As reader Ron (to whom a tip of the hat is due) points out there is a certain irony in environmentalists doing this. In dutiful obedience to their wishes, wood-pellet boilers and other biomass heating devices have been made exempt from the provisions of the Clean Air Act.
So the greens demand actions that make the air dirtier and then sue the government for allowing this to happen. This is what is called joined-up environmentalism.
[Tim Ball] If you want to see commissions of inquiry designed to whitewash and divert through inadequate terms of reference, affiliations of appointees, or access to outcomes, then look at those appointed to investigate the University of East Anglia, Climatic Research Unit (CRU) email leaks and scientific misbehavior. One is known as the Muir Russell Inquiry, the other the Lord Oxburgh Inquiry. The cover-up was so blatant it was easily detectable. Clive Crook, Senior editor of The Atlantic wrote a searing indictment of the whitewash.
Before you plan to watch Rosebraugh's "documentary", it might also be useful to read what he thinks about the use of violence:
In reference of the legitimacy of political violence, often times, in the minds of those arguing for and/or committing the acts themselves, there is a belief that the decision to resort to violence comes from sound reasoning. Additionally, political violence has a long documented history globally, as a practice which has and continues to play a role in political activity. For these reasons alone, it is safe to proclaim there is a legitimacy to political violence. This is not an effort to condone or condemn it at this point, rather to create a realistic analysis of the controversial subject.
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