Investigating eco-terror threat

Plainfield (AP) - Officials are investigating an alleged eco-terrorism threat involving the developers of a proposed wood-burning power plant in Plainfield.

Investigators say the threat was sent to an executive of Plainfield Renewable Energy, claiming to be from Earth First, a radical environmental group.

Police say the letter claims members of the group have targeted the private homes of company executives for contamination.

The letter also claims the group has dumped more than 1,200 pounds of pollutants at various sites off Mill Brook Road, where the company plans to build a $160 million energy plant.

State Department of Environmental Protection officials say investigators are still excavating portions of the Plainfield site.

A person at earthfirst.org, who identified himself as Jezebel Dreamboat, told the Norwich Bulletin that the group didn't send the threat.

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Information from: Norwich Bulletin