Frankly, there should be jail time for this level of environmental vandalism. Especially since the defendants haven’t shown even the slightest bit of remorse:
A judgment published on Friday said the prosecutor had noted there was “no evidence of insight, contrition, or remorse from the defendants and the defendants concede that there is no evidence of remorse.”
If the consequences for crimes are a fine, it’s only a crime for the poor/workers. For a corpo it’s just an overhead, and the cost of doing business (which is by design of the shadow plutocracy that owns our “democracy”).
The consequences for wilful ecological destruction should absolutely be both jail time for all decision makers, and crippling fines.
Frankly, there should be jail time for this level of environmental vandalism. Especially since the defendants haven’t shown even the slightest bit of remorse:
Yep, if you have enough money to build a private airport, a million dollar fine is probably just the cost of doing business.
Ronald Greentree and co have been fined repeatedly in the past for illegally clearing habitat, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/04/australias-biggest-wheat-farmer-faces-more-charges-of-illegal-land-clearing
If the consequences for crimes are a fine, it’s only a crime for the poor/workers. For a corpo it’s just an overhead, and the cost of doing business (which is by design of the shadow plutocracy that owns our “democracy”).
The consequences for wilful ecological destruction should absolutely be both jail time for all decision makers, and crippling fines.
Fuck it would be a shame if some ELF found out his home address or something.