Posted on 02/09/2007 7:07:03 AM PST by presidio9
The European Commission has sought to step up punishment of environmental crimes, with plans for criminal penalties, including jail sentences, across the European Union.
Currently, member states define what is a crime against the environment, but the European Union's executive arm considers that sanctions vary too much and that many are too lax.
"The proposed directive is crucial to avoid criminals profiting from the existing discrepancies in member states' criminal law systems which damage the European environment," said EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini on Friday.
"We cannot allow safe-havens of environmental crime inside the EU," he added.
Under the proposals, the member states would be required to make activities such as the illegal shipment of waste and unlawful trade in endangered species or in ozone-depleting substances criminal offences.
People who commit such offences would face maximum jail sentences of at least five years and fines of at least 750,000 euros (975,000 dollars) when found that they were done intentionally or with serious negligence.
The commission's new proposals will be subject to a vote by qualified majority from the member states and approval from the European Parliament.
The fight against environmental crimes took on new urgency after toxic waste from the Panamanian-registered Probo Koala cargo freighter which had sailed from Europe was dumped in Abidjan last August, killing 10 people.
"The recent hazardous waste disaster in the Ivory Coast shows how environmental crimes can have devastating effects on people and the environment," EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said.
"It also underlines once again how urgent it is to improve the way environmental legislation is enforced in order to avoid such incidents," he added.
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This is a pre-cursor to International Law to attack the U.S. Kyoto non-signing, and to further the Global Warming agenda, too.
So do we.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:\+42USC7603
Environmental Emergency Powers:
Excerpt:
the Administrator, upon receipt of evidence that a pollution source or combination of sources (including moving sources) is presenting an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health or welfare, or the environment, may bring suit on behalf of the United States in the appropriate United States district court to immediately restrain any person causing or contributing to the alleged pollution to stop the emission of air pollutants causing or contributing to such pollution or to take such other action as may be necessary.
/excerpt
This is a pre-cursor to International Law to attack the U.S. Kyoto non-signing, and to further the Global Warming agenda, too.
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The EU is useless to America. A bunch of power-centric socialists that really are incapable of producing anything for their people, just want to harass on the of the few countries that can -- the USA.
Socialism sucks and so do these liberal fools that think Chicken Little represents the second coming....
The lefties see a opening here.
Send in the clowns, I mean the lawyers...
Whats the punishment for burning cars?
Or would that be profiling...
Department of Pre-crime ?
NUREMBERG-STYLE TRIALS PROPOSED FOR GLOBAL WARMING SKEPTICS
http://epw.senate.gov/fact.cfm?party=rep&id=264568
Unlawful trade in ozone-depleting substances?
There is a market for this?
The animal stuff I can understand, who wouldn't want kudu horn powder, but ozone-depleters?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1775002/posts
Trading Hot Air?
Gee....pretty accurate description of the Majority Party in Congress now, too!
Gee....pretty accurate description of the Majority Party in Congress now, too!
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Yes, a socialist by any other name....
I suppose this means that all Freepers who speak out against the Kyoto Manifesto will be labeled as International Environmental Criminals and persecuted accordingly.
I wonder if the current justice system and the current state of our prisons could handle that many instances of thoughtcrime?
Especially in the EU, where I have read that people who commit assault or home invasion are given zero to very light sentences and then let go?
How many LEO would be needed to actually enforce such laws? How many court rooms? How many judges?
This is bluster and intimidation. Personally, I intend to continue ignoring these threats.
A planned setup by the left?? Wuldn't be the first time.
Progressive.....you gotta speak P-C....they call it "Progressive" now (don't wanna admit they're Socialists/Communists, ya know)....
:)
(don't wanna admit they're Socialists/Communists, ya know)....
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Generally, you are right, but one exception stands out. Slobbering Chuckie Schumer who open is "proud to be a socialist"....he makes no bones about it.
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