Who Are the Real “Eco-Terrorists”?

by Will Potter on April 9, 2006

in Government Priorities

Today’s news search pulled up a great spin on the “eco-terror” buzz. The Philippine Daily Inquirer published a glowing piece about a former armed forces chief of staff turned secretary of the environment, Angelo Reyes.

He created the country’s Environmental Protection Commission to go after eco-terrorists like “poachers, illegal loggers and other violators of the country’s environment laws.”

Cracking down on eco-terrorism was a logical step, The Inquirer reports, because Reyes “has always been involved in fighting terrorism and crime.”

Our pal Reyes stole the show with this one:

“Degradation and destruction of the environment inflicts more harm and damage than any criminal or terrorist can hope to achieve.”

Now that’s what I call a War on Terrorism.

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