State v. Ward

The Washington Supreme Court denied a petition to review an intermediate appellate court’s determination that a pipeline protester should be allowed to present a climate change necessity defense. The Climate Defense Project, which represents the defendant, <a href="https://climatedefenseproject.org/victory-for-climate-necessity-defense-upheld-at-washington-supreme-court/">said</a> the Supreme Court decision made Washington the first state to affirmatively recognize the right of a climate activist to offer the necessity defense at trial.