UCP Announces Bold New Environmental Policy: Can’t Destroy Nature If There’s No Nature Left
Alberta’s UCP government has once again demonstrated its commitment to protecting Alberta’s natural resources from the greatest threat they face: remaining public resources instead of becoming private profits.
Environmental protesters have questioned whether industrial-scale logging is appropriate wildfire mitigation, apparently unaware that trees are significantly less profitable when left standing.The province insists its approach balances environmental protection with economic growth, provided the environment understands which one actually matters.
Protesters are demanding forest management that protects watersheds for future generations, a concept officials dismissed as dangerously close to governing beyond the next election. Government representatives emphasized that Alberta’s forests belong to everyone, particularly whichever corporation has already purchased the right to remove them.
“Future generations can have the water,” one official clarified. “We’re keeping the money.”
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