eco-terrorism

An eco-terrorism act strikes close to home, as one of ListedGreen.com's green residential listings advertised for sale takes a hit along with several others.

Even though large luxury homes can be built very green and energy efficient, it was sad to see this type of terrorism is still amongst us. ListedGreen will continue to embrace green luxury properties, because those type of homes will still be built, regardless of what most of us think, so the responsible effort lies with building  these bigger homes as green and energy efficient as possible.

I'm not a fan of eco-terror. In fact, I think it is a very ineffective form of protest and gives environmentalists a bad name. For example, take the latest from radical enviro group, Earth Liberation Front, or ELF. ELF took credit for torching a couple of multi-million dollar homes in Woodinville, WA. Their spray painted message was, "Built Green? Nope black!" The destruction was reportedly intended to dispute the green claims of the expensive houses....

The FBI has called fringe eco and animal rights groups a top domestic terrorist threat. Destruction of property is what the anti-corporate and anti-development extremists have been castigated for. But let's compare. There were 3593 hate-motivated destruction/vandalism-related crimes against property in 2006. The "Earth Liberation Front" is listed as responsible for 62 property-related crimes. Ever. What is the total economic tally of hate crime economic damage? Where's the congressional outrage?