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Carmarthenshire MP Ann Davies wants "firmer action taken" against those who "constantly pollute the river".

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

In addition, they say, the regulations also allow for recycling technologies that pollute, such as chemical recycling, which the law as originally drafted forbids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

He said that the project wouldn’t pollute the water and that Missouri has taken measures to protect ratepayers from financing the utility upgrades needed for data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

If we want you to pollute less, we’ll tax carbon.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2026

“You must not let their shadow fall upon you,” she warned, “or it will pollute you.”

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

The prices in California are higher than in other states due to higher taxes and stricter requirements for cleaner, more expensive gas that pollutes less.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

But recycling is done with few regulations, pollutes the environment and threatens the health of those involved, both workers and experts told AFP.

From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025

"The larger it is, the more it pollutes," said the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, before the vote.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

The risk isn’t just to the workers using it; formaldehyde threatens everyone as it pollutes the air we all breathe and leaks from products long after they enter our homes.

From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2024

I leave the microwave door hanging open so the smell pollutes the kitchen.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

“Based on my knowledge and everything I saw and experienced, East Palestine has always been more polluted and contaminated than what the EPA ever stated,” Dixon said in an interview with the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Last year, the nearby River Teifi was noted as one of the UK's most polluted rivers, with 2,232 spills lasting more than 22,000 hours recorded in 2024.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

“Your bank account can’t protect you if you are breathing polluted air or rely on a dysfunctional health care system.”

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

These studies would compare clean and polluted tropical convective clouds, with particular attention to powerful updraft regions.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

It was darker now, opaque, streaked with oil and gasoline, polluted with debris, food, garbage, clothing, pieces of homes.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

In 1971, he moved to Minamata, Japan, a coastal city where methylmercury discharged by a chemical company was polluting the water and causing horrendous genetic damage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

That makes them extremely difficult to extinguish and exceptionally polluting.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Older, more polluting vehicles had to pay a daily charge to drive in central London.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

“The last thing we need is a loud, water thieving, light polluting, data center anywhere near our town,” Nelson wrote late last month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

It might have been that Mrs. Tallis did not want the polluting presence to step inside her house.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan