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Climate activists and pipeline protesters turn to civil disobedience in the Northeast
2016-02-17 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Nine climate activists are facing charges in New York state for an act of civil disobedience. One day in November, they blocked the entrance to a parking lot in Montrose, N.Y., where work is being done on a major natural gas pipeline expansion, the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Project. Now they plan to defend themselves in court on the grounds that their actions were necessary to protect humanity from climate disruption. Consider it a form of self-defense. The Montrose 9, as theyre calling...
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