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In fact, when you burn coal, you emit more acid rain pollution, more air pollution, more smog and more global warming pollution which threatens the entire planet.

Dan Becker

Storm water is a source of pollution, because there are pollutants in our environment that the storm water picks up.

Larry Altose

Most of them are really jealous that we get to live here. They're all sick of the snow up north, and all that pollution.

Nancy Flannigan

It would be a huge reduction in global warming pollution. We're talking huge savings.

Matthew Davis

Ocean noise is an insidious form of pollution. The tremendous damage it is doing to life in the sea is becoming more evident with each passing year.

Michael Jasny

These plants all use a strong alcohol, most often methyl alcohol in the manufacturing process. The biggest hazard would be groundwater pollution.

Nathan Willingham

[Cleaner air] has been a pretty clear directive from our elected leaders and our customers. We know that our car-crazed culture contributes to [air pollution] in a big way.

Jason Alderman

The good news is that China, India and Indonesia don't much like pollution either... but they've got to deal with the politics of energy development and pricing.

William Ramsay

The most important pathological effects of pollution are extremely delayed and indirect.

Rene Dubos

Unfortunately, this may be one of the last years when the public gets a complete picture of toxic pollution.

Meghan Purvis

One of our concerns is the pollution that's accumulating in whales.

Brent Plater

Enhancing the recycling, supplemented by improving degradable packaging, should be the future direction of dealing with one-off tableware pollution.

Tang Saizhen

It basically describes everything that KBDJ has agreed to do on its land in order to keep the water and any pollution from seeping into the aquifer.

Kirstin Voinis

[There] is an increasing sense of what can be called "legal pollution."

Thomas Ehrlich

It's clear that the Department of Natural Resources will force utilities to reduce their emissions to offset the new pollution created by the ethanol mandate.

Scott Manley

This is a fundamental change in policy and it fundamentally violated the Clean Air Act. Anything less than (IGCC) is going to lead to higher levels of air pollution.

Anne Hedges

We are also setting high targets to eliminate pollution concerns and engines' impact on the environment.

Antoine Herteman

Not only has the U.S. failed to take meaningful steps to clean up mercury power plant emissions at home, but they have consistently blocked international discussions that could have already led to global agreements on reducing mercury pollution.

Michael Bender

We dispatched the Lyondell Air Monitoring Team and Harris County Pollution Control (HCPC) was almost immediately on the scene.

Aaron Woods

The impact of pollution on these clouds is sufficiently strong to completely shut off precipitation from them.

Daniel Rosenfeld

The issues involved in controlling dangerous mercury pollution are complex. False and misleading information can have no place in the debate.

Kathleen Mcginty

We see that pollution is a problem from the cradle to the grave.

Michael Jerrett

Diesel exhaust is very dirty, and it's a huge contributor to air pollution in many communities. This will make significant changes in the air quality in a lot of our urban areas.

Janice Nolen

Like a shadow that does not permit us to jump over it, but moves with us to maintain its proper distance, pollution is nature's answer to culture. When we have learned to recycle pollution into potent information, we will have passed over completely into the new cultural ecology.

William Irwin Thompson

Saving Sailors a lot of money, helping with traffic mitigation and cutting down on environmental pollution are the biggest benefits of the program.

Tom Wall

The report doesn't give a realistic picture of the state of air pollution in the country. It is mainly about fomenting fear, because fear is what keeps the donations flowing.

Joel Schwartz

It's premature for the state of California to be effectively providing a gift of public funds for the implementation of pollution control measures when we don't even know what those measures should be.

Mark Murray

But really what we're looking at is the source of the pollution and that is coal-fired power plants.

Shannon Harps

We should be doing much more to try to reduce this dangerous pollution.

Frank O'donnell

This is the first time that we have measured the pollution and measured the effects.

Luke Clancy

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

Theodore H. White

What makes this deal so bad for Iowans is that these facilities should control their pollution now. This just gives them a free pass, if it goes forward.

Brent Newell

The long-term lessened use of energy, which will cause less pollution in the production of that energy, is an ecological reason for using Eco-Blocks.

Debbie Hamilton

When people decide to drive their cars, they pay the private cost, but they are not made to pay the cost of the pollution they're causing.

Mark Mcleod

The lack of pollution is the main factor. I was surprised that the difference between New Zealand and the U.S. was so high.

Richard Mckenzie

Put your right hand out, give a firm handshakeTalk to me about that one big breakSpread your ear pollution both far and wide.

Billy Squier

Most of the pollution in the water already is dead animal and plant matter and building debris, ... good stagnant nursery for mosquitoes.

James Wright

There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all.

