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Press Release:‘The Four Necessity Valve Turners’ Jury Trial Tuesday, July, 6, 2021

Press Contact: Diane Leutgeb Munson (507) 858-5933 Email: 4necessitymn@gmail.com On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at the Itasca County...

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Stop Line 3 Update

Today, Michele Naar Obed, Four Necessity Valve Turner, was arrested along with other Stop Line 3 Water Protectors. We are grateful for...

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Line 3 Resistance Update from Brenna

Happy New Year to all! It's been some months since we learned that the felony charges would be dropped for the Four Necessity Valve...

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Necessity: A Virtual Roundtable

Please sign up to watch the documentary "Necessity" and attend the online panel discussion on September 27, 7-8:15 pm CDT. Tickets are...

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Trial Update

Yesterday I posted some out-of-date information - my apologies! A recent pre-trial hearing led to these results, shared by Michele: "Dear...

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A Cool Day in August

Here in Chicago, we occasionally get a cool day out of the blue. When I first moved here, I thought of it as natural air-conditioning,...

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An Interview with the Valve Turners

Brenna Cussen-Anglada and Michele Naar-Obed offer this spiritual reflection on (and introduction to) the actions and motivations of the...

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Trial Deferred Until August

Today we were to be together in Grand Rapids. We spent significant time in February planning everything we would do today - from the...

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Keep the Oil in the Soil - Wall Street joins the climate strike

The news these past weeks has been that oil prices are negative as demand worldwide plummets from humans everywhere staying at home and...

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Environmental Protection Rollbacks

While we are at home, things are happening out in the world. Some of the most hopeful are the reduction of pollution and return of...

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Practicing Protest

It occurs to me that many of you who read this blog have taken part in protests. Perhaps that's why the story and updates of the Four...

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to live and to love in a dying world

People are asking, more and more, if there are any updates about our trial date given the pandemic. To be honest, it is somewhere in the...

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USDA Zone Changes - 1990 to Today

All of the Four Necessity Valve Turners, and most of the support team, tend a garden or a farm in one way or another. Whether you live in...

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Activism in the Time of Coronavirus

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...

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March: Climate Defense News Round Up!

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...

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An Early Spring

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...

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