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Eco-Vandals Put a Match to 'Progress'. / Laurent Belsie.

by Belsie, Laurent; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 63Institutions. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor (United Media), 2001ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Earth Liberation Front | Arson | Biotechnology | Environmental terrorismDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In the dark corners of recent American history, terrorists have hijacked planes, killed abortion doctors, and planted bombs. Now, they're after crops. Shadowy, loosely organized bands of eco-terrorists are rooting up plants and setting fire to labs to stop agricultural biotechnology research. In the past two months, radicals have burned a research lab at the University of Washington, torched a tree nursery in Oregon, and spray-painted a biotech building at the University of Idaho." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article focuses on the actions of eco-terrorist groups, such as ELF (Earth Liberation Front) and the Nighttime Gardeners, and examines their efforts to interfere with public research and curtail biotech advancements.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.

Originally Published: Eco-Vandals Put a Match to 'Progress', July 5, 2001; pp. 11+.

"In the dark corners of recent American history, terrorists have hijacked planes, killed abortion doctors, and planted bombs. Now, they're after crops. Shadowy, loosely organized bands of eco-terrorists are rooting up plants and setting fire to labs to stop agricultural biotechnology research. In the past two months, radicals have burned a research lab at the University of Washington, torched a tree nursery in Oregon, and spray-painted a biotech building at the University of Idaho." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article focuses on the actions of eco-terrorist groups, such as ELF (Earth Liberation Front) and the Nighttime Gardeners, and examines their efforts to interfere with public research and curtail biotech advancements.

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