Sentence examples for polluting practices from inspiring English sources

"I'd say the corporations that generate the most ire are ones that not only pollute... but that proactively engage in untruthful behavior to further their polluting practices," said Leonard.

But from that vantage point, broom in hand, Mr. Danback spent years documenting the company's polluting practices, information that eventually helped persuade the federal government to levy a then-unheard of fine of $200,000 against the company.

The report says that a number of textile manufacturers that allegedly supply material for the production of clothes for large brands and retailers including Marks & Spencer, Disney, Polo Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger have been found to be carrying out polluting practices.

To ask too many questions, such as "why is the weather so woolly these days?" could ultimately lead to them being obliged, ethically or legally, to change their polluting practices.

Guidelines for the plans mandate strategies to formalize the industry and eliminate its most polluting practices, and to protect children and pregnant women from mercury exposure.

"While national action plans will foster reduced use of mercury in [gold mining], the treaty fails to include a provision to require an eventual end to this polluting practice," says Richard Gutierrez, the director of Ban Toxics!, an NGO based in the Philippines.

With respect to farmers, the emphasis has been on use of incentives to encourage voluntary adoption of less-polluting practices.

A State may create incentives for reducing emissions by offering direct subsidies, grants or low-interest loans to encourage the purchase of lower-emitting capital equipment, or a switch to less polluting operating practices.

Such proposals, even when enacted, do little to incentivize companies to change polluting business practices while providing a veneer of progressive action.

– George Peridas, Natural Resources Defense Council Critics of CCS also worry that easing short-term concerns about the continued use of coal and petcoke implies approval of polluting industrial practices.

Entrenched social and economic inequities in access to water and sanitation, as well as polluting environmental management practices has caused widespread problems for urban populations.