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March 2, 2020

Climate Activists Win Landmark Victory in Oregon After Presenting Necessity Defense
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In a victory for climate activists, a Portland, Oregon, jury refused to
convict five Extinction Rebellion members for blocking railroad tracks
used to transport oil by Zenith Energy Corporation and other oil
companies. The activists were acquitted after presenting a necessity
defense. Valve turner Ken Ward - one of the "Zenith 5" - said of the
landmark victory, "When citizens are told the truth about the climate
crisis - which is the first of Extinction Rebellion's demands - they
take appropriate and responsible action, as our jury did, and we thank
them."

In other environmental activism news, police arrested members of
Extinction Rebellion NYC as they blocked construction of a National Grid
fracked gas pipeline in Brooklyn.


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