“Legislation for the ban will be introduced by Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien.”
Sierra Club eco-freak. The Sierra Club went from protecting trees to attacking the economy decades ago. They will eventually advocate killing people to “save the planet”.
Less than 10 years ago, Sierra Club supported natural gas....until we found it in nearly unlimited quantities right under our feet in this nation.
Socialists never stand behind their ideas ....everything is fluid based on what is needed to obtain power and wealth.
Sierra Club is a real estate scam. Developer buys land to build a development, factory, whatever. Sierra Club steps in, due mostly to the fact they didn’t get greased from the get go, because it isn’t written down anywhere (you have to higher a ‘planner’, someone who knows the local politics enough to be able to steer you around these sorts of things).
Developer goes for permits. Sierra club protests. EIS study is mandated as a result. Process takes 18 to 24 months depending on what they can contrive. Buy then, if you don’t have the cash, you end up having to sell or default at a fraction of what you bought the land for, given now it is clear that developing it will run afoul of the fascists.
Sierra Club turns to one of their people who then buy the land. That developer proposes ‘mitigation’ - a trade of this ‘environmentally important’ land for other land that is purchased and pledged for perpetual protection.
Up goes the building at a fraction of the costs, and Sierra Club gets their payoff too.
Coca Cola are pros at dealing with this, given they consume millions of tons of water a day globally. Nestle? Not so much.
Studying those two companies will illustrate what I learned the hard way.