Robert Orben

The judge has remanded the permit back to the TCEQ and asked them to provide further documentation that backs up their decision when they granted the water pollution abatement permit to KBDJ.

Kirstin Voinis

Whales are humanity's canary in the coal mine, ... As ocean pollution levels increase, marine mammals like whales will be among the first to go.

Roger Payne

With the new technology in lighting, there's pretty minimal overflow or light pollution.

John D'argenio

Today's settlement again demonstrates this administration's commitment to secure major pollution reductions and to achieve the benefits envisioned by the Clean Air Act.

Granta Y. Nakayama

We actually started as far back as May 2003 by going to Athens and measuring the pollution levels at various venues. Armed with that information, we were able to educate our coaches and athletes as to how good or how bad the air pollution will be in those environments.

Randy Wilber

As we look forward, and try to get a pulse on the economy, there's going to be a significant amount of data pollution that's going to make it very difficult for us.

Jason Evans

If we don't spend a little money now, we're going to spend a lot of money later (on pollution-related costs), which would be completely unnecessary.

Andy Buchsbaum

It will allow consumers to spend money on other things, which helps the economy. It will reduce pollution and create a cleaner environment, which are all a good indication of why Gov. Blagojevich believes this will benefit everyone, not just people who buy fuel efficient cars.

Andrew Ross

Our study is specific to the elderly, but there is epidemiological evidence that air pollution also affects the health of the younger population.

Francesca Dominici

We'll get a better sense of the state of the sea bottom, state of the ship, besides doing the pollution issues.

David Hahn

Idling is very inefficient and creates a lot of pollution. If they have a hybrid with a lot of electrical power, they could operate the air conditioner or heater without all the emissions and without wasting gasoline.

Robert Schumacher

The plume underground, the pollution, is moving northeast.

John Hayes

Fortunately, reducing light pollution is easy. Plus, it's good for national parks and good for America generally.

Dave Simon

It's the typical transportation concerns: greater congestion, greater delays and air pollution. Some solutions are going on now, but they are not enough.

David Montanye

An International Joint Commission report recommended the federal government become more involved with cross-border air-pollution initiatives.

Bob Mills

The bad publicity about the pollution here has affected the destination. But Mexicans as well as foreigners are very conscientious about their health and won't stand for dirty water.

Avila Diaz

That basically allows companies that are already emitting levels that are above a health-based standard to go on without having to install pollution-control technologies.

Al Brown

This poll underscores the fact that Americans want not only energy independence but also to find ways to break the linkage between energy use and environmental harm, from local air pollution to global warming.

Gus Speth

There is no pollution. I am very confident about what the evidence shows. We will be exonerated.

Richard Ness

Today's victory means that thousands of Americans will not have their lives cut short because of the pollution that would have blown through this huge loophole.

Janice Nolen

The classic pollution problems of the past are largely gone. Now, we are talking land-use issues. It's a trickier nut to crack.

Charles Boucher

This is the downside of the lack of pollution in New Zealand.

Richard Mckenzie

Most of our pollution control in America will come through good old-fashioned Wall Street financing.

James Connaughton

The project is classic sprawl. They are going to create so much pollution and devastation in the North Livermore Valley that no environmental group is supporting it.

Mike Daley

We see low- to moderate-income communities that are distressed from exposure to environmental hazards such as pollution, waste and toxic building practices.

Bob Taylor

One of great threats facing marine mammals in the ocean is acoustic pollution - noise pollution - which is impeding the whales' ability to find food and communicate with each other.

Brent Plater

You'll have increased traffic, lots of light, increased pollution, and all of it 24 hours a day. All of that has to be looked at as a potential environmental consequence.

Richard Lippes

We are pleased to finally reach an agreement on major remedies to deal with major water pollution problems.

Laurence Lau

It doesn't matter if vehicles all use good quality fuel and have great engine technology, if they run at less than 40 kilometers per hour, they will still create pollution.

Budi Haryanto

There wasn't enough pollution for a wholesale cleanup.

Brian Swanson

Many Brazilian landfills, such as Bandeirantes, double up as power plants. So instead of causing further pollution by burning coal or oil, they run on a fuel source that is plentiful in Sao Paolo — garbage.

Michael Stern

We're very, very concerned right now here at the EPA when you are getting this level of heat in the summer months -- we're driving our cars, we're running our power plants -- more pollution builds up.

Carol Browner

In ways we've looked at pollution in the past, coal has cleaned up. But the bigger problem we face now is carbon dioxide, which clean coal plants still emit.

Dave Hamilton

I am concerned about the air we breathe and the water we drink. If overfishing continues, if pollution continues, many of these species will disappear off the face of the earth.

