* 1997 – China announces it will spend US $ 27. 7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys.

Twenty20 match at Lord's Middlesex vs Kent 27 May 2009 Temporary floodlights were installed at the ground in 2007 but were eventually taken down in 2008 due to complaints of light pollution from residents of St. John's Wood.

In May 1978, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered the recall of all AMC's 1976 cars ( except those conforming to California emissions regulations ) – some 270, 000 vehicles — plus 40, 000 1975 and 1976 Jeeps and mini trucks, for correction of a fault in the pollution control system.

In May 2007, the lake was overtaken by a major algae bloom and by major pollution with cyanobacteria.

Although the project claimed that $ 565 million of the total investment would be dedicated to environmental protection, residents of Chengdu who believe it might bring pollution to the local area took to the streets on May 3 and 4, 2008, to protest against the project.

From May 23 through September 2, 2006, the Ditty Bops embarked on a cross-country tour by bicycle to promote the release of their second album, Moon Over the Freeway, while advocating a call-to-action about pollution and energy conservation.

In May 2006, Cinergy was fingered as a key contributor to major pollution in the American Midwest, prompting the New York State government to sue the company and forcing the company to install modern pollution control equipment.

In the American Lung Association's 2011 report, 11 counties received failing grades for air quality, with Fairfax County having the worst in the state, due to automobile pollution.

The EPA began regulating greenhouse gases ( GHGs ) from mobile and stationary sources of air pollution under the Clean Air Act ( CAA ) for the first time on January 2, 2011.

A 2011 study found that pollution is making Arabian Sea cyclones more intense as the atmospheric brown clouds has been producing weakening wind patterns which prevent wind shear patterns that historically have prohibited cyclones in the Arabian Sea from becoming major storms.

In February 2011 The Ecologist and the Guardian reported that Monsanto had " agreed to help " with the costs of remediation, but did not accept responsibility for the pollution.

The Supreme Court of the Philippines for example had issued the Metro Manila Development Authority an order to “ demolish illegal structures and dwellings along riverbanks and waterways connected to Manila Bay by 2015 ” in March, 2011 as an attempt to decrease mass occurrences of water pollution.

Image shows solid waste pollution along a Jaipur street in 2011.

On 15 February 2011, a court in Ecuador fined Chevron $ 8. 6 billion over pollution to the country's Amazon region by Texaco between 1972 and 1992, with campaigners claiming loss of crops and farm animals as well as increased local cancer rates.

The cable layer Putsaari and pollution control vessel Hylje were replaced in 2011 by a new multipurpose vessel built by the Uudenkaupungin Työvene shipyard.

The Castle Street section of the road ( 2011 ) had significant air pollution problems ( NO2 levels ), with over 55, 000 vehicles per day, and had heavy congestion, having been at full capacity for around a decade ; much of the traffic is heavy goods vehicles originating as a result of Ro-Ro activity at Hull Docks.

In March 2011, Boren was one of four Democrats to support the Energy Tax Prevention Act, which would block the EPA from reducing heat-trapping pollution blamed for global warming.

He gets World attention after an interview with the Wall Street Journal ( 28 November 2011 ) when he reiterated his intention to ban internal Email, dubbed as " the pollution of the information age ", at Atos within 18 months ( known as the

Haifa Bay's extensive industrial zone, with its shore-based oil refineries and chemical and metals fabrication plants, has led to pollution of the bay and a higher incidence of cancer in the surrounding communities, though air pollution in the region is expected to be significantly reduced with major plants in the area expected to switch to using natural gas as their primary fuel source after the new national natural gas distribution grid was extended to the region in early 2011.

In an additional review of human health assessment in 2011, GO Transit examined the current plan for Tier 4 emission controls on both the ARL trains and conversion of existing GO locomotives to Tier 4 and found that the human health risks of the diesel ARL service are negligible, but that current background air quality ( from other pollution sources in Toronto ) is an issue.

