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Public has no right to swim in sea, claims firm that dumped sewage at bathing spot (inews.co.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by RobotToaster@mander.xyz to c/nottheonion@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/9814842

I've just realised that this was already in /c/environment. Oops, sorry!

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[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, how dare the public stop us from profitting by destroying our environment?

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Didn't the UK pioneer these laws in other counties? I mean if a country passes a law to protect its people, then the country has to pay the (usually foreign) company losses for the next 20 years due to the law change?

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 16 points 7 months ago

Tories empowering firms to dump toxic sludge is something that will take decades to recover from. Fuck Johnson and fuck Sunak.

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Make it fun, it's like bobbing for apples

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago

TIL you can string together tampons to form a float