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".....For decades the National Geographic Society has engaged in serious exploration and scientific inquiry and has earned the confidence of thousands of members/readers. That makes it worrisome that key people there seem to have become followers of the concept of Deep Ecology proclaimed by Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess in 1973. The concept holds that all life, from human to dust mites, should be safe to live and pursue happiness. Although we humans are the only species with the ability to reason, this gives no special privileges; rather, the responsibility for all the others. To do this, we must not exploit...

The Disturbing Link Between PETA and Domestic Terrorism By William John Hagan Houston Home Journal 06/29/2005 This week the organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) came up on the national radar screen. Two PETA employees, one named Adria Joy Hinkle, were arrested for disposing of dead animals in a shopping center's dumpster. The animals had been killed by PETA, which was astonishing given their incessant rhetoric about being the guardians of America’s pets. Police discovered 18 dead animals in the dumpster and 13 more in a PETA-owned van. It turns out that, unbeknownst to most Americans and...

(Accused of releasing mink from farms) Supporters of an animal rights activist Peter D. Young crowded into a federal courtroom Tuesday afternoon as Young was arraigned on charges of interference with interstate commerce and animal enterprise terrorism. Young allegedly released thousands of mink from Wisconsin farms in 1997. About 50 people watched as attorney Chris Kelly entered not guilty pleas on behalf of Young, 27, formerly of Mercer Island, Wash. Magistrate Theresa Owens continued detention after finding Young, who was a fugitive until recently, to be a flight risk and a danger to the community. Young was picked up in...

Tucson's Center for Biological Diversity must pay rancher and banker Jim Chilton $600,000 because the environmental group defamed him with a press release and photos posted on its Web site, a jury decided Friday. In a 9-1 verdict, jurors in Pima County Superior Court awarded Chilton $100,000 for the harm done to his reputation and Arivaca cattle company. The jury tacked on an additional $500,000 in punitive damages meant to punish the center and deter others from committing libel. Chilton, whose wife, Sue, is chairwoman of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, sued the center over material that alleged he...

Radical environmental group says Auburn, Lincoln attacks a prelude to further sabotage Auburn Police Department Detective Sgt. Chris Reams snaps photographs of one of five firebombs found at an Auburn construction site last week. Photo by Ben Furtado/Auburn Journal In a letter received at the Auburn Journal on Tuesday, the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for five firebombs planted in a newly constructed Auburn building last week and a similar bomb planting in Lincoln discovered Dec. 27. The letter said it was sent to the Journal from the Earth Liberation Front, an eco-terrorist group claiming to be non-violent. Officials are...

More than 40 expensive houses under construction in Charles County were burned early yesterday in a development that has drawn criticism from environmentalists because it is next to a nature preserve. In recent years, the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), a loosely structured group that opposes commercialism and industry in the name of preserving the environment, has taken responsibility for many similar incidents nationwide. ELF did not respond to an e-mail sent by The Washington Times to its spokesman yesterday.

Washington (CNSNews.com) - An MIT meteorologist Wednesday dismissed alarmist fears about human induced global warming as nothing more than 'religious beliefs.' "Do you believe in global warming? That is a religious question. So is the second part: Are you a skeptic or a believer?" said Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Richard Lindzen, in a speech to about 100 people at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. "Essentially if whatever you are told is alleged to be supported by 'all scientists,' you don't have to understand [the issue] anymore. You simply go back to treating it as a matter of...

America's domestic shortage of natural gas is, as Alan Greenspan has observed, "a very serious problem." Fortunately, there is a proven technology that could enable Americans to access plentiful natural gas stores from overseas: Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)--natural gas cooled and condensed into a portable liquid, 1/600th its original volume. Given these facts, one might expect energy-short state governments to eagerly approve corporations' proposals for new LNG facilities; instead, bowing to pressure from environmentalists, they are repeatedly rejecting them. [...] The environmentalists' proclamations of danger and doom are not honest errors based on an overzealous concern for human safety and...

NEW YORK (AP) - Touting tofu chowder and vegetarian sushi as alternatives, animal-rights activists have launched a novel campaign arguing that fish - contrary to stereotype - are intelligent, sensitive animals no more deserving of being eaten than a pet dog or cat. Called the Fish Empathy Project, the campaign reflects a strategy shift by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals as it challenges a diet component widely viewed as nutritious and uncontroversial. "No one would ever put a hook through a dog's or cat's mouth," said Bruce Friedrich, PETA's director of vegan outreach. "Once people start to understand...

While we are restructuring our government to rout out terrorists, we need to recognize that not all terrorists worship Allah – we have terrorists in this country who worship the earth, or so they claim. These misguided misfits should rank equally high on the "stop-the-terrorists" agenda. Like al-Qaida, these green terrorists work in small cells, strike in the dark of night, and wreak havoc on what they believe to be unholy. They are as dangerous – and deluded – as the terrorists who become human bombs in Israel, or in New York City. They are often known as the Earth...

Eco - LogicOn - Line 7/15/2002 The smoking gun... How Environmentalists Intend to Rule the World By Ron Arnold Critics have long believed environmentalists were planning global domination. The problem with making a credible case against such an ambitious plan was simple: no environmental leader had published one. Yet conflicts over global warming, world trade, multinational corporations, population control, sustainable futures, and transnational government left little doubt that environmentalists in fact shared the unspoken aim of wielding supreme power over a green future. But there was no proof. For years, critics, lacking hard evidence, were reduced to piecing together a...