The doctrine that polluters and other environmental desperadoes should be required to pay for the damage they do is beguiling, but first requires general agreement on broad philosophical principles unlikely soon to be reached.
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How can polluters be made to pay?. Nature 340, 579 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/340579a0
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