pollute

Example Sentences

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But critics warn that the removal of polluting gases already emitted shouldn’t replace efforts to cut emissions in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal

People of color like him and his family worked and lived surrounded by the industries that polluted their air, and many still do.

From Los Angeles Times

Some 93% of the world’s children, she said, live in polluted air, and pollution hits home with her own kids, and the asthma that disproportionately afflicts L.A.’s kids.

From Los Angeles Times

Soaring black-market prices of cooking gas in India's capital are pushing poorer families back to wood and coal, raising health risks and worsening air quality in the highly polluted megacity.

From Barron's

Asian countries are ramping up use of polluting coal to tackle energy shortages and price spikes linked to the Iran war, but the crisis could have an environmental silver lining.

From Barron's