The positives (profit) are privatised, whilst the negatives (pollution) are socialised (and sometimes/often socialised to a country out of sight and out of mind

The positives (profit) are privatised, whilst the negatives (pollution) are socialised (and sometimes/often socialised to a country out of sight and out of mind of the country in which the profits are privatised). Something... Anything that counteracts this unfortunately universal situation has needed enacting for, as you say, 30-40 years at least. And yet I can't see there being any movement towards this for the foreseeable future.