Scotland could become one of the first countries to establish a specific crime for mass environmental destruction as championed by late Scots barrister Polly Higgins.
Those are more more often accidental versus the types of just bad practice things like forrest destruction or such.
I dispute this. Of the disasters I’ve learned of, hardly any are true accidents. Cutting corners on design, material, labor, safety - all promoted by the profit motive and prevalent in modern disasters. Environmental disasters are no different.
I dispute this. Of the disasters I’ve learned of, hardly any are true accidents. Cutting corners on design, material, labor, safety - all promoted by the profit motive and prevalent in modern disasters. Environmental disasters are no different.