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The statement "The geography of resource consumption is also the geography of environmental pollution" means that regions with high resource consumption often experience significant environmental pollution due to extraction, production, and consumption activities.
For instance, air pollution is a result of burning fossil fuels for energy, industrial processes, and transportation, primarily in urban and industrialized areas. High-resource consumption regions tend to emit large amounts of air pollutants such as carbon dioxide ($CO_2$), nitrogen oxides $NO_x$), sulfur dioxide ($SO_2$), and particulate matter, contributing to smog, acid rain, and climate change.
