Energy, the environment & climate change.

[bluejon]

It's a dangerous game to play as the fines for a breach of environmental law are potentially unlimited.

TSP Legal Penalties for Breaching Environmental Legislation - TSP Legal

Aye, and apparently the companies disappear as quickly as they appear. He reckons it's a future public scandal in the making, but before the story breaks, there's shitloads of britain getting poisoned. This is all anecdotal of course, he's just my mate, but he's been with the company for 20 years and he's not one to go making up stories like this. It was frightening listening to what he had to say.

 

[inbetween]

It's a dangerous game to play as the fines for a breach of environmental law are potentially unlimited (usually to cover court costs and cleanup cost, which can be in the order of £Millons).

TSP Legal Penalties for Breaching Environmental Legislation - TSP Legal

What are the chances of punishment happening though? The Environment Agency (who enforce the law) budget has been cut by over 50% over the last decade.

UK’s Environmental Enforcement Gap – Agencies failing to act - Unchecked UK - Ocean and Coastal Futures

In both of her recent letters to the Times Emma Howard Boyd about the cut to the funding of the Environment Agency by over 50% since 2010. This theme is being picked up by various people. The Times has lead on how this has lead to a reduction in inspections by Food Inspectors and a […]

www.cmscoms.com

Leaked documents reveal Environment Agency ‘overwhelmed’ by staffing cuts and surge in pollution incidents

The Environment Agency is planning to implement a controversial overhaul to its pollution response operations amidst staffing cuts, Unearthed can reveal.

unearthed.greenpeace.org

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

What are the chances of punishment happening though? The Environment Agency (who enforce the law) budget has been cut by over 50% over the last decade.

UK’s Environmental Enforcement Gap – Agencies failing to act - Unchecked UK - Ocean and Coastal Futures

In both of her recent letters to the Times Emma Howard Boyd about the cut to the funding of the Environment Agency by over 50% since 2010. This theme is being picked up by various people. The Times has lead on how this has lead to a reduction in inspections by Food Inspectors and a […]

www.cmscoms.com

Leaked documents reveal Environment Agency ‘overwhelmed’ by staffing cuts and surge in pollution incidents

The Environment Agency is planning to implement a controversial overhaul to its pollution response operations amidst staffing cuts, Unearthed can reveal.

unearthed.greenpeace.org

They tend to go for the big fish where they have a high probability of winning their case. Some companies have been prosecuted many years after the original offence.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Aye, and apparently the companies disappear as quickly as they appear. He reckons it's a future public scandal in the making, but before the story breaks, there's shitloads of britain getting poisoned. This is all anecdotal of course, he's just my mate, but he's been with the company for 20 years and he's not one to go making up stories like this. It was frightening listening to what he had to say.

I've done an IEMA accredited Environmental law and policy course (a few years ago now). Some of the stuff discussed on the course was exactly this. We had a guest speaker who was a prominent Environmental lawyer (Kate Kellehr) who gave us the down and dirty on some of the cases she'd worked on. It really was staggering what people think they can get away with on an industrial scale.

 

[bluejon]

I've done an IEMA accredited Environmental law and policy course (a few years ago now). Some of the stuff discussed on the course was exactly this. We had a guest speaker who was a prominent Environmental lawyer (Kate Kellehr) who gave us the down and dirty on some of the cases she'd worked on. It really was staggering what people think they can get away with on an industrial scale.

what's frightening is having a gov who are allowing these bastards to get away with it but, with captain cuntpants in charge, that ain't going to change

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

what's frightening is having a gov who are allowing these bastards to get away with it but, with captain cuntpants in charge, that ain't going to change

I don't think there has been a decent investment in the EA over the last few governments.

 

[abu13]

The more and more I read about the subject the clearer it becomes that we are well and truly fucked, maybe not our generation but I fear for what my children and grandchildren are going to face.
We really are the masters of our own demise.

 

[shemnel]

I think it might be worth promoting this to the Politics sub-forum.

Net zero and climate change are about to be politicised into the stratosphere

 

[shemnel]

Tories fighting net zero plans are dragging climate into new culture war, experts say

More than half of members of Net Zero Scrutiny Group were also in group that promoted Brexit vote, as fears grow for UK’s green agenda

www.theguardian.com

Looks like Farage may lead for a push to put net zero up for referendum. The angle is to put climate and net zero firmly into the culture wars arena, further stretching and fracturing the UK public.

 

[shemnel]

Campaigners react to Farage’s anti net zero campaign

Right-wing commentator’s latest plans getting short shrift as fossil fuel markets reel after Ukraine invasion

www.independent.co.uk

Nigel Farage’s hard-right faction won Brexit. Now net zero is in its sights | John Harris

A small group of rightwing MPs are using questions about living costs to undermine climate action, says Guardian columnist John Harris

www.theguardian.com

The switch to secure, green energy must bring voters in from the cold

The invasion of Ukraine has exposed the west’s craven dependence on tyrannical regimes to power our economies

www.ft.com