Safipok@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentrewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1590arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1586arrow-down1external-link‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentrewww.theguardian.comSafipok@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square74fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down3·20 hours agoFine them $1 Billion per tree, AND they have to pay to replace every single tree at its market value for it’s age. Once that’s all done, then they can request permission to build a new data center, which will be declined. Fuck Google.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoI used to work in a municipality that had a fee of $2000/caliper inch for illegally removed trees and placed a conservation easement over the critical root zone, preventing the developers from being able to just cut down the tree and pay the fee.
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·14 hours agoIs this the actual plan or are you just making suggestions?
Fine them $1 Billion per tree, AND they have to pay to replace every single tree at its market value for it’s age.
Once that’s all done, then they can request permission to build a new data center, which will be declined. Fuck Google.
I used to work in a municipality that had a fee of $2000/caliper inch for illegally removed trees and placed a conservation easement over the critical root zone, preventing the developers from being able to just cut down the tree and pay the fee.
Is this the actual plan or are you just making suggestions?