Anti-Pipeline Activist Found Guilty After Being Barred From Mentioning Climate Change
A tar sands operation near Fort McMurray, Alberta, as seen in 2014. (Todd Korol/Reuters)/ After a short trial lasting just a day and a half, climate activist and retiree Leonard Higgins was found guilty on Wednesday of a serious felony charge for his role in the “valve turner” protest last year that resulted in the brief shutdown of a tar sands pipeline in Montana. The 65-year-old former state worker from Portland, Oregon, said he’d carried out the protest to raise awareness about the dangers of . Higgins and his defense team, however, were ...
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