pollution

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"This measure is a way to make vacationers aware of the pollution they are generating on the beaches," the mayor of Lima's Chorrillos district, Richard Cortez, told reporters.

From Barron's

The endangerment finding is the U.S. government’s 2009 affirmation that planet-heating pollution poses a threat to human health and the environment.

From Los Angeles Times

Prior to the 2011 ruling, various court cases were brought by several US states against alleged corporate polluters seeking compensation for that pollution.

From BBC

The noisy blasts that pepper towns across China in the weeks surrounding the Lunar New Year holiday were stymied after provinces began imposing strict bans on fireworks in the 2010s over safety and pollution concerns.

From Barron's

As worries about plastic pollution intensify, tools that reveal how microplastics behave inside living systems may play a key role in improving risk assessments and guiding future environmental regulations.

From Science Daily