Word: effluents
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Another noxious effluent of power plants is sulfur oxide, a key air pollutant that has been linked with respiratory ailments in man. After studying the SOL, problem, a panel of industrial engineers and chemists from the National Academy of Engineering of the National Research Council glumly reported: "Contrary to widely held opinions, commercially proven technology available for control of sulfur oxides from combustion processes does not exist." If no immediate action is taken, the engineers added, the amount of sulfur in the air will increase more than fourfold by the end of the century...
...have just read your superb and frightening article on Environment [Feb. 2], and you have certainly persuaded this now reformed emissionary to do all possible to convert our effluent society...
...smog in Tokyo is so dense that some residents are asking: Is it worth owning a car when there is no blue sky to drive it under? The tidy Swiss are horrified to discover that their three crystalline lakes ? Geneva, Constance and Neuchatel?are turning murky with effluent from littoral cities and industries; the trout and perch in them are nearly gone. In Italy, trash is neatly collected in plastic bags and then thrown like confetti over the landscape. Norway's legendary fjords are awash with stinking cakes of solid wastes...
...said last week, "To the extent possible, the price of goods should be made to include the costs of producing and disposing of them without damage to the environment." A plan to do just that has been offered by Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin. He proposes a system of "effluent charges" under which industries would pay by the pound for the pollutants they discharge into the water. His plan could provide the Government with both funds and leverage to combat pollution. Not only would effluent charges bring in an estimated $1.5 billion a year, but, if set sufficiently high, they...
...number of state legislatures are discussing proposals to ban nonreturnable bottles. In addition, there is talk among Federal officials about a possible "effluent" tax on a variety of consumer containers. In effect, this might resemble the deposit system. The consumer would pay a small tax per can, then get his money back when he returned the can for reuse. It is an ingenious idea, but it will need far more political support before it can come to pass...