b9AcE #NoEdits on Nostr: Microsoft diverted groundwater without permit for doing so, only found out because it ...
Microsoft diverted groundwater without permit for doing so, only found out because it lead to several neighbors losing water in their wells (=drinking water, etc) at its construction of a new huge server hall in Stackbo, Gävleborg County, N Sweden,
one of three such projects in the County also leading to clearcutting in a nature preserve, locals lacking electricity, etc.
But now the "Land and Environment Court" three years later "solved" the problem of Microsoft having violated the law, by... retroactively approving an application for diverting of groundwater, whilst Microsoft paid off two of the locals that sued for damages compensation.
Microsoft's secret negotiations over the devastation projects with elected politicians were performed under the codename "Aqua" in at least one of the two impacted municipalities, keeping it all a secret from the locals until they presented a finalized decision at a joint press conference.
Like banks' "too big to fail".
one of three such projects in the County also leading to clearcutting in a nature preserve, locals lacking electricity, etc.
But now the "Land and Environment Court" three years later "solved" the problem of Microsoft having violated the law, by... retroactively approving an application for diverting of groundwater, whilst Microsoft paid off two of the locals that sued for damages compensation.
Microsoft's secret negotiations over the devastation projects with elected politicians were performed under the codename "Aqua" in at least one of the two impacted municipalities, keeping it all a secret from the locals until they presented a finalized decision at a joint press conference.
Like banks' "too big to fail".