Pollution shopping: the act of buying products good for the environment on a local scale that shift the pollution burden of their production onto others far away.
Example: driving an electric car with batteries made out of metals mined in parts of the world without environmental laws
Example: using solar panels made out of materials mined in Africa and shipped across an ocean
Example: using wind turbines with rare earth elements mined in the US and sent to China for processing and shipped back to the US for construction
All of the above examples might eventually pay off their carbon balance based upon their relative Energy Payback Time (EPBT). But the non-carbon pollution created in the mining of metals used in these products will continue to pollute local environments in far off places. Local environments that are out of sight and easily forgotten.