Canadian Mounties Visit Marcellus to Learn About Greens Who Go Bad

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There is a segment of the radical environmental movement that resorts to violence. That is indisputable as we've seen it--in the Marcellus/Utica. To be fair, violence by antis doesn't happen often. We would say most of the anti movement is non-violent (although a fair number do tend toward criminality with "non-violent" protests). But there are those among radical greens who cross the line and engage in acts of violence and terror, sometimes aimed at people who work in the industry (see FBI Investigates Death Threats Against PennEast Pipeline Workers and Domestic Eco-Terrorism: Worker Shot at Rural WV Oil Well Site). Anti-drillers in Canada (or anywhere in the world, for that matter) are no different than anti-drillers in the United States. Some of them turn violent. For that reason, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (the Mounties) visited Williamsport, PA in June 2014 to learn more about how their American cousins deal with greens who go bad. Apparently this story--that the Mounties came here to learn about dealing with green crazies--is just now coming to light...

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