1. Timothy Mansfield DeChristopher was born on November 18,1981 and is an American climate activist and co-founder of the environmental group Peaceful Uprising.
19 Facts About Tim DeChristopher
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Tim DeChristopher was born on November 18,1981, in West Milford, West Virginia and grew up in Pittsburgh.
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Tim DeChristopher's actions garnered national attention for later government auctions of public land leases in the final days of the Bush administration.
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Tim DeChristopher has expressed the need for similar tactics to end mountaintop removal mining in his home state of West Virginia.
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In 2013, he and numerous other celebrities appeared in a video showing support for Chelsea Manning, and Tim DeChristopher spoke in the University of Vermont's Ira Allen Chapel.
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Tim DeChristopher is a founder of the Climate Disobedience Center which provides advice and assistance to climate activists engaged in civil disobedience.
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Tim DeChristopher participated in the No Coal, No Gas direct action campaign to hasten the end of fossil fuel usage in New England.
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Tim DeChristopher faced a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and $750,000 in fines.
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The court barred evidence that the lease auction was deemed unlawful, that Tim DeChristopher had raised sufficient funds for an initial payment to the BLM, or that Tim DeChristopher's motives were grounded in moral convictions related to climate change.
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Tim DeChristopher responded in court to the assertion that he could have filed written protests against certain parcels:.
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Tim DeChristopher tried to rely on a selective prosecution defense, citing "political machinations" behind the indictment and requesting information from federal prosecutors on instances in which individuals or companies reneged on bids for public land but were not prosecuted.
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Judge Benson imposed a sentence of two years in prison and a $10,000 fine, saying that were it not for his "continuing trail of statements" post-auction, Tim DeChristopher might have avoided prosecution and prison.
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Tim DeChristopher was initially held at Federal Correctional Institution, Herlong and was later transferred to Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood.
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Tim DeChristopher was released on April 21,2013, a day before Earth Day, after 21 months in prison.
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Tim DeChristopher appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, which affirmed the convictions.
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Bidder 70, a documentary film about Tim DeChristopher directed by Beth Gage and George Gage, was released in 2012.
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Tim DeChristopher spoke on topics relevant to activist causes, his prison experience, and why he planned to attend Harvard Divinity School in the Fall.
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Tim DeChristopher was interviewed on television by David Letterman on the Late Show on June 25,2013.
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Tim DeChristopher visited Wendell Berry at his home in Kentucky in summer 2019.