the new DOJ branch (Page 1/1)
jdv SEP 14, 03:47 PM
What do you think they do with this new power?
https://www.justice.gov/opa...tal-justice-strategy

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fredtoast SEP 14, 04:05 PM
I am guessing that they will punish violators of environmental laws and regulations.

I did not know that the use of supplemental environmental projects had ever been suspended, but restoring these would be a huge benefit. Basically theses projects are more about making the offender repair the problem they created instead of just paying monetary fines.

If any of you saw the damage caused by strip mining in Appalachia you would know what I was talking about. Or the spill from TVA's coal ash pond in Roane County.

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82-T/A [At Work] SEP 14, 04:54 PM

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Originally posted by fredtoast:

I am guessing that they will punish violators of environmental laws and regulations.

I did not know that the use of supplemental environmental projects had ever been suspended, but restoring these would be a huge benefit. Basically theses projects are more about making the offender repair the problem they created instead of just paying monetary fines.

If any of you saw the damage caused by strip mining in Appalachia you would know what I was talking about. Or the spill from TVA's coal ash pond in Roane County.





After 2024, Republicans can use this office against all of the eco-terrorists that burn down forests for the sole purpose of claiming it was global warming.
fredtoast SEP 14, 05:14 PM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
After 2024, Republicans can use this office against all of the eco-terrorists that burn down forests for the sole purpose of claiming it was global warming.


If they existed then I hope they do. That would be an excellent use for this branch.


But do you have any specific examples of this happening?
williegoat SEP 14, 05:17 PM

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Originally posted by fredtoast:

But do you have any specific examples of this happening?
fredtoast SEP 14, 05:22 PM

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So, no?
rinselberg SEP 14, 05:44 PM

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Originally posted by fredtoast:
So, no?


Not too long ago, 82-T/A posted a handful of news reports about recent wildfires where there was a known arsonist. I think he posted about five such news reports and three of them were about the same wildfire and arsonist. I went through the reports.

Not one of them described a motive for the arsonist of wanting to cause a wildfire because of the perceived connection of hot weather, dry conditions and climate change. So nothing in these particular news reports that evidenced "eco-terrorism."

That was after "Einstein" chimed in with the idea that many of the current and recent wildfires were the work of climate change-minded "leftwing" eco-terrorists.

If there were such a case, maybe Fani Willis could prosecute it under an ECO charge.

As a footnote here, Jeffrey Clark, who is one of the 19 codefendants in the Fani Willis election conspiracies case (a RICO; not an ECO) in Georgia has been described in all the media reports as having been an "environmental lawyer" in the U.S. Department of Justice when he (allegedly) got drawn into the election scheming in a criminal way.

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Patrick SEP 14, 06:23 PM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:

After 2024, Republicans can use this office against all of the eco-terrorists that burn down forests for the sole purpose of claiming it was global warming.



There have always been nut-cases and/or criminals of all political stripes who set fires... whether it be to forests or businesses or homes. I would hope that whomever is in power in whatever country prosecutes these b*st*rds to the full extent of the law.