Chapter
The Unabomber: Earth Day, Part 2
13:51 - 27:46 (13:55)
A group of individuals, including Tubbs and Ferguson, burn a ranger station and later, a letter surfaces claiming responsibility for the attack on behalf of a radical environmentalist group.
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Despite the protection of most old-growth forests from logging, protesters took a stand against the sale of scorched acreage to logging companies in the Warner Creek watershed that resulted from a devastating fire, handcuffing themselves to barrels filled with concrete to prevent any more logging.
13:51 - 15:56 (02:05)
Summary
Despite the protection of most old-growth forests from logging, protesters took a stand against the sale of scorched acreage to logging companies in the Warner Creek watershed that resulted from a devastating fire, handcuffing themselves to barrels filled with concrete to prevent any more logging.
ChapterThe Unabomber: Earth Day, Part 2
EpisodeThe Sunday Read: ‘The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground’
PodcastThe Daily
Arsonists targeted federal ranger stations in Oregon in 1996 to protest the government's actions, leading to an investigation and eventual arrests.
15:56 - 19:51 (03:55)
Summary
Arsonists targeted federal ranger stations in Oregon in 1996 to protest the government's actions, leading to an investigation and eventual arrests.
ChapterThe Unabomber: Earth Day, Part 2
EpisodeThe Sunday Read: ‘The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground’
PodcastThe Daily
A group of radical environmentalists took responsibility for the destruction of the Cavell West plant in a letter denouncing its role in horse slaughter, citing it as a way of removing the profit motive from killing the planet.
19:51 - 25:05 (05:14)
Summary
A group of radical environmentalists took responsibility for the destruction of the Cavell West plant in a letter denouncing its role in horse slaughter, citing it as a way of removing the profit motive from killing the planet. Locals had long complained about the plant's sickening smell, screams of horses, and overflow of blood.
ChapterThe Unabomber: Earth Day, Part 2
EpisodeThe Sunday Read: ‘The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground’
PodcastThe Daily
Anarchist group, the Earth Liberation Front, committed a string of arsons in the late '90s and early 2000s to oppose corporate environmental destruction, with their most widely publicized attack being the burning of a ski resort in Vail, Colorado.
25:05 - 27:46 (02:40)
Summary
Anarchist group, the Earth Liberation Front, committed a string of arsons in the late '90s and early 2000s to oppose corporate environmental destruction, with their most widely publicized attack being the burning of a ski resort in Vail, Colorado.