And developing basic low-cost pollution technology for coal-fired power generation in the third world would probably get more bang for the pollution buck than just about anything else.
But it will also create new jobs, building and installing all sorts of pollution control technology.
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Consequently, pollution control technology manufactures cannot provide guarantees that companies installing their equipment will be in compliance.
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Ms. VICKIE PATTON (Environmental Defense): EPA has, in a number of instances, taken a step back from its proposal and instead will allow some of these high-polluting, older coal plants to continue to discharge smog-forming and haze-forming pollution at a level that doesn't really reflect what today's modern pollution control technology can, in fact, achieve.
When we put in place new common-sense rules to reduce air pollution, we create new jobs building and installing all sorts of pollution-control technology.
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So companies in rich nations meet their obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, while money flows to poor countries, which can then buy pollution-control technology at the lowest possible cost.
You could get close to a 15 percent reduction in global warming pollution just from this technology.
If we can develop the technology to capture the carbon pollution released by coal, it can create jobs and provide energy well into the future.
And by the way, we can -- by doing this, we can also reduce the problem of carbon pollution and we can still invest in clean coal technology.
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We have the technology to clean up the unhealthiest sources of air pollution, and my research reiterated for me that we can't afford to wait too long to clear the air.
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The idea is to experiment with projects that pay farmers to reduce nutrient pollution, using money that would otherwise have been spent on expensive technology for use by institutions such as municipal water authorities.
Today, our countries agreed to a joint initiative that will help China reduce air pollution and increase clean energy production, including through the use of American technology.
Automakers are working furiously on fuel-cell technology, in the hope that it will free us from our dependence on fossil fuels and reduce pollution.
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