficient notice that it was scrapping oil and gas le...

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Why Liberals Should Be Outraged by the Tim DeChristopher Sentence

Jay Michaelson | Posted 09.26.2011

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Jay Michaelson

DeChristopher's act was definitely a crime. A victimless crime, and an act of civil disobedience, but a crime nonetheless. The guilty verdict, delivered on March 3, was expected. But the auction itself was also a crime.

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WATCH: Tim DeChristopher Talks Jail, Disagreements With His Father

Posted 09.26.2011

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"I've been prepared to deal with these consequences for a while now," Tim DeChristopher said in a 2010 interview with Juliana Schatz. This past Tuesda...

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Multiple Protesters Arrested In Support Of Utah Activist

AP | By JENNIFER DOBNER | Posted 09.26.2011

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SALT LAKE CITY -- A sentencing hearing turned into a rally supporting an environmental activist who has become an antihero after disrupting a governme...

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Tom Zeller Jr.

Tim DeChristopher: Is Civil Disobedience The Key To Climate Change Action?

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 09.25.2011

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On Dec. 19, 2008, a 27-year-old man named Tim DeChristopher, troubled by American energy policy and its contribution to global warming, broke the law....

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Tim DeChristopher Is Going to Jail, Now It's Our Turn

Bill McKibben | Posted 09.25.2011

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Bill McKibben

If you sweated through last week's record heat, if your crops are withering in the southwest's epic drought, if you watched the Mississippi swallow your town -- then Tim DeChristopher acted for you.

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Tim DeChristopher's Battle for Justice Is Our Battle

Kevin Zeese | Posted 09.19.2011

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Kevin Zeese

We are all Tim DeChristopher. That is made clear by the government in its official sentencing recommendations to Federal Judge Dee Benson.

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Tim DeChristopher: Solar Mosaic "Transforms Our Energy System in the Fundamental Way" We Need

Caroline Henderson | Posted 09.11.2011

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Caroline Henderson

Tim represents a new breed of disruptive, bold climate activists who are putting their lives on the line to bring about the transformational change we need.

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Climate Kids in Court

William S. Becker | Posted 08.24.2011

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William S. Becker

During one of his high-intensity speeches earlier this month, Van Jones showed he was back in fighting form.

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Environmental Leaders Call for Civil Disobedience to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

Bill McKibben | Posted 08.23.2011

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Bill McKibben

We want you to consider doing something hard: coming to Washington in the hottest and stickiest weeks of the summer and engaging in civil disobedience that will likely get you arrested.

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Environmental Activism: 33rd Mountainfilm in Telluride Focuses on Action

Jerry Cope | Posted 07.26.2011

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Jerry Cope

For 33 years the Mountainfilm in Telluride festival has established an annual tradition of bringing together filmmakers, environmentalists, educators...

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Corbin Hiar

Widespread, Confrontational Protests Planned for BP Spill Anniversary

HuffingtonPost.com | Corbin Hiar | Posted 06.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Al Gore and author-turned-climate-activist Bill McKibben were among the big names headlining the Power Shift envir...

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Tim DeChristopher Is Convicted: We're Blowing This Moment, Too

Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Subhankar Banerjee

We are acting like Tim DeChristopher is doomed, and the best we can do is say "Adios, Tim." We can and must do better than that.

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Naomi Klein on Anti-Union Bills, Her Big Climate Fear, and the 'Shock Doctrine' Done American-Style

Democracy Now! | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democracy Now!

As a wave of anti-union bills are introduced across the country following the wake of Wall Street financial crisis, many analysts are picking up on the theory of award-winning journalist and author Naomi Klein.

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Seizing Our Power: Why Now Is the Time for Creative, Courageous, Nonviolent Action

Bill McKibben | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill McKibben

A jury in Utah has found Tim DeChristopher guilty for standing up to the oil and gas companies. This is precisely the sort of event that reminds us just why we need creative, nonviolent protests.

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Weekly Mulch: Activist Tim DeChristopher Convicted of Two Felonies

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher was convicted yesterday of two felony counts. DeChristopher was o...

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Bus Driver Fired After Taking Students To See Political Protest

Posted 05.25.2011

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Ryan Pleune, an on-call bus driver for the Salt Lake City School District in Utah, was fired after making an additional, unscheduled stop during a fie...

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Protesting Oil, Natural Gas Drilling & Army's Psy-Ops in Afghanistan

Democracy Now! | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democracy Now!

Here is a round-up of interviews from the March 4th edition of Democracy Now!, a daily, grassroots independent global news hour.

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Bidder 70: Obedience Is Scarier Than Prison

Andy Stepanian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Stepanian

We are fighting for our futures, and Tim DeChristopher is our first voluntary casualty.

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Bidder 70

Robert Redford | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Redford

Major financial institutions in this country brought the nation's economy to its knees. And yet the federal government prosecuted this young activist's act of civil disobedience.

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Tim DeChristopher: Taking a Leap and Pointing the Way

Bill McKibben | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill McKibben

If the feds think this prosecution/persecution will deter us from working for a livable planet, they couldn't be more wrong. Tim was brave and alone. We will be brave in quantity.

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