Green - An environmentalist community

5234 readers

12 users here now

This is the place to discuss environmentalism, preservation, direct action and anything related to it!

RULES:

1- Remember the human

2- Link posts should come from a reputable source

3- All opinions are allowed but discussion must be in good faith

Related communities:

Unofficial Chat rooms:

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

theloneforager@lemmy.ml

Chloe@lemmy.ml

111

EU criminalises environmental damage ‘comparable to ecocide’ (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by GreyShuck@feddit.uk to c/green@lemmy.ml

9 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The European Union has become the first international body to criminalise widescale environmental damage “comparable to ecocide”.

Late on Thursday, lawmakers agreed an update to the bloc’s environmental crime directive punishing the most serious cases of ecosystem destruction, including habitat loss and illegal logging, with tougher penalties.

Marie Toussaint, a French lawyer and MEP spearheading EU efforts to criminalise ecocide, said the move “marks the end of impunity for environmental criminals” and could usher in a new age of environmental litigation in Europe.

The environmental crime directive will be formally passed in the spring, and member states will then have two years to put it into national law.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Mhm, but if you do it in Brazil, we're fine, please sell us some avocados.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

That’s a good point and the EU has to stop outsourcing its own ecocide and human exploitation. Although the rest of the planet is involved in that too.