People should not pollute the rivers with waste.
人们不应让废弃物污染河流。
The factory has also polluted the lake.
工厂也污染了湖。
The factory can also pollute water and air.
工厂也能污染水和空气。
The factory is constantly
polluting the river with toxic waste.
这家工厂持续向河流排放有毒废物。
Air pollution in big cities has become a major health concern.
大城市的空气污染已成为主要的健康问题。
The smoke from the factories pollutes the atmosphere and contributes to global warming.
工厂的烟雾污染了大气，加剧了全球变暖。
The oil spill contaminated the entire coastal ecosystem.
油轮泄漏污染了整个海岸生态系统。
Cars are a significant source of air pollution, emitting harmful gases like carbon monoxide.
汽车是空气污染的重要源头，排放出如一氧化碳等有害气体。
Plastic waste in the ocean not only pollutes the water but also harms marine life.
海洋中的塑料垃圾不仅污染了海水，还危害了海洋生物。
Noise pollution from construction sites can be extremely disruptive to nearby residents.
建筑工地的噪音污染对附近居民的生活造成严重干扰。
Pesticides used in agriculture can leach into groundwater,
polluting our drinking supply.
农业中使用的农药可能会渗入地下水中，污染我们的饮用水源。
Deforestation contributes to climate change by releasing stored carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
森林砍伐通过将储存的二氧化碳释放到大气中，加剧了气候变化。
The improper disposal of electronic waste can lead to the contamination of soil and groundwater.
电子垃圾的不当处理可能导致土壤和地下水的污染。
It also takes serious consideration to minimize environmental impact, according to Li, who said the bridge's pillars will not enter the waters of Yarkon, the largest river in Israel flowing into the ocean, and prefabricated structures were applied to reduce the use of polluting site-poured concrete.
李表示，大桥还认真考虑将环境影响降至最低。他表示，大桥的支柱不会进入流入海洋的以色列最大河流Yarkon的水域，并采用了预制结构，以减少污染性现场浇筑混凝土的使用。
Such a technique can substantially reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other polluting and greenhouse gases compared to production using petroleum, she said.
她说，与使用石油的生产相比，这种技术可以大大减少二氧化碳和其他污染性和温室气体的排放。
"Yunnan's traditional industry relies very much on natural resources, which means we had to pollute the environment to achieve development.
A crackdown on pollution in China has led to discounts on much of Fortescue's standard 58 percent iron output, with steel mills pursuing a higher grade, less polluting product.
Aside from supporting financing for large companies to introduce new green technologies, the bank is also designing a project in Shandong province to provide funding for small and medium-sized enterprises to exit from polluting technologies.
The Chinese government has provided various incentives to promote the industry, aiming to reduce polluting emissions from vehicles.
The two will provide six ultra-supercritical, near-zero polluting coal-fired power generating units with a total generating capacity of 6.6 gW for the Hamrawein power plant.
The nation's continuous efforts to clean up its skies and improve productivity by shutting down smaller polluting steel mills have boosted demand for high-grade iron ore, which represents more opportunities for suppliers of better quality ore like Vale, he said.
Statistics from the Changjiang River Administration of Navigational Affairs show that 30,000 polluting and energy-intensive vessels have been dismantled and remodeled since 2010.
The closed companies have no possibility for improvement, while other polluting companies will be upgraded to meet environmental standards, according to Wen Wurui, head of the bureau.
"The purpose of the ban was to contain the use of polluting plastic bags, but manufactures are still producing them, retailers are still selling them and consumers are still using them," Liu said.
Li Li, energy research director at ICIS China, a consulting firm on China's energy market, said carbon capture and storage technology will help mitigate emissions from the polluting coal conversion process massively used in coal-to-gas and coal-to-oil projects, but its prospects are more related to curbing emissions than offering commercial prospects.
Once known for its polluting stone mining and processing industry, the town is now a picturesque place with the largest blueberry production base in the province.
It underlines the importance of low-carbon transformation in key areas, especially energy-intensive and polluting industries, to realize China's strong green commitment to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, an expert said.
In the past three years, high-end manufacturing has contributed over 30 percent of the electricity consumption of Shenzhen's secondary industry, gradually replacing energy-intensive and heavily polluting enterprises, according to the Shenzhen branch of the China Southern Power Grid.
据中国南方电网深圳分公司介绍，在过去的三年里，高端制造业为深圳市第二产业的电力消耗贡献超过30%，逐步取代了高能耗、重污染的企业。
Helmy stressed that China is keen to innovate and provide the world with advanced modern technology, and would not transfer polluting industries.
However, experts said the low-carbon transition is not without costs, which can come in the form of output losses of polluting industries and higher costs for downstream companies.
At the same time, the central government reiterated that highly polluting and emission-intensive projects must shut, Wei said.
Wu said: "Not long ago, sewage was not handled well and it would flow into local rivers and ponds, polluting the water resources, and savaging the local fisheries.
