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The Necessity of Civil Disobedience: Bill Moyers Interviews Tim DeChristopher

2013-05-24 23:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: During the closing weeks of the Bush White House, 27-year-old environmental activist Tim DeChristopher went to protest the auction of gas and oil drilling rights to more than 150,000 acres of publicly-owned Utah wilderness. But instead of waving a sign, DeChristopher disrupted the proceedings by starting to bid. Given an auction paddle designating him Bidder 70, DeChristopher won a dozen land leases worth nearly $2 million. He was arrested for criminal fraud, found guilty and sentenced to two years...

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