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Tim DeChristopher | Bidder70

Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher, founder of Peaceful Uprising and later cofounder of the Climate Disobedience Center, became known as “Bidder 70” after disrupting a 2008 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas lease auction held during the final months of the George W. Bush administration. By posing as a bidder and driving up prices on 22,000 acres of Utah public land slated for fossil fuel development, DeChristopher sought to prevent what environmentalists described as a rushed and undervalued sale. He was later prosecuted and convicted of fraud in March 2011 and sentenced to two years in prison, framing his act as civil disobedience in defense of climate justice and democratic accountability.

Source: Bidder70 (2010) Read More

As climate crime continues, who are we sending to jail? Tim DeChristopher?

Let’s consider for a moment the targets the federal government chooses to make an example of. So far, no bankers have been charged, despite the unmitigated greed that nearly brought the world economy down. No coal or oil execs have been charged, despite fouling the entire atmosphere and putting civilization as we know it at risk.

Source: Grist (2011) Read More

Student Disrupts Government Auction of 150,000 Acres Of Wilderness For Oil & Gas Drilling

Coverage of University of Utah student Tim DeChristopher, who disrupted a federal oil and gas lease auction by purchasing drilling rights to protect wilderness lands. The segment highlights civil disobedience as a response to last-minute public land sales and raises questions about climate justice and accountability.

Source: YouTube (2008) Read More

The Need for Mass Mobilizations

This essay argues that much of the climate justice movement has become isolated and screen-bound, with activists working alone through social media, emails, and phone calls rather than building embodied community. It contends that meaningful political power comes from visible, collective action in physical space, where real human connection strengthens courage and solidarity, and highlights mass mobilization and civil resistance—such as the actions of Tim DeChristopher—as essential to confronting corporate extraction and political complacency.

Source: Peaceful Uprising (2010) Read More