That the air pollution produced by creating a number of things costs more than the value of what is produced to make the pollution.
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Human ingenuity allows some people to make use of pollution.
Granted, these are not budget line items that are easily swapped in for each other, but a tie-in to obesity and diabetes may just make tackling air pollution more economically viable.
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According to the American Lung Association, 41 percent of Americans live in areas where air pollution can make breathing not just more difficult but dangerous.
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So you look at where do the raw materials come from, what's the energy used to make them, how much pollution was generated, how did they get from the factory to the distribution center to the store.
Since Mr Bush took office, the number of days when Texan cities have exceeded federal ozone standards has doubled, and Houston and Dallas currently face federal deadlines to make sharp cuts in air pollution or risk losing federal money for their roads.
These companies, and some unions that see the rules as a potential economic catalyst, say that the industry has had years to prepare for tougher regulation and that the rules will generate jobs for workers who make, install or operate pollution control equipment.
As mayor, players will deal with unforeseen issues like fires, crime and pollution, and will make crucial decisions that will help them discover how their cities take shape.
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Make a commitment to reduce carbon pollution.
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"Particulate pollution reflect incoming sunlight and make clouds brighter, " said research team-member Dr Paul Halloran from the UK Met Office Hadley Centre.
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It seems that the slim (and volatile) profit margins of this cutthroat business make it tempting for players to keep pollution controls to the lowest levels they can get away with.
One small firm, Sensaris, which makes wireless sensors to detect air pollution, has decided to make a filing under the international Patent Cooperation Treaty, which is a way of putting down a marker without the expense of a full patent application.
But the Bush administration announced yesterday new rules for the program that make it easier for plants to avoid installing pollution controls.
Specifically, I feel morally authorized to spend an entire year blasting the Red Hot Chili Peppers at maximum volume out of really cheap car-stereo speakers, the ones equipped with chintzy mega-bass, to make up for the 20 years of noise pollution I've had to endure.
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On discovering it was an expensive Italian brand, they are said to have stripped him to the waist and tried to make him wear shirt which bore an anti-pollution slogan.
And we're going to have to make a decision as a society, well, how much pollution exactly are you willing to tolerate for those jobs?
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Some of the largest plans make little financial sense and encourage cheating, not to mention excess pollution.
The right response to that, though, would be to curb pollution and try to alter the pattern of growth to make it less resource-intensive, rather than to control population directly.
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The national park applied to the International Dark Sky Association to earn the status, a process that involved having its light pollution levels strictly monitored, and shielding outdoor lighting to make it more dark-sky friendly.
Despite these real concerns over unsustainable abstraction rates and pollution, groundwater resources, if carefully managed, can make a major contribution to meeting the demand for water in the future and to adapting to climate change.
Ferretti argued emissions trading allows companies such as these to make money on "hidden assets, " such as efforts to reduce pollution.
After hearing all the evidence, the council's scrutiny panel will make recommendations about any improvements which could be introduced to manage any future sewage pollution more effectively.
"To make this happen the key thing is oversight, " said Zhou Rong, air pollution specialist at Greenpeace in Beijing.
Only when I developed empathy for my local employees, thanks to numerous stomach conditions, nasty bed bug bites, and asthma from indoor air pollution (from cook-stove smoke), did I begin to make some progress at work.
Third, the industry needs to continue to make good faith efforts to reduce adverse impacts across the board, in terms of water pollution, health and safety, noise, erosion, road damage and so on.
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Maxis had gone down the multiplayer road to make the simulation more realistic by letting cities in the same virtual landscapes share elements such as pollution, crime and resources such as coal, she said.
The EU Climate Commissioner, Connie Hedegaard, said climate policies would cut local pollution, reduce dependency on fossil fuel imports, improve resource efficiency, save money on energy and even make people fitter if they left their cars at home and cycled to work.
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