72% of people want damaging the environment to be considered a serious crime, a survey of 22,000 people in 18 countries found. For example, this could mean that corporate executives could go to prison for approving actions that harm the planet. In Belgium, “ecocide” is already a federal crime. “People everywhere are very worried about the state of our planet and they’re feeling the pain already,” Jane Madgwick of the Global Commons Alliance said. (Study Finds)
Phone Topic: Do you think we need stronger laws protecting the environment?