Radical Environmental Groups Break Law to Make Their Points

Gabriel, Dan, The Washington Times (Washington, DC)

Urban sprawl means one thing to developers but quite another to self-described "radical" environmental groups who are taking "direct action" to stop it.

A group known as the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) has designated today as an international day of action when environmental activists join together and drain the resources of law enforcement authorities. This is being done in anticipation of Earth Day, which is this Sunday.

"Our Earth is being murdered by greedy corporate and personal interests," says ELF spokesman Craig Rosebraugh of Portland, Ore. "The rape of the Earth puts everyone's life at risk due to global warming, ozone depletion and toxic chemicals. We are but the symptoms of a corrupt society on the brink of ecological collapse."

ELF has claimed responsibility for setting on fire four new luxury homes in Long Island, N.Y.'s Mount Sinai neighborhood on Dec. 29. ELF claims the development endangered a large aquifer for drinking water. On the garage door to one of the homes, it scratched out the words: "If you build it, we will burn it. ELF."

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