It is, and it can be done right.
Not good. The PacNW is dealing with a crisis of salmon in the rivers practically going extinct because of dams. Indian tribes which rely on salmon fishing are hurting, bad. Salmon don’t have those “ladders” (yeah, that’s what they’re called) to be able to go upstream past the dams, so they don’t spawn, and their populations wither away.
Here’s the fun part. One powerco that owns a bunch of dams was okay with letting the licenses lapse on, and demolishing, something like 5 antiquated dams. An enviro-group wanted this, too, and was going to oversee the work. A court stepped in and said “Not so fast. Just in case there are cost overruns or unexpected snags, we want you, Power Company, to be responsible for all those costs.”.
Hell, if I were the Power Co, I’d opt to keep the dams going and keep making money from them.
Imagine you wanted to sell an old beater of a car and focus on a newer cleaner one instead. You’re willing to not even make money off the deal (trade-in, scrap value, etc.) but are willing to just walk away and wash your hands of it, even at a loss. But now some busybody steps in and says nuh-uh, you can get rid of it, but if we have problems dismantling it or anything, we want you to pay the bill at the full 120bux/hr shop-rate.
I’d say screw you, I’ll be keeping it and driving it, and let it belch smoke and drop oil and other nasties all it wants.
Just make them criminally liable if anything goes wrong. That’s the problem with corporations (artificial persons). If they act negligently, you have one Hell of a time trying to throw a corporation in jail.