Letter: Hyperbole undermines credibility of important environmental organizations
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune)This May 8, 2017, file photo shows an aerial view of Arch Canyon within Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. The window opened Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, for oil, gas, uranium and coal companies to make requests or stake claims to lands that were cut from two sprawling Utah national monuments by President Trump in December but there doesn't appear to be a rush to seize the opportunity.
Headline, San Juan County Record (March 27): “Two months after ‘rush,’ still few mineral filings.”
The tally, according to the report? Three filings, two of which were publicity stunts.
Hyperbole generated by dozens of “environmental” nonprofits and recreation-oriented corporations parroted by hundreds of mainstream news outlets, their liberal, politically oriented counterparts and aggregators will shred the credibility of similar organizations trying in good faith to save the planet and cultures threatened with extinction.
Who can you believe?
Bill Keshlear, Salt Lake City
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