Volunteer Under Investigation for Cleaning Polluted River Without a License, Faces Two Years in Prison

8 hours ago by Viking_Hippie to c/aboringdystopia

Environmental attorney Paul Powlesland is under investigation by the UK's environmental regulator for cleaning a polluted river.

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crandlecan 61 points 8 hours ago

Make it make sense 😢🤮

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Semi_Hemi_Demigod 55 points 7 hours ago

People without training and coordination with a larger system can cause problems, especially if he encourages other untrained people to do it.

It sucks but there’s billions of us so it’s gonna suck. At least that’s what my local councilman (and dad) said when I complained I needed to ask permission to change my deck.

Two years in prison is stupid though. Make him work with the groups who have approved plans.

And I hate that this is the answer I’m giving but honestly it’s the only thing keeping me from renting a bulldozer and making my neighborhood walkable.

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Catoblepas 76 points 7 hours ago

I feel like this is only justifiable if the officials aren’t given time to act. It would be one thing if he fired off an email and ran out and did this the next day, but according to the article he spent years contacting officials before doing it himself. If they want to live by perfect world rules where stuff like this is overseen and coordinated with experts then they need to do it in a timely manner. It’s unreasonable to expect people to live in an area full of garbage for years and just do nothing about it.

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Semi_Hemi_Demigod 30 points 7 hours ago

I like this argument because there’s a right to petition the government, and to a timely trial.

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