re: #149 hebrewtoyou

i doubt they would be protected by the whistle blower law in the uk after indiscrinimatory release of emails and the ilegal methods of obtaining the information.

While the environment is mentioned as a qualifying disclosure… it is there for employees of Pharma and Industrial firms accused of polluting or under reporting of environmental data about their own companies impacts.

Qualifying Disclosures

Certain kinds of disclosures qualify for protection (“qualifying disclosures”). Qualifying disclosures are disclosures of information which the worker reasonably believes tend to show one or more of the following matters is either happening now, took place in the past, or is likely to happen in the future :

* a criminal offence;
* the breach of a legal obligation;
* a miscarriage of justice;
* a danger to the health or safety of any individual;
* damage to the environment; or
* deliberate covering up of information tending to show any of the above five matters.