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For Immediate Release: Nov. 14, 1998
CONTACT:  Biotic Baking Brigade <bbb_apple[AT]hotmail.com>

Biotic Baking Brigade Strikes Again

San Francisco - The Biotic Baking Brigade (BBB) generously
delivered a cappuccino cream pie to Sierra Club (SC) President
Carl Pope this morning at the Club's annual Board of Directors
meeting in downtown San Francisco.  Agent Key Lime of the BBB
served up this treat to the SC's "cappuccino environmentalist"
president with the announcement, "Hey Carl, this is for
Headwaters," and then vanished from the third floor of the
office building without a trace. Agent Key Lime gently achieved
full facial contact, thereby successfully completing "Operation
Carl's Comeuppance."

"Carl Pope's unconscionable behavior has made him the Benedict
Arnold of the SC, betraying the interests of founder John Muir,
SC members, and the environment. The BBB tried and pied Pope for
the following crimes: using his political influence to save the
Headwaters Sellout Deal from defeat in the California
legislature and endorsing the 'Habitat Conservation Plan' scam;
supporting the disastrous and unpopular Quincy Library Bill in
the form of a recent legislative rider, a plan which is opposed
by every responsible environmentalist in the nation; siding with
multinational timber corporation Weyerhaeuser by supporting
fraudulent land swaps in Washington state and Arkansas; and most
importantly, for accepting multi-million dollar gifts for the
Club while refusing to disclose to the Board who made them and
the strings that may be attached. Where's the money coming from,
Carl? The grassroots environmental movement says, 'Let justice
be served!' " commented Agent Apple of the BBB.

The General Command of the Biotic Baking Brigade--Ecotopia
Cell (GC/BBB--EC) met in emergency session this morning at
Boysenberry Prairie, and issued the following statement: "In
defense of our Headquarters and Secret Ovens here in the heart
of the Headwaters forest, we issued a directive to our agents in
the Bay Area to deliver a message to the Sierra Club's Pope:
'HCP this!' Carl Pope has no business bargaining away wilderness
that he hasn't even been to. We speak pie to power, and send
this message to his other corporate enviro cronies as well."
The HCP referred to by the GC/BBB--EC stands for Habitat
Conservation Plan, which some environmentalists and social
justice activists claim represents "Huge Corporate Profits"
instead.

"Operation Carl's Comeuppance" concludes the sixth successful
BBB mission in the last five weeks. Previous recipients of the
BBB's just desserts include Charles Hurwitz (CEO, MAXXAM Co.,
parent company of Pacific Lumber), Milton Friedman (Nobel
Laureate neoliberal economist), Robert Shapiro (CEO, Monsanto
Co.), Renato Ruggiero (Director General, World Trade
Organization), San Francisco Supervisor Gavin Newsom, and SF
Mayor Willie Brown.

"The BBB is a movement rather than a group. We have no members,
though there is an underground network of militant bakers who
provide us with nothing but the best vegan and organic pies. The
focus of the current pastry 'uprising' is to hold corporate
crooks and their lackeys in government and the non-profit sector
accountable. Our track record shows that unlike them, we don't
just promise pie in the sky, we deliver" concluded Agent Apple.

This action is dedicated to the work and inspiration of a
certain musician, who wrote the following lyrics for a song
about Sierra Club founder John Muir: "If he could see the
pollution now, he'd settle for no compromise/It's too bad the
Sierra Club waters down his legacy straightening corporate
bigwigs' ties."

"Never doubt that a small and dedicated group of people with
pies can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that
ever has."
    -- Subcommandante Tofutti of the GC/BBB--EC,
       after Margaret Mead.