Sentences with phrase «pollution around the costs»

Nitrate pollution around the costs of Japan and Korea could change the makeup of local marine life, both for plants and animals, according to scientists in both the U.S. and Korea.

Not exact matches

And the costs of dealing with pollution around the world rise.

To begin to mitigate the pollution causing climate change, cities around the world need to be made more efficient, adopting measures ranging from reducing the energy costs of sanitation to constructing buildings that waste less energy.

It's a common scenario in cities nationwide: Due to high housing costs and historical discrimination, low - income and minority neighborhoods are clustered around industrial sites, truck routes, ports and other air pollution hotspots.

But it comes with significant environmental and social costs (scoured landscapes, carbon dioxide, around 4,000 deaths a year in Chinese mines, tens of thousands of premature deaths from respiratory ailments linked to sooty pollution).

After rapping through some of the energy issues we're facing — the high cost of current oil production methods, the ridiculous talking points around the Keystone XL, and pollution from coal power plants (highlighting China)-- the rapping crew takes a very brief look at Elon Musk's electric vehicle and solar solutions (but with the main focus being that he is on Mars dressed like Iron Man), then gives a satirical presentation of Richard Branson's asteroid mining plans.

«Air pollution from international shipping accounts for around 50,000 premature deaths per year in Europe alone, at an annual cost to society of more than $ 58bn [$ 65bn],» says the group on its website.

While electric - car owners may cruise around feeling virtuous, the reality is that the electric car cuts almost no CO2, costs taxpayers a fortune, and, surprisingly, generates more air pollution than traditional gasoline cars.

If they had never been imposed, the cost of nuclear could now be around 10 % of what it is, 66 % of electricity generation globally could be from nuclear and 9.5 million fatalities from genuine pollution could have been avoided.

The program is starting modestly; my flight to see my parents will cost around $ 2 extra, not the $ 20 or more that would make up for my pollution.

The Shanghai Daily, via ChinaDaily, reports that the deputy chief of the State Environmental Protection Agency, Zhu Guangyao, estimates that environmental damage and pollution are costing the government roughly 10 % of China's gross domestic product each year (around US$ 200 billion right now) and that the country's worsening environmental picture «allows for no optimism».

However, no small amount of acrimony has developed around the process, as Jerusalem's light rail system has bogged down into enormous delays and cost overruns, and Tel Aviv's mythical subway project proceeds at a snail's pace while traffic and air pollution increase exponentially.

Electric costs are also considered a positive step to protect the environment and to control high rates of pollution around the world.