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Climate Activist Tim DeChristopher Appears On David Letterman

Last week, climate activist Tim DeChristopher received a warm welcome on the David Letterman Show. The 12-minute interview with Dave was productive and seemed to give the host a little insight into climate activism. DeChristopher had a chance to discuss climate activism, the upcoming documentary Bidder 70, and the events leading up to DeChristopher’s imprisonment. During the interview, […]

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Tim DeChristopher Appealing Prison Sentence

By Zachary Shahan

How would you like to be spending your Thanksgiving in a federal prison? And how would you like to be doing so for trying to help the world and for trying to stop some illegal destruction of treasured wild lands? If you aren’t yet aware, that’s the predicament of Tim DeChristopher. And it is

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On Tim DeChristopher's Call to Kick Obama Out

By Zachary Shahan

I have gone back and forth on whether or not to support sometimes-lame Democrats (who are also sometimes clean energy and climate change leaders), like Obama. I campaigned for Ralph Nader in 2000 because I was fed up with the Clinton administration, which did less than was needed to address climate change. I swung back

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Tim DeChristopher's New Prison Address

By Zachary Shahan

Will Potter of Green is the New Red just wrote that “Tim DeChristopher has been transferred to the prison where he is expected to do his time.” and “How about writing him a letter of support?”

Good idea that I had to pass along.

Tim’s new prison address is:

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Daryl Hannah, Greenpeace USA Executive Director, & More Arrested at White House; Tim DeChristopher Sends Letter from Prison (+ Top Activism Stories)

By Zachary Shahan

Climate change and tar sands activism continued at the White House today, with actress and activist Daryl Hannah (also covered by Think Progress), Greenpeace USA executive director Phil Radford, and more getting arrested.

Another big environmental activism story of the day was a letter from Tim DeChristopher from prison.

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Tim DeChristopher — Is 2 Years in Prison Really Worth It? (+ Videos)

By Zachary Shahan

The buzz around the green and especially green activist blogoshere over the past 24 hours or so has been the sentencing of climate change and environmental activist Tim DeChristopher, whose actions we’ve covered in detail before here on Planetsave (click the link on his name to read more if you missed those stories). Of course, anyone with any sense of justice is outraged by the 2-year prison sentence DeChrsitopher has received. Will Potter of Green is the New Red has noted that he is getting more time than people who burned churches and threatened black leaders. The fact that he is going to prison for two years for stopping something that was illegal itself is quite insane. There are actually many insane things about this story that I could delve into, but I want to focus on something else….

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Tim DeChristopher & Reverend Billy Together {VIDEO}

By Zachary Shahan

Here’s another great, new-ish speech by leading climate and environmental activist Tim DeChristopher, with an introduction by Reverend Billy. As always, excellent words from Tim:

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Power Shift 2011 {Videos — Gore, McKibben, DeChristopher}

By Zachary Shahan

I did a short preview of Power Shift 2011 last week. Unfortunately, living across the pond (and half a continent away), I wasn’t able to make it to the event. If you’re like me & wish you could have been there, here are a few great videos from the event, videos of wonderful speeches on global warming, climate change, and activism by Tim DeChristopher, Al Gore, and Bill McKibben.

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A special thanks to Tim DeChristopher

By Joe Mohr

Pollute our air and water, leave SuperFund sites uncleaned, leave brownfields scattered around the country, and greatly contribute to climate change and you’re a billionaire. Try to prevent any of this and it’s 10 years in prison… Thank you, Tim. More on Tim DeChristopher From Planetsave: Tim DeChristopher found guilty, faces 10 years From Grist:

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Tim DeChristopher's Speech Following Guilty Verdict [VIDEO]

By Zachary Shahan

Here’s Tim DeChristopher’s speech outside the courthouse following the guilty verdict he just received that could put him in prison for up to 10 years (though, the prosecution says it won’t seek that penalty):. Tell me, does he not remind you of Martin Luther King, Jr.? What the world wanted to see was how you

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