It’s another day ending in ‘y,’ so California’s overlords are back to micromanaging your existence — now your trash is racist. A report from Industrious Labs, conducted for the California Air Resources Board, claims 70% of the state’s landfills that emit the most greenhouse gases lurk in minority-majority communities (where whites make up less than 50% of the population). Your fault, you garbage-tossing bigot. Their grand plan? Slash landfill methane emissions 52% by 2050, which means shuttering landfills and leaving you to rot in your own waste.

And so the racism lecture from our ruling class continues. You’ll remember during the summer of love and peaceful protests in 2020, not only were people pressured to post a black square on Instagram, bend the knee at a rally, and “say their names,” now they’re supposed to feel racial guilt for throwing their trash away. Similarly, “peaceful” protests have recently erupted in California again, and rather than restoring law and order, California despots are coming for your trash.

Take Kettleman Hills landfill, one of only two hazardous waste landfills in the state and the largest in the western U.S. It is a primary target for enviro-whackos who claim its toxic waste poisons locals and the planet — never mind its 50-year track record of safe operation, renewed permits, and community trust. Since the 1970s, it’s handled waste while keeping public health intact. But why let facts ruin a good narrative? Radical groups keep it under fire with lawsuits and complaints, despite exceeding state and federal environmental standards and being under frequent inspections from multiple........

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