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They should have a fine and be required to fully restore the land they destroyed.

No, they shouldn't simply be fined and required to restore the land.

In addition to all of this -- they should be put in jail.

That's the only way these people will begin to get the message.

These people inevitably hide behind companies. The obvious solution is to make executives of companies that commit criminal acts themselves be held criminally liable. After all they've spent decades arguing their grossly disproportionate incomes is due to the "risk" they're taking.

But in the US especially it seems unlikely law makers will ever hold the people who pay them culpable

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