Bernie Marcus

The administration has insisted it's not their job to fight global warming. In fact they have both the legal and moral responsibility to tackle global warming pollution.

David Bookbinder

If we decide to keep on the track we're on now and just keep on warming, because of greenhouse gas pollution, then we could easily cook those ice sheets more rapidly.

Jonathan Overpeck

Particulate matter pollution kills people. We're a long way from cleaning up this problem.

Brent Newell

I think the commissioners could deny a [new] subdivision, if it put them in violation of the air-pollution control limit.

Joe Russell

The pollution (that) resulted from human activity may have created a haze which absorbs and deflects the sun's rays.

Yun Qian

Racism, pollution and the rest of it are themselves very close to extinction.

R. Buckminster Fuller

The pollution is ventilated out by wind almost every day, but then it gets re-polluted each day.

Sasha Madronich

These federal environmental laws were designed to help keep peace among the states, to give them a way to address upstream pollution problems coming from their neighbors. In Louisiana, pollution comes as far away as Wyoming and Minnesota.

Howard Fox

We do have a huge problem with air pollution in Ohio and part of the reason is the power plants ... which are old, dirty and burn coal.

Janice Nolen

We each, in our very small ways multiplied by the millions of us are contributing to the overall pollution of our waters.

Larry Altose

To see the plume of pollution that affected so many nations without being able to do a thing about it was a big wake-up call. But the question now is: what is more important ? the risk around nuclear or the risk around global warming?

Keith Turner

We've seen companies reduce their pollution because of this.

Nancy Alderman

We're not looking so much at pollution inside the city, because that's already fairly well known. We're looking at the outflow. For the first time we'll have an idea of how much pollution is affecting areas outside the city, and be able to understand its full importance.

Sasha Madronich

Ultimately, what we should aim for is to circulate zero-pollution energy through solar panels.

Takeo Fukui

It's not like it's been in its heyday, because of the pollution and all that, but I think it's on its upbeat. I hope so.

Roger Morris

It makes sense for Chinese companies to tie up with global companies to form an alliance in environmentally-friendly technology, given that the Chinese auto market will continue to grow and the government is getting concerned about pollution issues.

Koji Endo

This bill fulfills several valid objectives like encouraging economic development, generating tax revenue for the state, and curtailing air pollution, but it's really about giving consumers a choice.

John Kuhfuss

Not air pollution, nor blackouts, nor soaring energy costs were enough to elevate the Million Solar Roofs bill above the politics of the day.

Bernadette Del Chiaro

We use energy every day on campus, with a lot of pollution and a lot of environmental costs with the use. Implementing energy efficiency measures is not only good for the environment but also in turn would be economical.

Katelyn Keefe

Conservation and efficiency are the fastest, cleanest, cheapest way to meet our energy needs. You don't have to build new power plants or pump pollution into the air. We can do it right now. Right away.

Craig Noble

We're not looking so much at pollution inside the city because that's already fairly well known. We're looking at the outflow. For the first time we'll have an idea of how much pollution is outside the city and be able to understand its full life cycle.

Sasha Madronich

Our members believe that a vote for Gore is the best way to protect our families from pollution and safeguard our nation's landscapes for future generations to enjoy.

Robert Cox

We still have concerns that this legislation could lead to hot spots of mercury pollution in the state.

Mike Town

If we, as Idahoans, allow that plant to come into the Magic Valley, we have got more pollution coming out of our mouths than those smokestacks will ever create. Dollars will buy it and dollars will kill us.

Don Jesser

States like New Jersey have already made a commitment to reduce mercury pollution by 90 percent. The technology is out there. We just need to move in that direction.

Chris Carney

The environment really doesn't care about hourly releases. What matters is the total increase, how much (pollution) you're bringing into an . . . area.

Eric Schaeffer

If Australia and the USA fail to commit to short-term and absolute pollution reductions through the use of currently available clean energy, a critical opportunity to address climate change will have been lost and the partnership will have failed.

Erwin Jackson

It should be the responsibility of every polluter to make amends and pay compensation for the pollution they cause.

Edwin Lau

The worst environmental pollution in the country is coming, highlighted by frequent occurrence of major pollution incidents.

Zhou Shengxian

The most urgent task is to check water pollution to ensure the safety of drinking water, and we must win that battle.

Zhou Shengxian

In the future 15 years, the population of China will reach 1.46 billion and the GDP will double, the pollution load will increase by four to five times.

Zhang Lijun

China's environmental problems will be four or five times as bad 15 years from now if it continues in current energy consumption and pollution trends.

Zhang Jianyu