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Ecoterrorism And The Gongress

While some in this country take a cavalier attitude toward crimes committed in the name of the environment, wiser heads are beginning to realize how serious a threat ecoterrorism is to life and property.

With few exceptions, scant attention is given to these environmental crimes. The media often skims over such stories with little or no mention.

We were appalled at the attitudes of some regarding the cowardly murders committed by Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber. Following his killing of California forestry official Gilbert Murray with a mail bomb, certain enviros voiced their standard line: We don't agree with "eliminating" someone connected with the forest products industry, but we do support wholeheartedly the goal of no tree cutting. Radical extremists went so far as to say that if a few died to save the forests, so be it.

With these attitudes about in the land, it is encouraging that the House of Representatives is finally beginning to address the problem. On June

9, the Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on ecoterrorism, often defined as the use of terror and intimidation to gain an environmental goal.

Among those testifying was Congressman Frank Riggs (R-Ca.), himself a target of ecoterrorism. Last October his offices were ransacked and considerable property damage done. The less visible emotional scars remain. To those who feel violent acts such as this are in the same category as T-P'ing the Dean's office at school, it's time for a wakeup call.

In addition to murder in the name of the environment, scores, if not hundreds, of various ecocrimes are committed each year. White the amount of attention they draw is slight, that does not make the problem less critical. Congressional attention is a positive step to fight the problem. Senator Orin Hatch (R-Ut.) also is considering a hearing on the Senate side to see what can be done to protect lives and property from those who value trees, owls and slugs above all else.

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