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I don't have any special insight here but, in other cases, environmental reviews and environmental lawsuits are tools used to stifle new developments. > a reje
by bhelkey 4y ago
I don't have any special insight here but, in other cases, environmental reviews and environmental lawsuits are tools used to stifle new developments.
> a rejected San Francisco apartment complex...required a more than 1,110-page environmental assessment [1]
It is not socially acceptable to charge a million dollar permit for constructing a toilet. It is socially acceptable to make the process so onerous that it costs more than a million dollars to complete. Think of the environment.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-04-20/the-landmark-environmental-law-inside-a-nimby-firestorm https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-04-20/the-landm...