Paying to Pollute

Free market environmental policies are fundamentally changing America's approach to pollution control.

Market-based pollution credit schemes are undermining successful environmental laws like the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act by allowing industries to pay for the right to dump contaminants into our waterways and air. The health and environment of communities surrounding these pollution sources pay the price for these free market environmental policies. All too often, these are lower-income neighborhoods and communities of color.

In short: Pollution trading regimes threaten our health and erode environmental justice. TWEET

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