The result was a two-thirds majority against a ban on genetic modification of plants and animals and their release into the environment.

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For example, it had proved extremely difficult to persuade American businesses to cut down on the use of harmful chemicals and their release into the environment.

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And the air quality around the plant ought to improve, too, Ford says, because the roof will trap dust, absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the environment.

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And for the first time, plants using the worst chemicals--substances such as mercury, labeled persistent bioaccumulative toxins--would be able to use the short form, so long as they use less than 500 pounds of that chemical and release none into the environment.

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In like manner, I believe that reactors should be designed such that an earthquake of any magnitude could not destroy the reactor or its containment shell, further that if the reactor core was to start to melt down, the melt down itself would shut the reactor down and, at the very worst, the reactor would entomb itself with no potential release of radiation into the environment.

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Fuel cells which produce electricity from the combination of hydrogen and oxygen, would supplement other energy sources and release only water vapour into the environment.

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Even during the process we should never release any radioactive material into the surrounding environment.

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