Industrial Pollution
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat, or light. Pollutants, the components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. Pollution is often classed as point source or nonpoint source pollution. In 2015, pollution killed 9 million people worldwide.Major forms of pollution include air pollution, light pollution, litter, noise pollution, plastic pollution, soil contamination, radioactive contamination, thermal pollution, visual pollution, and water pollution.
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NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 11 April 2024 English
We study the impact of green investors on stock prices in a dynamic equilibrium model where investors are green, passive or active. Green investors track an index that progressively excludes …
Tsou (2023) study the interplay between industrial pollution and asset pricing, unveiling a “pollution …
City of New York, New York · 3 April 2024 English
This is the first comprehensive study of environmental inequalities produced by any city in the United States. Low-income communities and communities of color are disproportionately impacted by environmental inequities, due …
factories, refineries and sewer discharges. Industrial pollution in Newtown Creek, Brooklyn, for example … industrialization of areas already stricken by industrial pollution.75 As the Gowanus Expressway example demonstrates …
Amnesty International · 28 March 2024 English
December 2024 marks 40 years since the Bhopal gas leak disaster in Madhya Pradesh state, India. This was one of the worst industrial catastrophes and corporate negligence cases in living …
marginalized communities bear the brunt of industrial pollution and environmental damage because of systemic …
World Bank Group · 27 March 2024 English
objective to control emissions from key industrial pollution sectors. 12. Finally, the project would …
CAP: Center for American Progress · 27 March 2024 English
This is an incredible milestone in our efforts to clean up and protect communities, deliver local jobs, enhance economic activity, and improve people’s lives for years to come.”9 In addition, …
territories.44 $25 billion to clean up industrial pollution The IIJA also made the largest investment … investments in critical water infrastructure, industrial pollution cleanup, community-driven projects to reduce …
EU: European Union · 26 March 2024 English
The European Green Deal adopted by the European Commission in December 2019 brought major opportunities to transform the EU’s Single Market for the net-zero age. Various partnerships focused on the …
health (15 projects): reducing chemical and industrial pollution; developing circular value chains in the …
World Bank Group · 26 March 2024 English
Over the past two decades, Bangladesh made substantial economic progress as one of the world's fastest-growing economies, having reached lower-middle-income (LMI) country status in 2015 and being set to move …
findings and recommendations of the UIP TA on industrial pollution in the GDA. Building on the CCDR recommendation …
World Bank Group · 26 March 2024 English
Reducing outdoor air pollution can be achieved by strengthening air quality monitoring and regulating traffic and industrial emissions. Advancing existing initiatives by exercising more control over car imports and speeding …
committed to aligning its regulations on industrial pollution with the relevant European Union legislation …
Roosevelt Institute · 20 March 2024 English
The Green Steel Transition To drive a successful decarbonization of the steel industry we have to start with an understanding of (i) why steel is important to local and national …
the health and environmental impacts of industrial pollution. More Occupational robust regulation and … pointed to health risk factors arising from industrial pollution of Dearborn's water, land, and air. These … contaminated water, and consuming toxins from industrial pollution that have resulted in serious health issues … unfortunately had to bear the brunt of corporate and industrial pollution. Dearborn is a neighbor to Detroit, and … actions9 to address the health impacts of industrial pollution have historically not achieved the desired …
