Ecoterrorists Strike Helen 01/09/3133
INN - Interstellar News Network
A holocube from our acolytes on Ozawa reports that ecoterrorists on Helen have
vandalized or destroyed more than a dozen Forestry ’Mechs used for logging.
Unlike Towne, which has done an excellent job of weathering the economic firestorm
that followed the HPG collapse, Helen’s economy is reported to be unstable. The
planet depends largely on tourism and resource exportation for income, and the fall of
the HPG net has depressed both industries.
Helen is a verdant planet, with expansive tracts of hardwoods. In a mixed blessing,
the burgeoning wars have kept logging and mining operations in better shape than the
travel industry. However, this could change if any of the several radical ecological
preservation groups operating on the planet become more aggressive in their efforts.
Alpine Resources Limited has been the largest target of threats and actions by radical
ecological groups. Brett Turner, CEO of ARL, has been an outspoken opponent of
these groups, accusing them of harming humans. He has publicly debated ecological
spokespersons in the past, and he remains a strong proponent of aggressive
exploitation of natural resources.
Commenting on the sabotage, Turner said, “We’re all living on the same planet, and it
frankly looks as if these ecoterrorists don’t realize that.
“Given the extremities of our situation, I made the decision to break some ecological
policies the company has had in place in the past. If we kept up this pace for 10 or 20
years, yes, we could be in danger of harming the ecology. But Helen is a vast, vast
wilderness. That doesn’t seem likely.
“And even if it is, the alternative is economic collapse, and I’m not willing to accept
that when aggressively increasing logging production can keep thousands of humans
from losing their jobs or starving.
“Many of these ecoterrorists would like you to believe that tourism can eliminate the
need for resource harvesting. But it’s difficult to encourage people to visit our planet
when they’re concerned about whether they’ll still have a home when they get back. I’
m all for tourism, and I’m as invested in it as anybody on Helen. But be realistic.
Harvesting is not wrong. I would say that I’m doing something very right, and I’ll
keep it up for the good of the planet, and, more important, the people who live on the
planet.”
Helen’s Daughters, a radical feminist ecological group, has taken credit for three of
the recent monkeywrenchings, a term for the violent sabotage of resource-harvesting
machinery. A statement posted anonymously to a news board on Helen’s planetnet
after the mass monkeywrenching said, “We womyn [sic] will not stand by to see our
mother raped by moneygrubbers who claim to be working in her best interests. We
will not be party to feeding wars on this planet or any other fought for foolish
dominance or patriarchal oppression. We WILL do everything in our power to
protect our mother. This is only the start of our efforts. This is not a warning. This is
a threat. Stop raping our mother immediately, or more damage to your precious
machines will result.”
INN - Interstellar News Network
A holocube from our acolytes on Ozawa reports that ecoterrorists on Helen have
vandalized or destroyed more than a dozen Forestry ’Mechs used for logging.
Unlike Towne, which has done an excellent job of weathering the economic firestorm
that followed the HPG collapse, Helen’s economy is reported to be unstable. The
planet depends largely on tourism and resource exportation for income, and the fall of
the HPG net has depressed both industries.
Helen is a verdant planet, with expansive tracts of hardwoods. In a mixed blessing,
the burgeoning wars have kept logging and mining operations in better shape than the
travel industry. However, this could change if any of the several radical ecological
preservation groups operating on the planet become more aggressive in their efforts.
Alpine Resources Limited has been the largest target of threats and actions by radical
ecological groups. Brett Turner, CEO of ARL, has been an outspoken opponent of
these groups, accusing them of harming humans. He has publicly debated ecological
spokespersons in the past, and he remains a strong proponent of aggressive
exploitation of natural resources.
Commenting on the sabotage, Turner said, “We’re all living on the same planet, and it
frankly looks as if these ecoterrorists don’t realize that.
“Given the extremities of our situation, I made the decision to break some ecological
policies the company has had in place in the past. If we kept up this pace for 10 or 20
years, yes, we could be in danger of harming the ecology. But Helen is a vast, vast
wilderness. That doesn’t seem likely.
“And even if it is, the alternative is economic collapse, and I’m not willing to accept
that when aggressively increasing logging production can keep thousands of humans
from losing their jobs or starving.
“Many of these ecoterrorists would like you to believe that tourism can eliminate the
need for resource harvesting. But it’s difficult to encourage people to visit our planet
when they’re concerned about whether they’ll still have a home when they get back. I’
m all for tourism, and I’m as invested in it as anybody on Helen. But be realistic.
Harvesting is not wrong. I would say that I’m doing something very right, and I’ll
keep it up for the good of the planet, and, more important, the people who live on the
planet.”
Helen’s Daughters, a radical feminist ecological group, has taken credit for three of
the recent monkeywrenchings, a term for the violent sabotage of resource-harvesting
machinery. A statement posted anonymously to a news board on Helen’s planetnet
after the mass monkeywrenching said, “We womyn [sic] will not stand by to see our
mother raped by moneygrubbers who claim to be working in her best interests. We
will not be party to feeding wars on this planet or any other fought for foolish
dominance or patriarchal oppression. We WILL do everything in our power to
protect our mother. This is only the start of our efforts. This is not a warning. This is
a threat. Stop raping our mother immediately, or more damage to your precious
machines will result.”
| January 9, 3133 |