Posted on 06/04/2024 2:57:06 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
“What’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is my own.” James Joyce penned those words while writing Ulysses, but he could have easily written them were he composing a report on the political attitudes of the pseudo-elite greenie left of the modern era.
From an article by Greg Rehner at Fox News:
California clean energy project threatens thousands of protected Joshua trees: reports
A California-based renewable energy company plans to clear thousands of protected Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert to make way for a solar project that will generate electricity for nearly 180,000 homes in coastal neighborhoods instead of the impacted communities, according to reports.
The Los Angeles Times reported that the company, Avantus, is planning to build the Aratina Solar Project on 2,300 acres near Boron and Desert Lake, California, two towns in Kern County.
And, according to Rehner, this construction project spanning “2,300 acres will mean the “destruction” of more than 3,500 “protected” Joshua trees. So, not only will the electricity generated be diverted away from the community that’s actually generating it, but the people who live there will now be left with an ugly landscape of barren desert, screaming of corporate colonialism and “green” elitism.
Here’s this, also from Rehner:
Residents of the poverty-stricken towns are angered by the project, not just because of the construction dust, but also because the land where the solar facility will be located is home to endangered desert tortoises.
The residents’ concerns reportedly were ignored by county officials, who unanimously approved the project.
(Somebody better check the county officials’ bank accounts.)
But, it gets worse. This is from the Aratina Solar Project’s website:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Ok...what Dem has the contract, or owns the solar company?
It’s been said they are over “a hundred” years old.
It’s still a travesty to cut them down.
Republicans run the county. The worst kind of Republicans, e.g. Kevin McCarthy.
I thought those were PROTECTED.
I read the solar farm won’t help that area, just wealthy coastal cities. Boy, Demonicrats are pushing to elect Trump.
Just like the water of 100 years ago...
Stories like these in inland California are all too typical.
Kern County pols sound like the GOP yokels here in the Fresno area: “There’s nothing we can do about this, but re-elect me so that I can Fight Newsom and Sacramento”.
Meanwhile, San Bernardino County fights back, even to the point of pushing secession. I’ve forwarded their story to my local reps urging them to join the movement. No response. Apparently, they’re content with “fighting Sacramento” and losing every time.
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