The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacrifice zones”

Re:The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacr... by scottyah on Thursday November 11, 2021 @03:17PM (#29192610)

All that stuff is still being made and polluting, "mordor" is just further away.

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Re:The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacr... by vineyardmike on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:19PM (#29193323)

Then its not really "nearby" is it? Its another city, another nation, and not really related to that city at all?

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Re:The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacr... by Arrath on Friday November 12, 2021 @04:36PM (#29204825)

Then you're simply being pedantic, and illustrating the inherent danger of free-for-all negative externalities. If the polluting was done far enough away, it doesn't matter?

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Re:The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacr... by mazamats on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:15PM (#29193266)

Isn't that the whole point? To keep it away from urban populations?

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