On the grounds that authorities issuing permits, including the Army Corps of Engineers, did not sufficiently take into account the potential impact of a spil...

On this day, it is a wonder to think that we are living through this time where people are choosing to put health over profit. Long the message of activists,...

Do you find yourself with more time to read these days? Here's a rundown of articles (mostly featured on our facebook page during the last month) that are wo...

As untrusting as I am of March weather, in my part of the Midwest we are seeing what looks like May weather. I'm scratching my head a little over the plantin...

Back in the fall, Geez Magazine featured a piece by Brenna Cussen Anglada on the Four Necessity Valve Turners in their Fall Climate Justice Issue. Do you get...

Have you noticed the excellent content on our facebook page, curated by Lydia of Emmaus House Catholic Worker in Chicago? Recent articles that you might not w...

"There’s hope in the world when lots of people are working to protect our relationship with the earth and to try to live in right relationship with creation....

Hi friends, it's been a little while. We are so grateful for your support and care over the last year. On February 4th, we were again together praying and th...

Friday was a global climate strike. Did you take action? There's still time, all this week and into the future. Many of us did, each according to their own a...

Yesterday activists took part in direct action to lock down equipment engaging in Line 3 construction. While Enbridge publicly stated that construction will...

Allyson Polman, one of the Four Necessity Valve Turners, recently had the opportunity to visit California and speak several times. One of the opportunities w...

Interested to hear more from the Valve Turners? You can tune into Viroqua, Wisconsin radio to hear the story of Brenna Cussen-Anglada, one of the Four Necess...

Our very own Michele Naar-Obed penned a recent piece for The Progressive. In it, she summarizes the action, the legal environment in which it takes place, an...

The 2016 Valve Turners cases are largely wrapped up, but Ken Ward, a dedicated climate activist, is still appealing his case. The most recent finding of the ...

Michele Naar-Obed, one of the Four Necessity Valve Turners, recently wrote an Op Ed published in the Duluth News Tribune. The full text is below: It is somet...

Let's begin this post with a big "THANK YOU" to everyone who has given money to support the Four Necessity Valve Turners to date. We've raised over $3,000 wh...

Are you in or around Des Moines, and curious to hear more about the Four Necessity Valve Turners and the tradition of non-violent civil disobedience that for...

A Discussion with the Four Necessity Valve Turners: Permaculture, Direct Action, and the Catholic Worker Movement Join us for an evening with some of the Fou...

We are greatly encouraged by several recent news stories related to the delay of Line 3 and the overall slowing of the development of tar sands oil pipelines...

The next hearing in the Four Necessity Valve Turner's legal process will be March 25th at 9:30 am at the Itasca County Courthouse in Grand Rapids, Minnesota....