This is a function of the Red states not taking action: "For years, the West’s biggest cities exported their emissions, building distant coal generators to fue

This is a function of the Red states not taking action: "For years, the West’s biggest cities exported their emissions, building distant coal generators to fuel their explosive growth. Los Angeles looked to Delta, Utah. Phoenix turned to the Navajo Nation. Albuquerque turned to the Four Corners region." Also why California disposes of their lead and mercury in Arizona, Arizona's laws allow it and its much cheaper. Just good old capitalism at work. Lookup sacrifice zones if you want an eye opener. "We know about this moral scandal in part thanks to research and reporting by ProPublica. Last week, the investigative news outlet published a detailed map of US sacrifice zones. Many are in the Texas and Louisiana petrochemical corridor sometimes called Cancer Alley. But others are in communities as far-flung as Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/16/what-are-sacrifice-zones-and-why-do-some-americans-live-in-them#:~:text=Last%20week%2C%20the%20investigative%20news,%2C%20Illinois%2C%20Kentucky%20and%20Tennessee https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/16/what-a.... Here's a map: https://projects.propublica.org/toxmap/ https://projects.propublica.org/toxmap/