According to an article in the April 11 Lancaster Farming, Monsanto, the company that produces Roundup and Roundup-ready GMO soybean and corn seeds, has announced that it will be committing $4 million to stem the decline in monarch butterflies.
Monsanto, of course, is the company that is credited with degrading the monarch butterflies’ habitat.
PennEast, the pipeline company transporting fracking natural gas with eminent domain rights, is doing the same type of P.R. campaign, awarding grants to local governments and organizations impacted by the PennEast pipeline.
I don’t know whether these types of bribes really work. I know for me they don’t. I don’t feel one bit more charitable toward Monsanto or PennEast. That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t take their money. It won’t change my opinion that they are greedy, environmentally irresponsible, evil companies that are degrading our quality of life.
Since the pipeline will undoubtedly be going through why don't we get them to plant Milk weed where they clear cut there right away. Since that wooded land will now become a Butterfly sanctuary. They must also maintain as such.
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Great idea. Let's all save milkweed pods. I have lots of them in the bank in front of our house. We can seed the damn pipeline corridor.
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