Earth911 Inspiration: Paying for the Costs of Dealing With Pollution

Today’s Earth911 inspiration is from economist Ha-Joon Chang: “People ‘over-produce’ pollution because they are not paying for the costs of dealing with it.” If we were charged fees to clean up the mess every time we polluted, would we pollute less?

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This poster was originally published on September 18, 2020.