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Campaign to put ecocide on par with genocide in attempt to curb environmental destruction

2014-10-12 01:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: A global campaign to make "ecocide" a crime under international law is to be launched tomorrow in an attempt to outlaw the worst kinds of environmental destruction. A grassroots movement called End Ecocide on Earth is seeking to have the wholesale destruction of ecosystems ranked alongside offences such as genocide and war crimes. The International Criminal Court (ICC) would then be able to prosecute companies over major pollution incidents, such as the oil spills that have contaminated large...

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