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Announcing ClergyClimateAction.org
Clergy from many traditions in Boston blocking construction of fracked gas pipeline: American Baptist, Buddhist, Episcopal, Hindu, Jewish, Presbyterian, United Church of Christ, and Unitarian Universalist. This morning 16 interfaith Clergy sat down on the edge of the trench being dug by Spectra Energy in West Roxbury, Massachusetts and halted construction on the lateral fracked gas…
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Welcome to our new Fellow!
We are pleased to welcome our first Fellow to the Climate Disobedience Center! Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman is the Assistant Rabbi of Temple Sinai of Brookline, MA, a vibrant and progressive Reform congregation. She has founded a new initiative, ClergyClimateAction.org, which aims to network clergy from across faith traditions to step into leadership roles in taking…
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Gary Braasch’s climate activism
I think Gary Braasch, climate change photographer and activist who died this week, had the worst job. Most of us pick and choose when to pay attention to the relentless fraying of the fabric of our world. Friends who are upbeat one day disappear and return days later, ashen, having wandered into reading the latest climate…
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“Chilling Effect” of Coast Guard Fines in Shell Arctic Climate Action
For nearly three days, Chiara D’Angelo hung from the anchor chain of the Arctic Challenger, a support vessel for Royal Dutch Shell’s summer, 2015 arctic drilling expedition, docked in Bellingham, WA, supported for part of that time by Matt Fuller. For much of that time, Matt says, “We sang to the crew and the Coast…
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Letter to Oregon Environmental & Climate Action Leaders
Dear Friends, I am writing to you – some old friends, some new, and some I have yet to meet – out of the blue, but these are increasingly desperate times and the easy graces of protocol must be weighed against the seriousness of the climate crisis and lateness of the hour. I keep receiving upbeat…
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Press Release: Jury in Delta 5 Climate Case Splits Decision, Shares Sympathy With Protesters
For Immediate Release: Jury in Delta 5 Climate Case Splits Decision, Shares Sympathy With ProtestersContact Ahmed Gaya 773-960-2587, adgaya@gmail.comJanuary 15, 2016 Lynnwood, WA – The historic case of the ‘Delta 5’ train blockaders has ended with a conviction on one of the two charges. After four days of testimony from the defendants and their expert witness…
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VERDICT: Delta 5 defendants found not guilty obstruction, guilty of trespass. Receive no jail time.
UPDATED: Read trial verdict press release here. JURORS celebrate the Delta 5 in an unprecedented climate trial! THE VERDICT: The defendants were found not guilty on obstruction of train charges, guilty of trespass. The judge issued 90 days suspended (no jail time) and minor fines for each defendant, except LaPointe, who gets no fine. This…
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Delta 5 Media Hits
As the trial of Abby Brockway, Mike Lapointe, Patrick Mazza, Jackie Minchew, and Liz Spoerri unfolds over the next week we’ll be posting media updates here. The Guardian – A crime justified by climate change? Activists caught in legal showdown. Click below for a full list of media hits. Quartz – A judge just dealt a bitter setback…
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Blessing of Delta 5 Trial, Abby Brockway’s Sermon
The message Abby delivered at the Climate Justice Sunday at The Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, January 10th, 2016. Isaiah 43:1-7 — A lesson From a Prophet God of LOVE… May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you. In December 2015 leaders representing over 190 countries converged in Paris for…