If ever we had proof that our nation's pollution laws aren't working, it's reading the list of industrial chemicals in the bodies of babies who have not yet lived outside the womb.
The prevailing ideology of the modern west - which is political economy - is in the doghouse. Having failed to notice atmospheric pollution, the economists then frightened themselves with the sort of financial crisis they said they had abolished.
Curbing pollution and global warming takes a global cooperative mindset. Development aid needs to be rethought in this context.
There are several issues why we are opposed to bauxite mining in Visakhapatnam agency region, like environmental pollution, threat to rivers, and tourism.
Countries have made impressive pledges to cut carbon pollution, but we have to ensure these promises become actions.
Think about how tangible it would be to the citizens of Washington State to finally have the Hanford nuclear site cleaned up. Think about how tangible it would be to the citizens along the Hudson River to fix that pollution. These are some of the most direct things we can do to benefit our environment.
When you see that charger in the wall, you have to now say okay that's, that's contributing to global-warming pollution, I have to pull that charger out of the wall.
I spend a year at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, researching market approaches to air pollution control.
Our planet is warming due to pollution from human activities. And a warming climate increases the likelihood of extreme weather.
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.