The following article by Abha Bhattarai was posted on the Washington Post website December 5, 2017:
Outdoor goods retailers Patagonia, REI and the North Face are firing back against President Trump’s executive order this week that would drastically reduce the size of two national monuments in Utah.
“The president stole your land,” reads an overlay on Patagonia’s website posted Monday afternoon. “This is the largest elimination of protected land in American history.”
The California-based retailer has long been known for its environmental activism, but this week’s political stance — and a promise by its founder to sue the Trump administration — represents a shift, experts say, in how corporations are speaking up, not just on behalf of their executives and employees, but also their customers. Continue reading “I’m not going to ‘let evil win’: Patagonia’s billionaire owner says he plans to sue Trump”