Tim DeChristopher

Tim DeChristopher Found Guilty of Two Felonies for Disrupting Oil and Gas Auction

Tim DeChristopher has been found guilty on two felony counts for making a fake bid in an oil and gas auction. An auction that was later ruled by a federal judge to be illegal. Meanwhile, a bus driver who gave his students an impromptu detour so they could see the mass protests outside the courthouse […]

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Why Isn’t The Jury Allowed to Hear About Tim DeChristopher’s Motivation?

The judge has prevented jurors from hearing anything about climate change, or why Tim DeChristopher would be compelled to non-violently disrupt an oil and gas auction.

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Trial Begins for Environmentalist Tim DeChristopher, “Bidder 70”

Hundreds of people are rallying today outside the Utah courthouse where environmentalist Tim DeChristopher is facing two felonies, and ten years in prison, for disrupting an oil and gas auction.

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Utah Bill Would Make Environmentalists Like Tim DeChristopher “Eco-Terrorists”

Yesterday’s article on the sentencing of Marie Mason to prison, as a terrorist, for 22 years has made quite a buzz. Nearly everywhere the piece has been posted (news sites, environmental sites, Digg, punk forums) there has been a slew of angry comments (by “green” folks, no less) supporting her sentence and condemning illegal activity. […]

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