"End-of-pipe treatment, that uses equipment to eradicate polluting air at the end of the production process such as desulfurization, can only control the pollution, but switching to clean-energy mode will cut down both air pollution and carbon emission from the source.
Much of this industry was highly polluting and paid very low wages.
"Photovoltaic power generation is a government-supported sunrise industry that is zero polluting and has remarkable environmental benefits," said Zhang Xiaobin, executive deputy director of the Shandong Solar Energy Industry Association, adding the industry had long faced challenges due to limited choices of construction sites.
Its reliance on polluting sectors like steel and coal－and the resulting excessive emissions－seriously hampered the province's economic development.
The total amount of petrochemical companies also rose for the first time in five years to 908, a result of the country's efforts in weeding out outdated capacity and shutting down polluting petrochemical companies.
Shutting down the polluting and outdated capacity left room for those with better technologies and management advantages, Fu said.
Alongside nickel and cobalt, lithium allows electricity to be stored and transported, making it essential in electric battery production as car manufacturers move away from polluting fossil fuels.
Green manufacturing is not merely about energy conservation and emissions reduction, and it doesn't only concern heavy industries and heavily polluting enterprises.
绿色制造不仅仅涉及节能和减排，而且也不仅仅关乎重工业和严重污染的企业。
Stanari is rich in lignite, a low-quality coal that is highly polluting if burned in a conventional way.
斯坦纳里富含褐煤，这是一种低质量的煤炭，如果以传统方式燃烧，会造成高度污染。
According to Tan, the floral sector has hence begun thriving around Taihu Lake and all highly polluting businesses within 5 km from the lake have been shut down or relocated.
The efforts are part of the district's ambitious campaign in recent years after closing all its coal mines and other polluting industries.
More importantly, the waste-derived biogas produces clean fuel without polluting emissions, helps reduce the country's heavy reliance on fossil fuels like coal and oil and produces fertilizers for crops.
The efforts are part of the district's ambitious campaign in recent two years after closing all its coal mines and other polluting sectors.
In recent years, it has stepped up its efforts to reduce emissions by cracking down on heavily polluting factories and promoting renewable and clean energy alternatives.
Nearly 1,500 metric tons of metals, such as aluminum, iron and copper, were extracted last year, and nearly 2 million units of household appliances and electronic products were recycled last year, in order to avoid polluting the water and soil.
China is to ramp up its efforts to rein in unwanted steel output, especially that which is substandard and polluting, in order to contain risks from excess capacity and promote high-quality development in the steel industry, key industry officials said during the China Iron and Steel Association's annual midyear convention on Monday.
Besides, most of the steel firms in the region still use blast furnaces that are more polluting than electric furnaces, which results in huge energy consumption and pollution discharge burdens, according to Lyu.
"But as nuclear energy will be a crucial tool to mitigate greenhouse gases and shift primary energy consumption away from polluting coal in China, much of China's strong nuclear power capacity growth will stem from forceful environment-related policy support and the nation views nuclear energy as a key form of clean energy," he wrote.
Vale Chief Executive Officer Fabio Schvartsman told China Daily earlier that China's continuous efforts to clean up its skies and improve productivity by shutting down smaller polluting steel mills have boosted demand for high-grade iron ore, which represents more opportunities for suppliers of better quality ore such as Vale.
"And we need a plan for stopping the export of UK recycling and waste plastics to countries where they currently end up in landfills, or polluting our oceans.
China has banned import of aged and hazardous foreign vessels because their dangerous materials can pollute environment during the ship-breaking process.
"The process toward using less polluting coal and more clean energy is one that has been accelerating over the past few years, and this trend is very unlikely to change in the short to medium term in China," said Joseph Jacobelli, a senior analyst of Asian utilities and infrastructure at Bloomberg Intelligence in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong’s people love for cars has ensured that the number of these polluting machines continue to rise year after year.
For example, it encourages banks to increase lending to renewable energy and reduce lending to environmentally polluting projects.
To be sure, the more polluting coal still accounts for the lion's share in China's energy mix.
Companies make good progress in cutting pollution, use of renewables and value additionCoal companies in Shanxi, a key coal producing province in China, have made remarkable progress in shifting from heavily polluting coal mining to clean and efficient use of the nonrenewable resources.
"Traditional ways of using coal have low added value, and pollute the environment heavily.
The transportation industry is energy intensive and highly polluting and its green transition is essential to achieving China's carbon goals, said Wang Lining, director of the oil market department at the Economics and Technology Research Institute at China National Petroleum Corp. "Although heavy-duty trucks take up a small part of all vehicles, they produce a large amount of greenhouse gases, which makes them a major source of air pollutants," Wang said.
"Cities benefit from the non-emission of polluting gas with an electric bus.
Carmakers globally are racing to keep ahead of rivals in producing vehicles that pollute less.
The two-week COP 26 summit is seen as a moment of truth for the 2015 Paris Agreement to combat global warming with responsibility for persuading big polluting countries to agree more ambitious emissions cuts falling on the British hosts.
