pollution
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A few years back, he co-wrote a book called “Smogtown, the Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Pollution from U.S. power plants rose last year, a rare uptick in an otherwise long-term downward trend, partly because of more coal being burned to generate electricity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
He was senior operations manager for the the UK's Marine Pollution Control Unit and one of the first people to step on board the Sea Empress after it ran aground.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
Pollution from the traffic, factories, and construction is all severe; the benefits of all of these things are also extraordinary in a country that was ravaged by war just a few decades ago.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026
See Verses Pole-climbing, 159, 308 Pollution, 3 n.
From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden
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