Moosehead Lake Timber Company Given Fossil Fools Award

In the Eastern Hemisphere and in the Western Hemisphere alike, hundreds of activities are taking place to mark Fossil Fools Day, an activist April first day of civil disobedience against the engines of the dirty oil economy.

Getting more local, in the area of Moosehead Lake in Maine, the Native Forest Network held an awards ceremony outside the offices of the Plum Creek timber company, giving the company a special award in recognition of its plans to “develop” 20,000 acres of woodland. “Develop”, in the language of timber companies, means that they’ll cut down all the trees.

Does this place the Plum Creek timber company in the category of Fossil Fools? Oh, you betcha. They’re taking away forests that continue to sequester carbon from the atmosphere well into the trees’ old age.

“We’re delighted by Plum Creek’s efforts to turn Maine into Florida,” said one protester at the tongue-in-cheek ceremony “We’re committed to fostering a hospitable, year-round outdoor golf climate in every corner of the globe, and Plum Creek’s Moosehead development plan will help to do just that.”

Thanks to the Native Forest Network, and to everybody else around the world who is taking action to draw attention to the antiquated industrial forces that are refusing to adapt to the present crisis of climate change. You’re thinking globally, and acting locally.

Right on!