But other contributing factors to their include coastal development, egg poaching, ocean pollution and global warming.
They also hope an initiative to address pollution and global warming will stop enviromentally-conscious voters from backing Green Party nominee Ralph Nader.
"In fact, when you burn coal, you emit more acid rain pollution, more air pollution, more smog and more global warming pollution which threatens the entire planet, " said Becker, global warming program director for the Sierra Club.
Rising pollution, global warming and shrinking fossil fuel reserves have focused world wide attention on how engines generate electrical and mechanical power.
Mr. BECKER: This is a cynical effort by auto companies to evade the law that would reduce our oil dependence and global warming pollution.
The world is facing many challenges such as global warming, diseases and pollution.
Everyone concerned with indoor air pollution, health, natural resources in the developing world and global warming has a stake in these questions.
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Environmental crises surround us: global warming, hazardous waste, resource depletion, air pollution and many more.
Previously, global warming was just part of an undistinguished green lineup with pollution and endangered species.
Not because of Copenhagen, not because of global warming, so much as concerns about energy security and pollution.
Pollution from them causes chronic and acute respiratory ailments and premature death, and it contributes to global warming.
That is because cars produce local air pollution, which damages human health and the environment, and also produce greenhouse gases, which contribute to global warming.
Indoor air pollution (IAP) is an excellent example: A massive global problem and the second-largest driver of global warming, IAP causes over 3.5 million needless deaths each year, mainly in the developing world, and has a disproportionate impact on women and children.
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