Climate activist convicted after pipeline protest in Montana
FORT BENTON, Mont. (AP) " An activist who was trying to call attention to climate change was found guilty of criminal charges on Wednesday for closing a valve last year on a pipeline carrying crude oil from Canada to the United States.A Montana jury found Leonard Higgins of Portland, Oregon, guilty of criminal mischief and trespassing.Higgins could face up to 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine on the felony criminal mischief charge. Trespassing is a misdemeanor with a [...]
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