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Not true. The non profit might add a screen to catch pollution before it hits the waterway.


Sure they might do that, just as a for profit company might.

The decision by either would face the same trade off - an increase in costs that their customers/patrons may not care about or be willing to pay for.

The answer for both is the same - price externalities so that the decision to pollute less is economic rather than moral.




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