the transphobic state of utah is heading towards an environmental disaster, the great salt lake is evaporating and unless water is diverted from farming and lawns the lake will completely evaporate and toxic dust will be blown up from the lake bed and will result in a sharp rise in cancers, miscarriages, and deaths in the surrounding area. The surrounding area however is extremely fucking reactionary and just voted to deprive minors of gender affirming care.

Its possible that if left undisturbed the mormons might fix the problem, they might implement water rationing methods that save the lake and help alleviate climate change in the southwestern us. However if they let the lake dry, a lot of mormons will die, the church loses relevancy, they will be blamed for this disaster.

Is environmental destruction worth it if it means that the left wing gets in power? That is the moral predicament here.

Now say a small group of leftists astroturfed a pro-farmers water rights campaign in Utah. Would it be ethical to critically support a right wing group with the intention of hurting an even worse right wing group?

What I'm saying is, would it be in the best interests of the left to sabotage any efforts at saving the great salt lake?