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Government forced to release its ‘top secret’ fast-track list (www.forestandbird.org.nz)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Among the list of organisations that have been invited to apply are organisations associated with projects that would destroy a pristine mountaintop and rip up the seafloor.

It includes organisations that have lost cases in the Environment, High and Supreme Courts, with proposals roundly rejected through prolonged court action.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago (7 children)

I have a lot of respect for Forest and Bird, but using highly emotional language like "destroy a pristine mountaintop and rip up the seafloor" and describing this as a "war on nature" make it much more difficult to take them seriously.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

On the contrary, their language is accurate and describes exactly what is happening.

The fact that you don't think so I feel says more about your political leanings that it does about F&B.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Surely you can appreciate calling this a "war on nature" is a bit ridiculous.

Nobody is setting out to destroy nature, it's just less of a priority for them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

They know exactly what they are doing. They know they will destroy these places, and once they are gone we cannot get them back.

"Less of a priority" lol, they would cut down every last tree and pollute all the water if they could get away with it. This is so far beyond "different priorities" that it's not even funny.

"War on nature" is accurate.

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