Sentence examples for to be less polluting from inspiring English sources

Back in the late-70's ethanol produced from corn was promoted as the perfect answer to the energy crisis: it was renewable, it was domestic, and it was supposed to be less polluting.

Despite the bioenergy policy involves more energy from renewable technologies which are expected to be less polluting, results show that due to rebound effects, bioenergy policy results in more environmental impacts.

The market has been growing swiftly for small car-based sport utilities, which tend to be less polluting and more fuel efficient than bigger models and less dangerous to other motorists during crashes.

Altering the fuel to be less polluting, preventing outflow during shipping and harbourage, and improving monitoring to reduce emissions need not be costly and will be invaluable in the fight against marine and air pollution as well as climate change.

We controlled for air pollution as a potential confounder, because greener places tend to be less polluted due to the reduced amount of land available to pollution-generating processes (e.g., traffic, domestic heating, and industry).

Places with more vegetation are generally thought to be less polluted, and the presence of vegetation, itself, can help keep air cleaner.

Our air may be less polluted, but we seem unable to do our part to pay for efforts to slow global warming.

Pick your spot carefully, taking leaves from parks, cemeteries and quieter roads where they will be less polluted.

It can also be reared on land-based fish farms, rather than in sea pens, which according to the company are less polluting as well as having smaller carbon footprints and lower transport costs because they can be sited nearer big cities.

Fundamental to this will be finding chemicals which are less polluting or less toxic to the environment, or improving chemical use to minimize environmental impact (e.g. in petrochemicals).

This industry is increasingly pressured to produce vehicles that consume less fuel and are less polluting.