It's not as though folks like me have nothing better to do with our time than to fabricate elaborate conspiracy theories about government control of the private sector. They sure aren't going to help humanity or the earth by pinching off our vital infrastructures. After researching such issues for decades now, my fair conclusion is that radical greens are trying to phase out chlorine chemistry as a key building block to our modern civilization. Factions that exist in the deep ecology movement are convinced that industrial civilization must be collapsed, and very soon, or the earth doesn't have another 20 years to survive. They will use any means necessary to achieve it, from knocking on doors to suing the government to rattling the media's cage with sensational-sounding scenarios.
Nothing is sacred.
OK, fair enough. They're convinced of a doctrine and are fighting for what they believe in. Stop panicking over PVC and its environmentally-benign chlorinated cousins. Well, without chemicals, your publication wouldn't even exist, let alone the PCs we use to read it online. This, in part, is because we've enjoyed and encouraged the public debate on the value and merits of art and expression.