17th April 2008, 11:29 AM
Having said that, fines for environmental damage are still pretty puny: compare the fines for uncompetitive practices in business:
-Severn Trent were fined 35.8 million pounds for misreporting and poor customer service: (http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search?sear...grid%22&N=)
-National Grid were fined 41.6 million for uncompetitive practices
-Transco fined 15 million for Health and Safety breaches
-Thames water fined a mere 13,500 quid for dumping 120 million litres of untreated sewage into the Forth:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edin...258988.stm
Seems that environment and heritage are most definitely at the bottom of the pile in terms of government priorities. Plus ca change...
-Severn Trent were fined 35.8 million pounds for misreporting and poor customer service: (http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search?sear...grid%22&N=)
-National Grid were fined 41.6 million for uncompetitive practices
-Transco fined 15 million for Health and Safety breaches
-Thames water fined a mere 13,500 quid for dumping 120 million litres of untreated sewage into the Forth:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edin...258988.stm
Seems that environment and heritage are most definitely at the bottom of the pile in terms of government priorities. Plus ca change...