Gerry McGovern on Nostr: We hate NIMBYs don't we. Not in my backyard, they say. But who are these NIMBYs? ...

We hate NIMBYs don't we. Not in my backyard, they say. But who are these NIMBYs? Mainly poor and Indigenous people whose backyards have for centuries been devastated by mining and dumping.

And now the tech people come along and say how they think how beautiful the wind turbines look, as those NIMBY Sami complain that it affects their reindeer and the Nature.

Those NIMBYs in Argentina whining about lithium mining. What rights have they to stop the Green Transition?

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/26/lithium-mining-in-argentina-jobs-vs-environment/