Sentences with phrase «polluted cities of the world»

Air pollution levels are comparable to those encountered in the most polluted cities of the world.

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India is home to the world's 14 most polluted cities, the WHO said, based on the amount of particulate...

Of the 10 most polluted cities in the world, nine are in India.

Many of the most polluted of the world's cities are in newly industrializing parts of China.

And yet, Delhi, is one of the most polluted cities in the world.

Is it really likely that when the Romans heard Paul's words about creation being «subjected to futility» in 8:20 they «could well have thought about how imperial ambitions, military conflicts, and economic exploitation had led to the erosion of the natural environment throughout the Mediterranean world, leaving ruined cities, depleted fields, deforested mountains, and polluted streams as evidence of this universal human vanity»?

Pan: 17 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in China and they recognize that this is a problem and certainly the people recognize it.

His home was among the most industrial and polluted communities in the nation, routinely blasted by burning gases and thick smoke from the refinery, and next to chemical plants, a commercial port frequented by huge diesel ships and a slew of shuttered factories left over from the city's World War II shipbuilding days.

Within a decade, China may overtake the United States as the leading producer of greenhouse gases, and 7 of the world's 10 most air - polluted cities are Chinese.

China is also home to 5 of the 10 most polluted cities on the planet, according to China's own State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA)-- including the major coal - mining city of Linfen, the most polluted city in the world.

BEIJING — For many of the expats here in one of the world's most polluted cities, a morning ritual is checking the latest local air - quality readings.

Trailing after China and the United States, India is the largest polluter in the world and is home to 13 out of the top 20 most polluted cities.

Tenth - grade world history students interview Chinese immigrants and record their stories; ninth - grade physical science students design and strength - test mock airplane wings; junior English students research, write, and illustrate children's nonfiction picture books; algebra students of all grades investigate a public - transit problem and propose solutions to city officials; sophomore geometry students build scale models of museums they've designed; students across the grades in an environmental - stewardship class raise public awareness of a polluted river — all are examples of academically challenging projects that also manage to engage the minds, hands, and hearts of most high school students across a wide range of abilities and interests.

The world of Final Fantasy VII is entirely dominated by corporations who have polluted the world to such an extent that humanity has become cloistered in corporate - controlled nightmare cities where they're bottled up to rot in slums beneath metal plates.

NAIROBI, Kenya — I'm halfway through a weeklong visit to this vibrant, polluted, hopeful and divided city, running discussions on several topics at a big United Nations conference clarifying the role of science, business and, of course, governments in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals the world's nations adopted last year.

Mexico City is one of the most polluted in the world, and 21 million cars, many

Energy - gobbling buildings, air - polluting cars, sprawling suburbs, carbon - spewing power plants — cities account for more than 70 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and two - thirds of the world's energy use.

In «Delhi world's most polluted city: Study» published Jan. 29, Hindustan Times, one of India's highest circulated daily newspapers, cited the latest Environmental Performance Index (EPI) report by U.S. - based Yale and Columbia universities to substantiate claims [continue reading...]

Many of the world's cities are suffering from the concentrated use of energy services that emit air pollution, in particular from transport (but also industry, power generation etc.), while many of the poorest rural communities are particularly exposed to toxic fumes as they use polluting solid fuels to cook food and boil water.

However, the country has 13 of the 20 most - polluted cities on the planet, according to the World Health Organisation, and for that reason alone it needs to cut down on fossil fuel use.

Express News Service: US President Barack Obama could hardly have missed the irony of conducting talks on climate change in what is, according to some indices, the world's most polluted city.

The sustained burning of biomass not only releases the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane but also large quantities of carbon monoxide and particulate matter... during major fire years the air quality in Indonesia is many times worse than that in the worlds» most polluted cities.

Smoke from coal and wood burning is a major contributor to black carbon and PM2.5 air pollution in Mongolia, and has made the capital, Ulaanbaatar, one of the most polluted cities in the world.

Many Indian cities are among the world's most polluted, and vehicular pollution is one of the major causes.

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The line of boots is named Dacca in reference to Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital and one of the cities most polluted with plastic bags in the world (they ended up being banned in 2002).

The loss of precious topsoil for Chinese agriculture ends up polluting both China's cities and countries halfway around the world.»

Mexico City is one of the most polluted in the world, and 21 million cars, many of them heavy polluters, crowd Mexico's streets.