Many readers pointed to a study by a Cornell scientist — reported in The Times the same day my column appeared — claiming that methane gas emissions posed a bigger threat to the environment than dirty coal.
Adding additional "investment" will only bloat the national debt, reduce the value of the dollar, inflate the currency to a collapsible stage and create an environment where dirty coal will be at a premium as people struggle to survive the bitter cold.
"I felt bad giving birth at the health center without enough safe water because the environment was dirty," Alikado said.
"The environment is dirty, it's dusty, and access to clean water is limited.
A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water and air, second-hand smoke and a lack or adequate hygiene, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
"For every product we sell that goes into a dirty environment, we sell five that go into a clean environment, such as a food factory or medical facility," she explains.
A dirty environment (mazingira machafu), related to general in-and outdoor dirtiness, was by far the most prominently reported perceived cause overall, but particularly notable in the peri-urban site (Table 4).
But let's not blame cows for a dirty environment.
The shop floor workers are on their feet all day, doing hard physical labor, in a noisy and dirty environment.
He said that after he placed the order, he toured a plant that Ms. Wang had worked with in China and found outdated equipment and a "pretty dirty environment" with poor lighting.
