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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 4, 2009
Earth Liberation Front Topples
Radio Station Towers in Snohomish County, WA
Everett, WA: Two radio station
towers were torn down early Friday by the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) in the
Lord's Hills valley in Snohomish County, WA. The towers, owned by station KRKO,
have been a source of controversy for years. A sign left at the scene claimed
responsibility by the ELF.
" Due to the health and environmental risks
associated with radio waves emitted from the towers, we applaud this act by the
ELF," stated Jason Crawford, a spokesperson for the North American Earth
Liberation Front Press Office. "When all legal channels of opposition have been
exhausted, concerned citizens have to take action into their own hands to
protect life and the planet."
For the past eight years, opponents have waged
a legal battle against the towers, arguing that AM radio waves cause adverse
health affects including a higher rate of cancer, harm to wildlife, and that the
signals have been interfering with home phone and intercom lines.
Last year,
the first four towers were erected by KRKO after numerous hearings and appeals.
KRKO plans to build two more towers to boost the station's broadcasting
power.
" We have to weigh our priorities and the local ecosystem in Everett,
along with the local residents, do not need additional sports news radio station
towers that come at the expense of reduced property values and harmful radio
waves," Crawford continued. "We sincerely hope that people continue to take
direct action to stop the threats to human health, wildlife and the
planet."
The E.L.F. is an international underground organization that uses
direct action in the form of economic sabotage to stop the systematic
exploitation and destruction of the planet. Since its inception in North America
in 1996, the ELF has inflicted well over $150 million in damages to corporations
and governmental agencies that are profiting from the destruction of the
Earth.
The North American Earth Liberation Front Press Office is a legal news
agency representing the earth liberation movement. The NAELFPO reports on the
covert direct actions taken by the Earth Liberation Front in defense of the
planet. Targeting deforestation, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), urban
sprawl, automobile and industry pollution, and other threats to the natural
environment, the Earth Liberation Front uses nonviolent economic sabotage to
compel industries and governments to reshape their environmentally destructive
policies.
The NAELFPO can be found on the web at www.elfpressoffice.org