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A judge just dealt a bitter setback to US climate change protesters
2016-01-14 23:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quartz: A jury in Washington state is hearing the final arguments today (Jan. 14) in a huge case for the environmental movement. Five activists have been charged with criminal trespassing for blocking a train full of crude oil. The judge initially allowed the so-called "Delta Five' to use a so-called "necessity defense,' which argued that their criminal actions were justified by the threat of climate change. It is the first such case in the United States, and environmentalists were hoping for a precedent-setting...
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