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Authorities Arrest Activists Instead of Those Responsible For CA Gas Leak (inhabitat.com)

Posted by yaelk on from the who-would-have-thought dept.

MikeChino writes: The California State Patrol has arrested two people in connection with the massive methane leak in Southern California's Aliso Canyon. Instead of busting company executives and engineers that caused the leak, the CSP arrested protesters who had draped banners on the headquarters of the California Public Utilities Commission. The banners highlighted the lax regulatory environment that enabled the spill.

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  1. Re:Yes by AmiMoJo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's time to introduce jail for corporations. In Japan corporations can be forced to shut down for a number of days. Staff sometimes get paid if they were not to blame, but otherwise the company can't do any business at all during that period.

    The longest shut down so far was over 100 days.

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