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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a polluter" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an individual, organization, or entity that causes pollution or environmental harm.
Example: "The factory was identified as a polluter, contributing significantly to the local air quality issues."
Alternatives: "an environmental offender" or "a contaminator".
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It allows for a huge increase in "offsets"—where a polluter pays someone else to stop polluting instead of curbing his own emissions.
Let's compare this "Right to Pollute" attitude with that of a polluter who now wants to do right by the world.
Environmentalists said it was a polluter.
They called me a vaishia, a slut, a polluter of their good name.
You show me a polluter, and I will show you a subsidy.
But who counts as a polluter and what counts as a public bad?
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A sap, a mark, a fool, a noise polluter and an overeager helper, yes.
A statement by the committee said that the legislation followed a "polluter-pays model where the financial industry has to pay for its mistakes — not taxpayers".
Instead we got a polluters' charter.
"This text is a polluters' plan, and unless people start listening to the people, history will remember it as a failure for the people and the planet".
In preparation for (inevitable) future spills, the company "is committed to a polluter-pay, world-class, land-based, and marine-spill response regime".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
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