There are few things that should be more frightening than a Democrat politician arrogant enough to believe they can "save the planet," and yet here we are. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is among lefties who would like everybody to believe that the weather can be better if only enough taxpayer money is shoveled into Democrat sham projects. As usual, these come with a date in the future to meet these "goals":
What can we do for the planet in one year? Since this time last year, Michigan has:
— Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) May 17, 2024
⚡️ Set a 100% clean energy standard by 2040
🍃 Launched the MI Healthy Climate Corps
👷♀️ Created thousands of good-paying, clean energy jobs
💵 Made huge investments in protecting our climate pic.twitter.com/WNNaUt3pFu
Whitmer wants 100 percent clean energy in Michigan by 2040, no matter how many trees have to die in the process. Try and wrap your head around this headline:
Never was about the environment, was it? pic.twitter.com/dXE89NQYqm
— mike ruger (@RugerBncurtis) January 3, 2025
The government must kill the trees in order to save them!
You know things have shifted in the political dynamic when you’ve got Democrats trying to justify replacing trees with solar sprawl.
— Heather Dow (@PatriotPostGirl) January 3, 2025
As usual, the Democrats are planning to save everybody to death in order to stave off climate change:
A 420-acre swath of state forestland will be cleared for a solar farm near Gaylord under a lease agreement with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, confirmed a top state official.
Officials with the DNR recently assessed 1,200 acres of public trust land in Otsego County near a major power transmission line to decide whether it was suitable for solar arrays. Agency leaders ultimately decided to lease 35% of that land to accompany other adjacent solar projects already in the works.
This comes as the DNR faces dwindling revenues from hunting and fishing licenses, and Michigan falls behind building enough renewable energy fast enough to risk not meeting a key state climate goal – 100% clean energy by 2040.
This is equal parts insane and maddening.
Correct. Remember when we had to switch from paper bags to plastic so we could save the trees? Now they want to kill these trees??
— NancyKjoy (@dansherry127) January 3, 2025
"We need to lower the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere... quick, cut down the things that absorb CO2 and replace them with solar panels" is peak Democrat (as is putting a huge swath of solar panels in an area where they'll be covered with snow a good portion of the year).
I'm not liking the non-fiction remake of "Idiocracy" we've been seeing these last few years.
It would be interesting to know the companies who financially benefit from this, and how much stock @GovWhitmer has in said companies. Or her husband or other associates. https://t.co/pNM5rFKzyJ
— bobh (@bobber112367) January 3, 2025
"Follow the money" is always great advice when looking into these things. I have a hunch as to where it will lead.
