A look at a local group's lawsuit against Micron over its $100B New York manufacturing complex, alleging a rushed permitting process and environmental review
Comments from locals border on NIMBY parody: “We're not trying to stop any progress, but we don't want this just bulldozed into our area.” This is a real quote! (4/10)
A Syracuse local news outlet's excellent reporting on the group behind the lawsuit, Neighbors for a Better Micron," found that “before the suit was filed, the group had never held a meeting or a vote. Some members didn't even know who the others were.” (6/10)
Micron spent 612 days on the environmental impact study, including a 45 day public input period. Yet hours before groundbreaking, they were hit with a lawsuit calling the process “unnecessarily rushed.” (3/10)
One member of the suit, who as a former lawyer you might expect to be smart, says that “Syracuse has the highest child poverty rate in the country. What is Micron doing about that?” Anyone can agree it's a worthy cause, but do we really think an advanced memory semiconductor