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America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era

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150 points pmags | 1 comments | 10 Apr 25 12:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.217s | source
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mathieuh ◴[10 Apr 25 13:16 UTC] No.43643464[source]▶
One argument which I find profoundly stupid is the "well it doesn't matter what we do, look at China". In reality doing things more cleanly can make a huge difference to your local environment. Do you want to live right next to a coal-fired power plant just because that's what they do in China? Do you want to walk past roads clogged with dirty, polluting cars?
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1. throw0101c ◴[10 Apr 25 13:46 UTC] No.43643725[source]▶
> One argument which I find profoundly stupid is the "well it doesn't matter what we do, look at China".

1. Implement a mechanism domestically to reduce pollution. [1][2]

2. Then implement a "carbon/pollution tariff" on any imports[3] so that foreigners are hit the same way domestics folks are (perhaps with allowances for developing companies that are too poor for advanced pollution control).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economists%27_Statement_on_Car...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.–Canada_Air_Quality_Agreem...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_Carbon_Border_Adjustment_Me...