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In October 2016, five men and women coordinated to shut down all five main pipelines bringing Alberta tar sands crude into the United States.
"The Valve Turners" called pipeline companies shortly before turning safety shut-off valves on Enbridge’s lines 4 & 67, TransCanada’s Keystone, Spectra Energy’s Express, and Kinder-Morgan’s TransMountain pipelines.
They then awaited arrest, submitting to months of court dates and even jail time.

Valve Turners
The Valve Turners halted hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil with a simple, easily replicable tactic. Read about their strategy and effectiveness.

The Valve Turners weren’t trying to maximize pipeline disruption.
They primarily aimed to raise awareness, prompt discourse, and spark further action.
The group received much media coverage, mostly from progressive and left-wing websites and media,
including large outlets such as The Nation, Democracy Now, and The Intercept.
They did get some coverage from the mainstream Associated Press and Reuters, and Bill McKibben wrote an op-ed for L.A. Times.
Unfortunately…

Valve Turners
The Valve Turners halted hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil with a simple, easily replicable tactic. Read about their strategy and effectiveness.