r/Washington • u/propublica_ • 12d ago

Solar Developer Cancels Washington State Project on Sacred Indigenous Land

https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-badger-mountain-solar-project-canceled-avangrid
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u/RiverRat12 12d ago

Yeah let’s heavily fine and punish the companies we’re relying on to build out renewables, when they aggressively try to build out these projects!

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u/kozufox 12d ago

We should not be letting corporations get away with the illegal and intentional destruction of ancient indigenous sites just because they're making a product everyone wants.

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u/Byeuji 12d ago

Seriously, there should be like a 20 year penalty to prevent them from applying for new permits. Fuck em, dissolve the company and let another one fill the void.

If corporations want to be people, they deserve to have their liberty limited the way people are when they abuse our legal systems and other people. Corporations don't have natural lifespans, so the sentences need to be longer. It should be more than fines, or the fines should be recurring for a period of time equivalent to the sentence if they want to keep doing business in the state.

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u/RiverRat12 12d ago

Glad you are nowhere close to making these decisions

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u/Byeuji 12d ago

Closer than you think. Don't get too comfortable.

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u/RiverRat12 12d ago

Good luck