From CFACT

By Craig Rucker

They tried it with CLIMATE. They tried it with COVID. It’s all about CONTROL.

Now, they’re coming for PLASTIC.

Plastic is the great equalizer that made affordable goods available to all. Plastic is so ubiquitous, however, that the Left determined that if they can get a piece of it, they control everything.

Both Kevin Mooney and Melanie Collette report at CFACT.org that Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is pushing back.

In a statement, Uthmeier said, “Environmental groups are pressuring corporations to abandon free market principles and raise prices on consumers for products they don’t want.”

“Contrary to what green activists would like the public to believe,” Mooney reports, “plastics come with significant benefits as a direct result of human innovation. They keep food fresh, alleviate waste, make products lighter and therefore more affordable. They also contribute to life-saving medical devices.

“If environmental activists turned government bureaucrats were genuinely interested in environmental improvements, they would focus on more efficient waste management, enhanced recycling infrastructure, and biodegradable innovations. But none of those solutions are on the table. Instead, the radicals push a top-down policy approach that suffocates the free market.”

Mooney quotes CFACT’s own Bonner Cohen saying, “What needs to be understood about ‘sustainable development’ is that what is being peddled is itself unsustainable. Absent government mandates, industry collusion, and interminable lawsuits, the alternatives to plastics could not stand on their own two feet. The marketplace, which reflects consumer preferences, is the best place to separate the sheep from the goats. Just as the PC vanquished the electric typewriter, and internet transmissions quashed the fax machine, superior products prevail over inferior ones. But this is an arena the anti-plastics lobby does not dare to enter. They know they will lose. Florida’s attorney general sees this game for what it is and is to be applauded for taking appropriate action. May other state AGs follow his example.”

CFACT’s Melanie Collette concludes that, “The message to the environmental, social, and governance establishment is becoming clear: If your “voluntary” frameworks function as mechanisms for coordinating market behavior and suppressing competition, then state attorneys general are prepared to treat them that way.”

Public officials such as AG Uthmeier have had enough of false flag Green operations designed to accomplish nothing except the expansion of left-wing funding and control.

People cannot afford another phony Green crusade.

CFACT has been pushing back against the Left’s moves to control business through schemes such as climate, DEI, and ESG. CFACT’s Nate Myers just nailed three big energy companies during their annual shareholder meetings and demanded answers.  Here’s the full story.