Crony Capitalism

Sierra Club: Conventional Biomass Incineration: A Dirty Response to an Overstated Problem

“Sonoma Biomass Business Competition” gift to loggers….Sierra Club responds with facts and science…..“The problem with these policies is that they encourage the use of a dirty energy source to solve a problem that is over-played. The vast majority of dead trees in California forests pose no threat to people or infrastructure and, according to recent …

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Loggers come up with slick logging plan…..against current science…

Loggers marketing plan is WRONG WRONG WRONG for the forests and watersheds. Climate change exasperated by wine industry clearcutting for vineyards, sucking the aquifers dry and allowing more and more building is creating a perfect storm for fires. “The Sonoma County Biomass Business Competition is looking to invest in local entrepreneurs with two awards of …

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As coronavirus raged, Sonoma County did little to enforce rules on weddings with as many as 100 people

“Officials in Sonoma County, which has ranked worst in the Bay Area for the prevalence of coronavirus cases for most of the year, have taken no enforcement action on complaints that at least 15 large wedding gatherings violated coronavirus restrictions……..“Workers being forced to be in dangerous workplace situations has been the story of the county …

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Government for the Rich: Billionaires add $1tn to net worth during pandemic as their workers struggle

Billionaires add $1tn to net worth during pandemic as their workers struggle Companies’ attempts at hazard pay have been paltry and fleeting as employees are threatened for protesting working conditions Workers protest outside the Amazon delivery hub in Hawthorne, California. Photograph: Valérie Macon/AFP/Getty Images Michael Sainato Fri 15 Jan 2021 05.00 EST Billionaires in the US …

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Trump deadenders rush to give Apache sacred land to a mining company

“We are seriously discussing a mining project in Arizona that would be illegal even in China,” Emerman said.” Trump deadenders rush to give Apache sacred land to a mining company Sarah Okeson, DCReport @ RawStory January 13, 2021 Team Trump is racing to transfer federal land in Arizona that is sacred to the Apache to a mining …

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Justice for Flint Michigan: Republican Rick Snyder to be criminally charged for Flint water crisis: report

JUSTICE DELAYED: “Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they’re being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the majority Black city with lead-contaminated water and was blamed for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in 2014-15….” Republican Rick Snyder to be criminally …

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