Comments on: Npower plans to commence destruction of Thrupp Lake http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/business/npower-plans-to-commence-destruction-of-thrupp-lake/245 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:34:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Top Enviromental News » Blog Archive » Diggers help us prevent an energy giant destroying a lake http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/business/npower-plans-to-commence-destruction-of-thrupp-lake/245/comment-page-1#comment-2056 Top Enviromental News » Blog Archive » Diggers help us prevent an energy giant destroying a lake Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:41:04 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=245#comment-2056 [...] read more | digg story [...] [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Diggers help us prevent an energy giant destroying a lake « Environment News http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/business/npower-plans-to-commence-destruction-of-thrupp-lake/245/comment-page-1#comment-1602 Diggers help us prevent an energy giant destroying a lake « Environment News Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:30:36 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=245#comment-1602 [...] read more | digg story [...] [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: RamsesAbasiri http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/business/npower-plans-to-commence-destruction-of-thrupp-lake/245/comment-page-1#comment-373 RamsesAbasiri Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:25:01 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=245#comment-373 It seems to me like the problem is the City Council, not the company. I don't really think corporations can credibly be held up to any moral standards today when the framework under which they operate - the laws promulgated by our society - actually encourages this form of behavior. You see this time and time again; the problem isn't with the actions of individuals, entities, or organizations. The problem is with the legal and social environment which permits and enables this form of behavior. -- <a href="http://www.SanCairoDiCopenhagen.com/tbpmd.html" rel="nofollow">The Banjo Players Must Die</a> It seems to me like the problem is the City Council, not the company.

I don’t really think corporations can credibly be held up to any moral standards today when the framework under which they operate – the laws promulgated by our society – actually encourages this form of behavior.

You see this time and time again; the problem isn’t with the actions of individuals, entities, or organizations. The problem is with the legal and social environment which permits and enables this form of behavior.

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The Banjo Players Must Die

]]> By: Lake dumping: first BP, now npower | Greenbang.com http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/business/npower-plans-to-commence-destruction-of-thrupp-lake/245/comment-page-1#comment-369 Lake dumping: first BP, now npower | Greenbang.com Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:02:31 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=245#comment-369 [...] EnvironmentalGraffiti has the details: ? The court case closed on the 22nd June, and now activists are waiting for the planning inspector’s findings to be sent to Oxfordshire County Council, whose Planning & Regulation Committee will then make a final decision on the application. The decision is expected in September or October. If the site is granted Town Green status, the Campaign to Protect Rural England Oxfordshire believes all work must be cancelled: “a landowner must maintain a Town Green in a suitable condition for communities to access and enjoy.Filling Thrupp Lake with fly ash is not compatible with that obligation.” [...] [...] EnvironmentalGraffiti has the details: ? The court case closed on the 22nd June, and now activists are waiting for the planning inspector’s findings to be sent to Oxfordshire County Council, whose Planning & Regulation Committee will then make a final decision on the application. The decision is expected in September or October. If the site is granted Town Green status, the Campaign to Protect Rural England Oxfordshire believes all work must be cancelled: “a landowner must maintain a Town Green in a suitable condition for communities to access and enjoy.Filling Thrupp Lake with fly ash is not compatible with that obligation.” [...]

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