Practice question
A business claims that paying a lawful pollution charge automatically entitles it to disregard discharge limits. Is this a sound inference from Principle 16?
- Yes, payment buys unlimited pollution rights
- Yes, economic instruments repeal all standards
- Yes, but only for large employers
- Yes, because all environmental harm is purchasable
- No, cost allocation does not itself authorize prohibited pollution
Legal references
- https://www.un.org/esa/documents/ga/conf151/aconf15126-1annex1.htm — Rio Declaration (1992), Principle 16
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