A gentle reminder that these are the same publishers who also advocate that harvested tree pulp industry does not impact the environment. As evil as they come. ;-)
~~If anything, they're a net positive for the environment, since they're sequestering carbon into books.~~
EDIT: I'll acquiesce that they may not be a net positive, since there are carbon costs associated with the entire process. But, using purpose-grown trees is hard to consider as a net negative.
And, if we're talking about the entire process, e-books are not carbon-zero products either.
2. They use our roads for giant logging trucks that degrade the roads and endanger other drivers.
3. They use our air and our water for paper processing which emits TONS of deadly chemicals.
These publishers have blood on their hands. Force them to publish online only. Close the tree farms, close the paper mill. Convert the tree farms into public parks. Save Mother Earth!
These wood pulp tree farms are producing luxury consumption items for the middle and upper class. Working class people don't read physical newspapers
Sounds like something worth fixing. Expanding libraries is one way to do so.
Back in the day, the Communist Party of Italy had legions of volunteers engaged in teaching people how to read, distributing the party's newspaper. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Literacy_Campaign
Also, contrary to what many people are told, pulp farming in the US is super harmful to the environment. The damage isn’t local to each manufacturer either. You might want to look-up into wikipedia for credible info on this.