'curtail pollution' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to express the idea of reducing or limiting negative environmental effects caused by pollutants. For example: "We must take action to curtail pollution in our cities in order to protect the health of our citizens."
The city also plans to ban smoking in public places and curtail pollution during the event.
At the beginning of 1995, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth and a couple of other smog-choked urban centers in Texas had a fledgling emissions testing program in place that was designed to curtail pollution from cars and trucks.
Ma Jun, director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs in Beijing, said many of the government's efforts to curtail pollution had been offset by the number of construction projects that spit dust into the air and the surge in private car ownership.
Gov. John G. Rowland plans to sign an executive order Wednesday intended to sharply cut emissions from Connecticut's six antiquated coal- and oil-burning power plants and dozens of other plants within three years, joining New York and Massachusetts in moving to curtail pollution that causes acid rain and smog.
B5 Order to Curtail Pollution Gov. John G. Rowland plans to sign an executive order today that is intended to sharply cut emissions from Connecticut's six antiquated coal- and oil-burning power plants and dozens of other plants within three years, joining New York and Massachusetts in moving to curb pollution that causes acid rain and smog.
An informed public can press both public officials and private firms to curtail pollution and to reduce environmental disparities.
Besides bringing beauty, she said, plants also absorb storm runoff and curtail bay pollution.
Frances Beinecke, president of US-based environmental group the Natural Resources Defence Council, said: "These landmark commitments to curtail carbon pollution are a necessary, critical step forward in the global fight against climate change.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Bucking global efforts to curtail carbon pollution, Australia's conservative government yesterday abolished a national carbon tax that it had long opposed.
A global summit on climate change is scheduled for December in Peru, and Nichols said California and Mexico may jointly introduce a proposal there to curtail air pollution.
Efforts to curtail the polluting aspects of China's growth have fallen short (see "Pollution and Prosperty").
