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Ecotage (a portmanteau of the "eco-" prefix and "sabotage") is direct action by extreme environmentalist groups (such as Earth First!) in the Western world.〔Plows, A., Wall, D. & Doherty, B., (2004) ‘Covert Repertoires: ecotage in the UK’ in Social Movement Studies, vol. 3, iss. 2, pp. 199 – 219〕 Ecotage is often seen as indistinguishable from acts of civil disobedience or even eco-terrorism. ==Cases== All damage figures below are in United States dollars. Some well-known acts of ecotage have included: *1998 – Arson of buildings at Vail Mountain in the United States by the Earth Liberation Front (ELF). *March 11, 1999 – Genetically engineered potatoes uprooted at Crop and Food research centre in New Zealand.〔(Wild Greens Attack GE Potatoes ), ''Genetic Engineering Network'', March 11th 1999.〕 *December 25, 1999 – In Monmouth, Oregon, fire destroys the main office of the Boise Cascade logging company costing over $1 million ($ million in dollars). ELF claim responsibility. *2001 – Members of the ELF were prosecuted for setting off a firebomb that caused $7 million in damages ($ million in dollars) at the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture *2003 – On August 1, a 206-unit condominium being built in San Diego, California was burnt down causing damage in excess of $20 million ($ million in dollars). A 12-foot banner at the scene read "If you build it, we will burn it," signed, "The E.L.F.s are mad." *2003 – On August 22, arsonists associated with the Earth Liberation Front attacked several car dealerships in east suburban Los Angeles, burning down a warehouse and vandalizing over 100 vehicles, most of them SUVs or Hummers (chosen for their notoriously poor fuel efficiency) and causing over $1 million in damage ($ million in dollars). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ecotage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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