@beadsland for the files:
"The proposed amendment states that “producers and utilities have the right to sell natural gas to homes and businesses.” "
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13072026/colorado-right-to-natural-gas-amendment/
Noting that the headline fails to grasp the nuance, casting it as a right of the consumer.
Almost as if the author (of the headline, at least) was grappling with the eldritch horror of entities that are persons only as a matter of legal fiction having rights... and found they had to look away.
It’s like a new civil rights movement. Who will be the natural gas companies' Rosa Parks?
as you're probably aware, they have also complained about being "discriminated" against in draft legislation:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/08/rightwing-lobby-alec-blacklist-companies-boycott-oil-industry
Sitting with this being a reaction to pre-Oct 7 BDS.
Moreover, that the goal here is to protect companies from other companies... choosing not to do business with them.
Rentier society.
