Proposal to declare mass destruction of
ecosystems a crime on a par with genocide launched by lawyer.
by Juliette Jowit In the Guardian UK, April 9
2010:
Of course the big polluters won’t even pretend to comply with this,
even if it does miraculously pass, because they can’t. Their system
can’t run that way. Still, it’s good to have standards. I especially
like these two points:“…Higgins is suggesting ecocide would include
damage done to any species – not just humans. This, she says, would
stop prosecutions being tied up in legal wrangling over whether
humans were harmed, as many environmental cases currently are.”
“…prosecutions would be against individuals such as directors rather
than the companies…” |
