Proposals for a new law which could see the bosses of major polluters jailed for up to 20 years has received enough support from MSPs to be introduced at Holyrood next year.
Monica Lennon’s proposed Ecocide Prevention Bill has the backing of enough cross-party members to be brought forward and the Scottish government has indicated that it will not intervene to stop it.
This would clear the way for the bill to be formally introduced in the Scottish Parliament next year.
Scotland would be the first part of the UK to have such a law which could impose harsh penalties on executives responsible for major environmental damage.
Cool I support this. Hopefully results in meaningful action
i hope this passes and execs get harsher sentences than the just stop oil protesters.
however the people making the laws and working hand in hand with the people polluting. sometimes it’s blatant bribery. sometimes it’s a mutually beneficial agreement that comes at the expense of the environment, and the rank and file worker.
so I don’t have much hope of the laws passing, or big polluter execs getting actual jail time. but I’m happy to see them trying
