I think we are headed to lose. And it's a long, one-way process that's been going on for a long time. Where I live, for example, there is a struggle, political and oligarchic, between the owners of a chemical plant and a thermal power plant. Both plants pollute the environment, but only one is publicly attacked and talked about. Absolutely nothing is done to stop the other.
And in the end, no one will be stopped, because it is a fight between the rich and powerful, in which the only victims are the common people, who are systemically poisoned, develop chronic diseases from an early age, die earlier, etc. As far as I understand in Western countries, whichever company pollutes more simply pays more, nothing more. Nobody is actually doing anything, just empty talk and eye washing.
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You've put it so aptly there's nothing more to say. It's really all about the money for these polluters. It's as though our hands are tied, but I still believe the fights mean something. We have to continue fighting and speaking up. Maybe one day, it'll be like mandating law firms to take up pro bono work. You know, like mandating these companies to clean up after themselves or there'll be consequences. I do think it's only the law, coupled with punitive measures (excluding settlement) that'd turn things around.