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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

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

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2026

Signs of that shift are already visible, as fake images of real incidents further pollute the information landscape.

From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026

In our ignorance, we continue to push and pull, to pollute the atmosphere and brighten the land, oblivious of the fact that the long-term consequences are largely unknown.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The gunk washes into storm drains and pollutes creeks, rivers and beaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

The rubbish gets into the watercourses that criss-cross the capital and, from there, finds its way into the Congo River where it harms wildlife and pollutes the water.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

Uncollected and improperly disposed waste pollutes waterways and clogs drain systems.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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

“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

But he said if waterways become polluted, "you're going to get the situation you're in now".

From BBC ● 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

Detroit and Chicago posted air quality index readings in the "hazardous" range, with tracker IQAir saying they were the top polluted cities in the world.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

They didn’t piece themselves together so much as seep into one another—like ink dropped into a glass of water, the dark mass stretching and slithering until it finally polluted everything that had once been clean.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

While less polluting than coal, gas plants are still significant sources of planet-warming emissions, and their operations, particularly upstream, also leak methane, the main component of natural gas and itself a powerful greenhouse gas.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Some locals say the renewed jockeying for clients is the latest distraction from the fight over the toxins they believe are polluting their home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

Europe's rapid warming is partly the result of the melting of bright snow and ice, and a drop in the number of tiny polluting particles in the air.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

He wants to get the Fed out of narrating its outlook, so as to avoid polluting market signals about that same outlook.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Scipio's father waved his hand at them impatiently as if the three children were nothing but annoying birds polluting his house.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke