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Thu Nov 23, 2017, 07:58 PM Nov 2017

Climate Activist Convicted After Pipeline Protest in Montana

FORT BENTON, Mont. — An activist who was trying to call attention to climate change has been found guilty of criminal charges for closing a valve 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 on Wednesday.

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Higgins faces up to 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine on the criminal mischief charge, a felony. Trespassing is a misdemeanor with a penalty of up to six months in county jail and a $500 fine.

Higgins entered a fenced site near Big Sandy, Montana, in October 2016 and closed a valve on pipeline operated by Spectra Energy. Activists simultaneously targeted other pipelines in Washington state, North Dakota and Minnesota.

Read more: http://flatheadbeacon.com/2017/11/22/climate-activist-convicted-pipeline-protest-montana/

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