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This week, New Jersey ordered the operator of one of the East Coast’s largest planned data centers to pay a $1.1 million fine for secretly installing and operating gas generators in violation of the state’s Air Pollution Control Act.

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 40 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Fines are just a cost of doing business. There needs to be criminal charges and real consequences on the people making the decisions, and shutting down those generators until they meet regulations.

[–] willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

Or the scale of the fine can be expressed as a percentage of the assets and revenues, to make the fines genuinely dreadful.

Never mind right sizing the fines. I keep operating from the assumption that we are dealing with largely reasonable people who have a bad take and are correctable.

Make guillotines great again.

No new taxea, no fines, no jails, straight to the public square guillotine with this level of malfeasance.

[–] JustKillinTime@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

In many US states if you get caught poaching game, the equipment you used is often subject to confiscation - that includes the boat, 4x4 truck, etc. If you are walking down the street with a suitcase full of cash - police can simply confiscate it with no evidence of an actual crime. If you are not going to jail anybody at least get yourself 62 generators for free. Am I overthinking this?