TIM DECHRISTOPHER: The Utah Canyonland's Peaceful Warrior. The guilty verdict was a triumph for eco-activism, resistance, and courage of convictions. DeChristopher has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. He forfeited his own freedom in the name of wildlands and he is a hero. It is indeed one more of those pure cyrstaline moments in which we see wealth and greed stripped bare and run through the streets of public opinion. An editorial in the Salt Lake Tribune says the same thing - and the newspaper is not known for its liberal point of view.
www.peacefuluprising.org/latest-coverage-of-bidder-70-trial
And here in Cascadia, a huge triumph for the anti-LNG Coalition. The County Commissioners turned the idea down.
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