The polluter-pays principle assigns the costs of preventing, controlling and remedying pollution to the party responsible for it. Environmental compensation follows this allocation of responsibility. Equity concerns fairness across generations, precaution addresses uncertain threats, and subsidiarity concerns decision level. Therefore **D**.
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