"As a growing number of developing countries attach more attention to environment protection, there is rising demand for electric bicycles which can save more energy and pollute air less than conventional bicycles powered by fossil fuels.
随着越来越多的发展中国家日益重视环境保护，对节能且污染空气程度更低的电动自行车的需求正在不断增长，相较于传统的以化石燃料为动力的自行车而言。
Fifteen local governments said they would adopt early the "China 6" emission standards with a short transition period, which exacerbated the demand/supply imbalance as some consumers avoided higher polluting "China 5" vehicles due to potential obstacles of vehicle registration, shorter lifespan and lower residual value in second-hand markets, while newer "China 6" vehicles were in short supply, the ratings agency noted.
If the wasted goods are not properly handled, they are likely to pollute the environment.
Hainan province will stop selling fossil-fuel cars by 2030, making it the first province in China to set a date for elimination of gas guzzling, polluting vehicles.
Following revelations that carmakers installed illicit defeat devices to understate NOx emissions from diesel exhaust systems, a landmark ruling by the German Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has enabled German cities to unilaterally ban polluting vehicles from their streets to ensure compliance with European Union clean air regulations.
Without proper disposal, the used batteries will pollute the environment.
In addition to its low cost, natural gas fuel combustion produces significantly fewer polluting particle emissions compared with gasoline, which has driven up the production of natural gas vehicles in the past year.
It also suggested that the government should offer more financial support to further encourage the development of natural gas vehicles in China and the scrapping of polluting diesel ones.
However, old and rickety jeepneys are being blamed for polluting the air and causing traffic jams.
NEW DELHI－Electric cars basked in the limelight at India's flagship auto show Friday, where an ambitious plan to phase out polluting clunkers has manufacturers racing to lure millions of new drivers to their green vehicles.
Acidic substances that are needed to process the batteries are also hazardous to humans and may pollute air and soil," Zhang said.
We are between 30-45 percent, which means we consume less energy and we pollute less," Fridman added.
Reduction in sulphur content will lower polluting emissions from tractors, locomotives, engineering machinery and boats.
Su hopes the LNG truck－less polluting and cheaper to operate than diesel ones－will be the cornerstone of his own business, plying the route to the western fringes of China.
[GETTY IMAGES/BLOOMBERG]Germany's effort to clean up diesel's dirty image by getting older, more polluting models off the road is likely to spur a rush for trade-in deals from the country's automakers.
"This rebate program is an important element in the plan to get older polluting cars off the road and improve diesel's image," said August Joas, head of Oliver Wyman's global automotive practice.
The government's plan aims to encourage green energy and technologies, notably through taxing polluting ones.
This has resulted in a large number of cheap, poorly-made electric vehicles powered by polluting lead batteries, which threaten both road safety and the environment, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in a statement.
DBS, a Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation, has put the focus of its business in China toward promoting low-carbon transitions of polluting industries.
As China aims to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, DBS put its focus on promoting the low-carbon transition of polluting industries.
So-called transition finance should support the fields that meet standards of coal consumption reduction and substitution, while financing for highly polluting projects and those that entail high energy consumption should be withdrawn.
Trading in carbon emissions futures typically means that companies that receive emission allowances or caps trade the right of polluting with each other in the futures market as a way to reduce environmental damage without causing undue economic hardship to related industries.
Investors and academics are paying greater attention to a green economic recovery since the pandemic to prevent money from flowing into projects that are highly polluting or energy intensive, said Feng Ruoqiu, senior manager of BOC's corporate banking department.
This led to irregular flows of funds into the stock and housing markets and restricted sectors like highly polluting, energy-intensive industries, and industries with overcapacity.
Green finance is designed to encourage more private capital to enter green sectors and stop investment that might pollute the environment.
South Africa is trying to diversify its energy mix to reduce its reliance on heavily polluting coal-fired power plants.
Green finance designed to encourage more private capital into green sectors and stem investment that might pollute the environment is considered to be one of the key approaches to this end.
China should further encourage capital into green sectors and stem investment that might pollute the environment, Zhou told the 2018 annual conference on sustainability jointly held by the Paulson Institute and the China Center for International Economic Exchanges in Beijing on Wednesday.
"Sectors such as property development, local government platforms, those with excess capacity, and high polluting industries will feel the pinch of the funding squeeze," Wang said.
Rare earth mining and smelting are heavily polluting industries, so the China Merchants Securities believe that the strict environmental supervisions will also have a big affect on the rare earth industry.
Especially in smog-plagued Beijing and nearby cities, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has issued stricter emission standards and published regulations to reduce production of heavily polluting industries.
As part of the campaign, China also shut down many heavily polluting steel plants, promoted gas-for-coal heating projects in rural areas and fostered the renewable energy industry.
"Land mines and explosive remnants of war pollute land, endanger the lives of civilians, affect people's normal life and hinder the sustainable development of the regional economy.
"It was hard for China to compete in the old, 20th century polluting industries, but it's much easier for China to leapfrog into the future," he said.