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Also known as ecoterrorism

Eco-terrorism is an act of violence which is committed in support of environmental causes, against people or property.

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  • History
  • Eco-terrorism, civil disobedience, and sabotage
  • Philosophy
  • Examples of tactics
  • Notable individuals convicted of eco-terrorist crimes
  • Groups accused
  • Organizations in the United States
  • US Government's response
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading

Eco-terrorism is an act of violence which is committed in support of environmental causes, against people or property.

Eco-terrorism is a form of radical environmentalism that arose out of the same school of thought that brought about deep ecology, ecofeminism, social ecology, and bioregionalism.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “eco-terrorism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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