eco-terrorism
Green radical violence
Eco-terrorism is the use of violence, sabotage, or intimidation in the name of environmental causes.
Acts include arson at logging operations, destruction of construction equipment, or attacks on research facilities.
The term is contested—authorities apply it to groups like the Earth Liberation Front, while supporters call such actions direct action rather than terrorism.
The FBI classified the arsons as eco-terrorism.
Deliberate disruption of operations
- arsonCriminal deliberate burning
- monkeywrenchingSabotaging environmentally harmful operations
- vandalismWillful property damage
- destructionAct of completely ruining
bombing · sinking · blockade · liberation · defacement · demolition · intimidation · cyberattack
Advocacy for nature protection
- direct actionConfrontational political tactics
- biocentrismLife as moral center
- animal rightsMoral claims for fauna
- anti-capitalismOpposition to market economies
activism · militancy · radicalism · extremism
Recording system events
- whalingHunting large sea mammals
- pipelinesTubes for transporting fluids
- laboratoriesFacilities for scientific investigation
- dealershipsLicensed retail vehicle sellers
developments · slaughterhouses · fur farms · power plants · construction sites · research facilities · factory farms
Pursuing legal charges
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- informantsPeople providing secret intelligence
sabotage
Deliberate disruption of operations
- arsonCriminal deliberate burning
- monkeywrenchingSabotaging environmentally harmful operations
- vandalismWillful property damage
destruction · bombing · sinking · blockade · liberation · defacement · demolition · intimidation · cyberattack · contamination
environmentalism
Advocacy for nature protection
- direct actionConfrontational political tactics
- biocentrismLife as moral center
- animal rightsMoral claims for fauna
anti-capitalism · activism · militancy · radicalism · extremism
ALF
Shortened extraterrestrial term
- GreenpeaceEnvironmental activism organization
logging
Recording system events
- whalingHunting large sea mammals
- pipelinesTubes for transporting fluids
- laboratoriesFacilities for scientific investigation
dealerships · developments · slaughterhouses · fur farms · power plants · construction sites · research facilities · factory farms
prosecution
Pursuing legal charges
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
informants · imprisonment · investigation · sentencing · federal charges
- eco-thrillersoil spill, toxic waste, environmental activism, corporate greed, government cover-up
- radicalismradical, extremism, radicalism, militancy, fanaticism
- Terrorismsuicide bomber, suicide bombing, suicide attack, bombing, bomb
- extremismextremism, extremists, fanaticism, radicalism, radicalization
- Climate Politicsclimate change, global warming, carbon tax, Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol
- Fringe ideologiesanarchism, extremism, radicalism, fascism, neo-Nazism
eco-terrorismpeaceful protest
Nonviolent collective expression of dissent
nonviolent resistance · civil disobedience · legal advocacy · lobbying · environmental education
eco-terrorismecocide
Deliberate devastation of nature
industrial pollution · deforestation · strip mining · illegal dumping · habitat destruction