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On Friday, the Trump administration filed a motion in the US District Court in Baltimore requesting that the court revoke government approval for the Maryland Offshore Wind Project. The government is arguing that the prior
Title is a bit too hyperbolic, didn’t read the article.
For context: I think offshore wind and small-scale wind on ‘gray areas’ are great, with appropriate measures in place to safeguard animals, insects and people.
Words matter. Please, let’s not diffuse the meaning of murder by implying that inanimate objects or abstract concepts can be killed.
When someone goes to court accused of planning to murder me, I don’t want them to be able to handwave it away by saying ‘I didn’t mean murder in that way, I meant murder as in cancelling them’.
Title is a bit too hyperbolic, didn’t read the article.
For context: I think offshore wind and small-scale wind on ‘gray areas’ are great, with appropriate measures in place to safeguard animals, insects and people.
Words matter. Please, let’s not diffuse the meaning of murder by implying that inanimate objects or abstract concepts can be killed.
When someone goes to court accused of planning to murder me, I don’t want them to be able to handwave it away by saying ‘I didn’t mean murder in that way, I meant murder as in cancelling them’.
Apologies for the rant, I’ll get on with my day