Civil Liberties Defense Ctr
<p style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">valve turners recently <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-activists-valve-turners-extremists-2644830392.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(82, 149, 70); text-decoration-color: rgb(82, 149, 70); line-height: 1.5;">listed by Homeland Security</a> as "extremists" believe their action of shutting down <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-canada-pipelines/activists-disrupt-key-canada-u-s-oil-pipelines-idUSKCN12B26O" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(82, 149, 70); text-decoration-color: rgb(82, 149, 70); line-height: 1.5;">15 percent of the daily U.S. oil supply</a> on Oct. 11, 2016 was their only option of fighting the <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/tag/climate-crisis" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(82, 149, 70); text-decoration-color: rgb(82, 149, 70); line-height: 1.5;">climate crisis</a>.</p><p style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Valve turner Ken Ward of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClimateDirectAction/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(82, 149, 70); text-decoration-color: rgb(82, 149, 70); line-height: 1.5;">Climate Direct Action</a> is going to trial this spring for the third time. He is charged with burglary and sabotage. EcoWatch teamed up with Ward and his attorney Lauren Regan, the executive director and co-founder of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/theCLDC/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(82, 149, 70); text-decoration-color: rgb(82, 149, 70); line-height: 1.5;">Civil Liberties Defense Center</a>, on EcoWatch Live to share what this trial means for <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/tag/activists" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(82, 149, 70); text-decoration-color: rgb(82, 149, 70); line-height: 1.5;">climate activists</a> and why the U.S. government is listing some of these peaceful activists alongside mass murderers and white supremacists.</p><p style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Watch the interview here:</p><p style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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