Diary of Actions & Chronology
2000
December 29, 2000. Mount Sinai, Long Island, NY, USA
The ELF bured down four new luxury homes at
Island Estates. Damages estimates have soared to $2 million.
The communique stated "Recently, hundreds of houses have been built over
much of Mount Sinai's picturesque landscape and developers now plan to build a
further 189 luxury houses over the farms and forests adjacent to Island Estates."
media release :
communique
December 19, 2000. Miller Place, Long Island, NY, USA
The ELF burn down a home under construction.
The communique sent stated "There are over 6 billion people on
this planet of which almost a third are either starving or living in poverty.
Building homes for the wealthy should not even be a priority." $50,000+ damages.
media release :
communique
December 9, 2000. Middle Island, Long Island, NY, USA
Fire erupts in a condominium under construction. The Earth Liberation
Front claims responsibility, saying the homes were "future dens of the
wealthy elite." The group, announcing "an unbounded war on urban
sprawl," claims it checked for occupants - human and animal - in 16
condos before setting incendiaries in them. $200,000+ damages.
December 1, 2000. Middle Island, Long Island, NY, USA
The ELF visited another housing construction site, monkey wrenching 12
vehicles and smashing over 200 windows of new houses.
The ELF claim this action was to set a precedent that Long Island's unique
Pine Barren ecosystem wil not vanish without a fight.
update :
communique
November 27, 2000. Longmont, CO, USA
Fire hits one of the first luxury homes going up in a new subdivision. The
Earth Liberation Front later sends a note, made of letters clipped from
magazines, to the Boulder Weekly newspaper: "Viva la revolution! The
Boulder ELF burned the Legend Ridge mansion on Nov. 27th." The
underground group explains in a follow-up communique that the arson
was driven by defeat of a statewide ballot measure to control growth.
$500,000+ damages.
media release
November 11, 2000. Coram, Long Island, NY, USA
The ELF visited a housing construction site. The newly built houses
had their windows smashed and slogans
spraypainted. The ELF stated they carried out their action to appose urban sprawl.
communique
October 18, 2000. Martin County State Forest in Indianna, USA
Logging equipment (Three skidders and a loader) had hoses cut, slash seats,
destroy gauges and pour sand in the
engines, fuel tanks and radiators. They leave spray-painted graffiti
including, "Earth Raper," "Go Cut in Hell," and "ELF." $55,000 damages.
September 9, 2000. Bloomington, IN, USA
Fire erupts at the headquarters of the Monroe County Republican Party
Committee headquarters. Investigators say a flammable liquid was poured
on the building and ignited. The fire was a reminder, according to the
Earth Liberation Front communique, that it would not sit quietly as
politicians pushed for plans to extend an interstate highway.
July 21, 2000. Rhinelander, WI, USA
U.S. Forest Service - Forest Biotechnology Laboratory, the ELF cut down thousands
of experimental trees, mostly poplars, andspray-paint vehicles. The Earth Liberation
Front claims the attack was against bioengineering.
$1 million damages in crop destruction & vandalism
June 29, 2000. Bloomington, IN, USA
Crooked Creek Road timber sales had tree spiked.
April 30, 2000. Ind. 46 construction, Bloomington, IN, USA
At least six pieces of logging and heavy construction equipment are
sabotaged and a trailer full of wood chips is set ablaze at a road
construction site just outside the city. $75,000+ damages.
April 22, 2000. Richfield, MN, USA
Earth Night action at road construction site,
a bulldozer front window wall smashed out and tire slashed, a truck windshield
and window smashed, smaller vehicle and an equipment trailer have tires slashed.
March 24, 2000. Highway 55 reroute, Mineapolis, MN, USA
Extensive damage doen to construction equipment $500,000 in damages.
February 9, 2000. University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA
ELF Crop Destruction, $1000+ damages.
January 23, 2000. Bloomington, IN, USA
A fire destroyed a house at the Sterling Woods Development in the
Bloomington area with estimated damage of $200,000. The ELF communique stated,
"The house was targeted because the sprawling development it
is located in is in the Lake Monroe Watershed. This is the drinking water supply for
the town of Bloomington,
Indiana and the surrounding area. It is already being jeopardized by existing
development and roads."
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