Deep Green Resistance maintains an international Underground Action Calendar to publicize and normalize the use of militant and underground tactics in the fight for justice and sustainability. Below, we excerpt actions from the area covered by the Southwest Coalition region of Deep Green Resistance. Listing an action does not necessarily mean we support the goals, strategies, or tactics of those actionists.
See also our Resistance Profiles for broader information on the strategies, tactics, goals, and effectiveness of various historic and contemporary resistance groups.
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| 2015-02-25 | Flagstaff | Arizona | US | Fiber-optic line supplying data to much of northern AZ severed | http://www.cbsnews.com/news/arizona-internet-phone-lines-centurylink-fiber-optic-line-cut-vandalism/ | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-06-11 | Nogales | Arizona | US | Incendiary device set under the valve of a diesel tank at a power station adjoining a substation | http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/2014/06/16/threats-cyberattacks-just-serious-sabotage-seen-power-plant/10592857/ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2013-04-16 | San Jose | California | US | Saboteur(s) cut communication cables, then shoot multiple transformers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003-10-20 | Anderson | California | US | Man removes bolts from high voltage tower; is also suspected of doing so to three Oregon towers | http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/03/local/me-bolts3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015-06-30 | San Francisco Bay | California | US | Three fiber-optic cables cut in the last of 11 attacks over a year on high-capacity internet cables | http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/06/30/california-internet-outage/29521335/ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015-06-20 | Wittman | Arizona | US | Wooden cell tower pole cut down, causing it to fall on power lines and trigger a power outage | http://www.cbs5az.com/story/29369530/cellphone-tower-sabotaged-causing-power-outage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016-09-25 | Kanab | Utah | US | Sniper shoots the cooling radiator on a substation transformer, disabling the transformer for months | http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865663594/Power-company-offers-rare-50K-reward-for-information-on-vandalism.html | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1988-09-25 | Grand Canyon | Arizona | US | Group cuts thirty-four power poles, disrupting power at three uranium mines, perhaps contributing to mine closure | https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=198809250009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986-05-14 | Palo Verde | Arizona | US | Metal-weighted ropes thrown onto wires to short circuit high voltage power lines | https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=198605140015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-12-10 | Los Angeles | California | US | Man burns down seven story apartment complex under construction | http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-davinci-fire-20160510-snap-story.html | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-07-11 | Phoenix | Arizona | US | 500kV transmission line damaged by rifle fire targeting insulators. | https://publicintelligence.net/dhs-electric-grid-attacks/ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-08-27 | San Jose | California | US | Substation attacked a year prior, supposedly hardened, has fence cut and equipment stolen | https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/us/california-power-substation-attacked-in-2013-is-hit-again.html | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990-04-23 | Watsonville | California | US | Earth Night Action Group cuts two wooden transmission poles with hand saw, then topples steel tower | http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-25/news/mn-330_1_santa-cruz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987-07-00 | Owens Valley | California | US | Two guy wires on DC intertie tower cut, toppling two towers and disrupting the line for two days | http://lindsey-usa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/07T-007-DC-ERS-4-1989.pdf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-06-08 | Mountain View | California | US | Drone accidentally crashed into high voltage line, causing two hour power outage | https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/09/drone-crash-knocks-out-power-to-1600-in-mountain-view/ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981-07-04 | Moab | Utah | US | Three 345 kV transmission towers cut and toppled | http://www.landrights.org/ALRA.oregon.eco-terrorism.htm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980-00-00 | Colorado | US | 3.2 miles of power lines downed after supports sawn through | http://sfbay-anarchists.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/electric-funeral1.pdf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002-02-24 | Salt Lake City | Utah | US | Crude bomb placed between breakers at substation causes black out and oil refinery fire | https://www.deseretnews.com/article/1001724/A-guilty-plea-in-Oly-bombing-of-power-substation.html | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977-08-30 | Sausalito | California | US | Group bombs substation, blacking out 6,000 customers | https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-Sausalito-substation-is-bombed-by-terrorists-2776315.php | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978-03-14 | Contra Costa County | California | US | Two bombs damage substation, blacking out up to 60,000 customers | https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/24/archives/coast-bombing-expected-to-go-on-despite-arrests-interaction-between.html | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-03-27 | Barstow | California | US | Five pipe bombs wipe out three banks of transformers and blackout 35,000 homes | https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/09/archives/a-power-substation-on-coast-is-bombed-2d-time-in-12-days.html | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975-04-08 | Barstow | California | US | Closely guarded substation transformers bombed second time in 12 days, blacking out 22,000 homes and small business | https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/09/archives/a-power-substation-on-coast-is-bombed-2d-time-in-12-days.html | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-03-00 | Bakersfield | California | US | Unknown attackers on two successive nights cut through perimeter fence, then cut wiring for transformers, alarms, and motors | https://www.kget.com/kc-in-depth/kern-county-in-depth-power-grid-vulnerability/283504922 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-11-00 | Buckeye | Arizona | US | Fiber-optic communications cables cut; two weeks later, control building computer cabinets pried open, revealing multiple security failures | https://web.archive.org/web/20180902173251/https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-america-could-go-dark-1468423254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-12-28 | La Sal | Utah | US | Copper thieves damage substation enough to force a more than four hour outage | https://www.rockymountainpower.net/about/nr/nr2017/copper-theft.html | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-07-02 | Wasco | California | US | Shooting damages electrical transmission equipment, possibly someone shooting the cooling system. | https://www.bakersfield.com/news/kcso-investigating-wasco-shooting-that-damaged-pg-e-equipment/article_42519cf0-fcad-11ec-9b00-17b447a75be1.html | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-01-04 | Las Vegas | Nevada | US | Man rams his car through a power plant fence and sets the car afire next to a transformer, shutting down the plant. | https://www.fox5vegas.com/2023/01/11/man-held-las-vegas-solar-array-attack-get-competency-exams/ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-01-06 | San Jose | California | US | Electrical transformer bombed. | https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/03/03/authorities-man-bombed-pge-transformers-in-south-san-jose/ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-12-08 | San Jose | California | US | Electrical transformer bombed. | https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/03/03/authorities-man-bombed-pge-transformers-in-south-san-jose/ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |