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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: 0.211s | 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. tjpnz ◴[10 Apr 25 13:54 UTC] No.43643800[source]▶
There are people who would answer yes to both of those questions and then proceed to spout all manner of bullshit about it being harmless.