Another is that only government bureaucracies can manage wilderness areas in ways that maintain their long term value. Finally, they seem to think that private property owners do not have an interest in maintaining the long-term value of their land. As we shall see, all of these assumptions are incorrect. Let us first consider pollution. To see how the traditional Anglo-American legal system could protect us from pollution, we must first consider what pollution is.
Pollution is when someone releases something harmful into the environment.
For example, consider what would happen if your neighbor dumped trash on your front lawn. Clearly you would be entitled to some sort of legal remedy for this. You could rightfully sue, and there are two types of remedies you could receive. One would be an injunction to stop your neighbor from dumping trash, and the other would be restitutional payments for the damage already done. The medium by which pollution harms you may be different, but there is no reason why this damage should be treated any differently.