Smother my neighbour

摘要

"On some days even if we shut down the entire state, we would be in violation of some health standards because of pollution coming over from other states." Thus the late Senator Frank Lauten-berg griped about foul air blowing into New Jersey. For years, upwind states could dump part of the cost of pollution onto their neighbours, while reaping all the benefits of the factories that caused it. Though banned by the Clean Air Act, such smother-my-neighbour policies persist.