Trains, walking, bikes, solar or nuclear plants are all good for both.

Smart policies like land value tax are good for both.

Tons and tons of things are good for both.

In general economy is more important because people, but people also live in the environment. But not building a mine because of tailings is a bit silly as it just mean a mine somewhere else is built that handles tailings even worse. These things can be done reasonably.

And if you actually price in the environment destruction in the supply chain cost, we could do a lot of things.

> ...if you actually price in the...

Ding ding! We need to internalise the externalities. Put a value for pollution right into the retail price tag. Capture it as tax, and reduce other tax correspondingly.

In counties with a sales tax, this move could be approximately neutral to a basket of goods. More realistically, it will generate outrage. Fuck 'em. There's already outrage against megacorps. Take the economic hit in the short term, rebalance shopping habits, profit.