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Many news outlets, magazines, blogs, radio and TV stations will be covering the trial today and through the rest of the week, which we will link to here:
- Mar 3, 3:40 pm: Salt Lake Tribune — DeChristopher guilty on both counts
- Mar 2, 9:00 pm: New York Times — Protester Says He Didn’t Plan Lease Bids
- Mar 1, 1:54 pm: New York Times — Utah Activist Goes on Trial for Disrupting Oil Auction
- Mar 1, 7:30 am: Common Dreams — The Case Against Bidder 70 Is an Abuse of Prosecutorial Discretion
- Feb 28, 5:20 pm: Fox 13 News — Jury is seated for DeChristopher trial in alleged interference of oil and gas land auctions
- Feb 28, 5:00 pm: The Boston Globe — Trial begins for man who thwarted oil-gas auction
- Feb 28, 4:59 pm: Salt Lake Tribune — Climate activists plot rally, sustained movement
- Feb 28, 4:13 pm: Mother Nature Network — Tim DeChristopher trial: Solidarity, joy and resolve among supporters
- Feb 28 4:00 pm: Salt Lake Tribune — DeChristopher trial rally: ‘Free Tim, free Tim’
- Feb 28, 3:53 pm: The Los Angeles Times — Trial of eco-activist who punk’d BLM begins
- Feb 28, 3:18 pm: Salt Lake Magazine — Rally and march for environmentalist TIm DeChristopher
- Feb 28, 3:00 pm: DeSmog Blog — Tim DeChristopher Trial Commences in Salt Lake City
- Feb 28, 3:00 pm: Think Progress — The Trial Of Bidder 70: US V. Tim DeChristopher, Climate Hawk
- Feb 28, 3:00 pm: Treehugger — Environmental Activist Tim DeCristopher Faces 10 Years in Prison Today
- Feb 28, 2:22 pm: Red, Green and Blue — Why is Obama prosecuting Tim DeChristopher, the gas-lease pranker?
- Feb 28, 2:00 pm: Riled Up — DeChristopher’s trial starts now. How many will end up in jail?
- Feb 28, 1:50 pm: It’s Getting Hot in Here — United States vs. Tim DeChristopher
- Feb 28, 1:00 pm: KCPW Radio — DeChristopher: I’m As Prepared as I Can Be for Prison
- Feb 28, 12:13 pm: The Washington Post — Trial begins in Utah oil-gas lease auction case
- Feb 28 11:33 am: KSL News — Protesters gather to support activist Tim DeChristopher
- Feb 28, 11:09 am: TIME Magazine — A Monkey-Wrenching Environmentalist Goes on Trial in Utah
- Feb 28, 11:02 am: The Daily Utah Chronicle — Everyday citizens: the source of social change
- Feb 28, 9:24 am: The Deseret News — Protesters gather to support activist Tim DeChristopher
- Feb 28, 9:00 am: GOOD Magazine — Updated: Today’s the Day: The Trial of “Bidder 70” Begins
- Feb 28, 7:39 am: NPR News Blog — Climate Activist On Trial For Bush Era Bogus Bid
- Feb 28, 6:00 am: The Guardian — Tim DeChristopher on trial for sabotaging oil and gas land auction
- Feb 27, 10:00 pm: New West — Activist Heads to Trial for Disrupting Utah Gas Auction
- Feb 27, 5:23 pm: The Deseret News — Jury now decides whether environmental activist Tim DeChristopher is hero or criminal
- Feb 26, 1:00 am: Salt Lake Tribune — Standing up for a livable future
- Feb 25, 3:03 pm: Salt Lake Tribune — DeChristopher goes on trial, but does he have a defense?
- Feb 25, 3:03 pm: Salt Lake Tribune — The DeChristopher case timeline — bogus bids, policy spats, court fights
- Feb 25: yes! Magazine — More Powerful Than We Know: Interview with Tim DeChristopher
- Feb 23: yes! Magazine — Time DeChristopher: Civil Disobedience on Trial
Photos:
- Feb 28: Ryan Van Lenning’s Flickr Set — Tim DeChristopher (Bidder 70) Solidarity March & Demo
- Feb 28: Salt Lake Tribune — DeChristopher trial rally: ‘Free Tim, free Tim’
- Feb 28: Standard Examiner — Hundreds show up to support Tim DeChristopher
- Feb 28: City Weekly — DeChristopher Trial: Protesters singing in solidarity [Picasa Album Link]
- Feb 28: KSL News — Protesters gather to support activist Tim DeChristopher [Gallery Link]
- Feb 28: Mobilization for Climate Justice — What Would You Do to Save the Planet?
- Feb 28: 350.org — Today Begins Climate Trial of Tim DeChristopher (on Facebook)
- Feb 28: Mountainfilm Blog — Live From Bidder 70 Trial: Monday Rally
Videos:
- Mar 3: 350.org — Tim DeChristopher’s Speech after Guilty Verdict: “The ocean that shapes the shore.”
- Feb 28: Grist — Climate activist Tim DeChristopher goes to trial in Salt Lake City
- Feb 28: KSL News — Protesters gather to support activist Tim DeChristopher
- Feb 28: Tim DeChristopher, Daryl Hannah talk about Bidder 70 Trial
- Solve Climate — Seven Talks with Tim DeChristopher
- Bidder 70 Teaser Trailer
- Oct 24, 2009: Tim DeChristopher Speaks at 350 SLC Event
DeChristopher goes on trial, but does he have a defense?
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