Two activists in Falls River, MA, who used a lobster boat to block a coal barge from reaching an electric plant in Somerset, have had all criminal charges against them dismissed by the Bristol County District Attorney, Sam Sutter - who then promised a cheering crowd that he would join them for the "People's Climate March" in New York city two weeks from now. I guess a District Attorney can indict a ham sandwich as well as dismiss charges against people with liverwurst for brains. The Bristol County District Attorney, Sam Sutter, dropped the conspiracy charges and reduced the other charges to civil infractions this morning, saying that he saw the need to take leadership on climate change. He called climate change “one of the gravest crises our planet has ever faced” and told a cheering crowd that he would join them at the People’s Climate March in New York City in two weeks. Ken and Jay had sought to become the first American climate activists...(Read Full Post)