Recently, someone told me that, thanks to capitalism, the environment has been getting cleaner and healthier.

“That pollution level is expected to get significantly worse. First Street projected changes in air pollution, based on models that predict extreme heat and wildfires. The group estimated that by 2054, more than 125 million Americans each year will be exposed to at least one day of ‘red’ air quality, the level that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency describes as unhealthy. That’s a 50 percent jump over this year.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/climate/wildfire-smoke-health.html