Force-Feeding Fossil Fuelization, Community by Community
It goes without saying that coordinated nationwide action of that sort would be unimaginable in the American political universe of 2023.
As they snatch away the right of local communities to prevent not just pollution but the destruction of our world, such states are following a path that Texas blazed eight years ago. In 2015, local officials across the Lone Star State moved to ban the hazardous toxic-drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.
Tyranny indeed! And don’t forget the “tyranny” of a world growing ever hotter and more extreme by the year.When MAGA legislators force their taxpayers to support the coal, oil, and natural gas industries, while undercutting the efforts of local governments to free their communities from fossil fuels, they’re not just empowering their fossil-fuelized campaign donors.
That’s not the one being forced on us.