"We want to take the lessons learned from electronics and semiconductor industries (about pollution) and get ahead of some of these problems, " said John Smirnow, vice president for trade and competitiveness at the nearly 500-member Solar Energy Industries Association.
Yet 82 percent of teens and 76 percent of boomers think government leaders should do more to control pollution from the oil and chemical industries, even if that increases the price of gas and oil.
Americans for Prosperity has held at least eighty events targeting cap-and-trade legislation, which is aimed at making industries pay for the air pollution that they create.
This move will be welcomed by business as it is pointless forcing industries to migrate to countries with lower pollution standards.
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Russia, Belarus and Ukraine then further delayed the endgame of the conference with an argument over so-called "hot air" - the pollution permits they were given to allow their heavy industries to thrive.
In addition, most industries in the region continue to generate water pollution, as enforcement of relevant regulations lags behind.
Industries will have to "pay the bill" for pollution through a mandatory liability insurance pilot scheme launched in 11 provinces and regions, People's Daily adds.
Other countries, too, have problems such as creaking education systems, ageing populations, ill health, pollution, poverty, bad bureaucrats, regional tensions, uncompetitive heavy industries, cash-hungry public services and terrorism.
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If we could go one step further and reduce air pollution in affected communities by cutting emissions from cars, trucks and dirty industries, the impact would be even greater.
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"It's a green project and we are encouraging other entities and industries to look at ways and means of bringing down the levels of pollution, " says Lusaka-born Chikamba, 43.
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Moreover, the government is getting serious about pollution and is shutting down or pressuring high-polluting and high-water-usage industries.
The letter, organized by Beyond Zero Emissions, comes as a response to the failure of the much-compromised Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), which was pilloried as a giveaway to fossil fuel industries and ineffective for driving clean energy deployment.
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