pollution
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As the number of satellites grows, so too will light pollution from space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
In the 1980s, working-class people of color were stopping big public projects that they said would have brought crime and pollution to neighborhoods already overburdened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Mr. Tullett reports that in the U.S., due to zoning laws, “paper mills have settled in black-majority neighborhoods” whose residents have been historically obliged to bear the brunt of sensory pollution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
There has already been £5bn invested over the last five years to try and tackle environmental pollution.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
To understand more clearly how the pollution of our world is happening, we must now look at another of the earth’s basic resources, the soil.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing pollution
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