Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agoNew Housebuilding in the UK Held Back by Pollution from Factory Farmsveganfta.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down14
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkNew Housebuilding in the UK Held Back by Pollution from Factory Farmsveganfta.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoYeah. Factory farming is causing issues and the solution is to ban building homes?
minus-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoAccording to this article: housing developments add to the problem with extra wastewater and sewage from new homes as well as run-off from construction sites. Pretty much everything people do is polluting now and wipes out the fish.
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYeah, but the current polluters don’t have a vested interest in fixing their problem to allow for new housing. A mandate to require new development to meet a standard on sewage would be more productive than an outright ban.
Yeah. Factory farming is causing issues and the solution is to ban building homes?
According to this article:
Pretty much everything people do is polluting now and wipes out the fish.
Yeah, but the current polluters don’t have a vested interest in fixing their problem to allow for new housing.
A mandate to require new development to meet a standard on sewage would be more productive than an outright ban.