The Randwick City Council has announced a plan to stop stormwater pollution running into the bay by 2011.

The consequences, of course, have been dreadful: reckless expansion has led to overpopulation, pollution of the earth and depletion of its natural resources.

A stream which has all of its watershed within a national forest or other lands under good conservation practices is less likely to be affected by pollution than one passing through unrestricted logging or past an industrial area.

A number of causes are believed to be involved, including habitat destruction and modification, over-exploitation, pollution, introduced species, climate change, endocrine-disrupting pollutants, destruction of the ozone layer ( ultraviolet radiation has shown to be especially damaging to the skin, eyes, and eggs of amphibians ), and diseases like chytridiomycosis.

Because CCD imagers are linear, image processing may be used to subtract away the effects of light pollution, which has increased the popularity of astrophotography in urban areas.

The RABDF has responsibility for several different roles: internal security, prevention of drug smuggling, the protection and support of fishing rights, prevention of marine pollution, search and rescue, ceremonial duties, assistance to government programs, provision of relief during natural disasters, assistance in the maintenance of essential services and support of the police in maintaining law and order.

It has established a Ministry of Nature Protection and introduced taxes for air and water pollution and solid waste disposal, whose revenues are used for environmental protection activities.

soil pollution from toxic chemicals such as DDT ; energy blockade, the result of conflict with Azerbaijan, has led to deforestation when citizens scavenged for firewood ; pollution of Hrazdan ( Razdan ) and Araks Rivers ; the draining of Sevana Lich ( Lake Sevan ), a result of its use as a source for hydropower, threatens drinking water supplies ; restart of Metsamor nuclear power plant without adequate ( IAEA-recommended ) safety and backup systems

It has established a Ministry of Environment and has introduced a pollution fee system by which taxes are levied on air and water emissions and solid waste disposal. The resulting revenues are used for unknown purposes.

The heavy reliance on automobiles for transportation in Atlanta has resulted in traffic, commute, and air pollution rates that rank among the worst in the country.

The use of tall smokestacks to reduce local pollution has contributed to the spread of acid rain by releasing gases into regional atmospheric circulation.

This has resulted in excessive water pollution from the unregulated dumping of chemicals and industrial waste for many decades.

The HBV hydrological transport model has been used to analyze water pollution issues in Estonia's rivers and in the Baltic Sea

The mercury battery using zinc and mercuric oxide provided higher levels of power and capacity than the original dry cell for early electronic devices, but has been phased out of common use due to the danger of mercury pollution from discarded cells.

There has been a growing emphasis on the pollution producing features of automotive power systems.

Brockovich has a more extensive role in the 2012 documentary Last Call at the Oasis, which focuses not only on water pollution but also on the overall state of water scarcity as it relates to water policy in the United States.

But due to the recent changes in the atmosphere due to pollution and Global warming, Mothra's egg has been uncovered, and the Cosmos fear that Battra has awoken as well.

Environment-current issues: government water control projects have drained most of the inhabited marsh areas east of An Nasiriyah by drying up or diverting the feeder streams and rivers ; a once sizable population of Shi ' a Muslims, who have inhabited these areas for thousands of years, has been displaced ; furthermore, the destruction of the natural habitat poses serious threats to the area's wildlife populations ; inadequate supplies of potable water ; development of Tigris-Euphrates Rivers system contingent upon agreements with upstream riparian Turkey ; air and water pollution ; soil degradation ( salination ) and erosion ; and desertification.

Nevertheless, Kyrgyzstan has serious problems because of inefficient use and pollution of water resources, land degradation, and improper agricultural practices.

West Europeans may be loath to come, however, because excessive pollution has closed Jūrmala beaches to swimming since 1988.

The lake also has an important freshwater fishery, although it has been negatively affected by factors including over-fishing, water pollution and invasive species.

Light pollution competes with starlight in the night sky for urban residents, interferes with astronomical observatories, and, like any other form of pollution, disrupts ecosystems and has adverse health effects.