Sentence examples for weaken pollution from inspiring English sources

Just days before the latest Enron revelations, the administration signaled its intention to weaken pollution rules on power plants; late last week it announced its decision to proceed with a controversial plan to store radioactive waste in Nevada.

Just days before, Florida lawmakers had endorsed a bill to drastically weaken pollution regulations — the result of an extraordinary lobbying blitz by the sugar industry, the largest polluter in the Everglades and one of the largest political donors in the state.

Southern California air board moves to weaken pollution regulation.

The automobile industry persuades our legislators to weaken pollution-control regulations.

Around 40 people were removed from the toll, as no proof has been offered that they were in the buildings or even existed.Twelve states filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency claiming that the administration has weakened pollution and public-health controls.

One would weaken air pollution rules.

The critics contend that it was foolish to weaken the pollution lawsuits without extracting anything in return.

In the Mediterranean, where local sea plants have been weakened by pollution, an alga called Caulerpa taxifolia has taken root.

He has weakened air pollution standards for mercury and lead, abandoned the Endangered Species Act, and let loose gun-toting weekend warriors in our national forests.

"We are informed reliably that the White House Office of Management and Budget, at the behest of the coal-burning electric power industry, is now pushing the EPA to weaken its mercury pollution control requirements in its upcoming toxic pollution rule for power plants," O'Donnell told reporters last week.

"The administration is presenting as 'progress' proposals that delay action on air pollution, weaken health standards and undermine enforcement of the law," Angela Ledford, director of Clear the Air, wrote in the foreword to the report, adding, "If there was ever a time for people to stand up and demand action, it is now".