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Pollution

Air Pollution, Light Pollution, Litter, Noise Pollution, Soil Contamination, Radioactive Contamination, Visual Pollution, Water Pollution - We all recognise it as a big and growing problem if we are to survive in quantity on this planet we need to tackle it NOW!

Pollution from the power stations and oil refineries, Grangemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - 397-1244
Tinto river, near Riotinto mines, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain - 817-100640
Floating barrier to contain the fuel spill ('chapapote') of Prestige tanker, San Vicente de la Barquera, Cantabria, Spain - 817-65570
Garbage dump with seagulls and truck, New Haven, Connecticut, USA - 817-12700
Volunteers dressed with protective clothing gathering the fuel spill ('chapapote') of Prestige tanker, Dec, 2002, Galicia, Spain - 817-65200
Rubbish in Sri Lanka, Asia - 1-36299
Ferrybridge Power Station, North Yorkshire, UK *** Local Caption *** - 485-8450
People walking across Hoheward waste dump, in front of chimneys of the AGR incinerating plant, Herten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe - 832-16933
Iron oxide mine pollution, River Pelenna, Cwm Gwenffrwd, Tonmawr, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, Uk, Europe - 915-132
pollution: guillemot in oil slick. sands of forvie nnr, aberdeenshire, scotland - 987-33
Pollution in woods - 817-181873
Cooling towers, Radcliffe on Soar Power Station, domestic housing in foreground, Trent Valley, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, Europe - 29-2201
Alaba Market, Lagos Nigeria. Many of the computers here are second hand and shipped from Asia, the USA or Europe for reuse. The small shop dealers buy electronics from the containers and are very good at repairing the goods for sale. When material has no value is it sent to nearby dumps, and young men look for parts or wire that they recycle the metals. However, much toxic material ends up in these dumps in Nigeria. - 857-66715
Pollution on the River Mersey near Warrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - 911-5524
RUSSIA Moscow Smoke billowing from power station chimneys behind residential housing. air pollution smog - 797-2780
Winter smog pollution from coal and wood fires, Christchurch, New Zealand - 817-116748
Rush hour traffic Atlanta Georgia causes air pollution - 817-146634
BRAZIL Mato Grosso Peixoto de Azevedo A garimpo gold mine on former Panara territory showing garimpeiro gold workings deforestation and serious pollution of whole environment - 797-3960
A mountain of computers, Recycling plant, Skelleftea, Sweden. - 817-77168
BRAZIL Mato Grosso Peixoto de Azevedo Garimpo small scale gold mining on former Panara territory showing deforestation and pollution. Garimpeiro prospectors in informal economy have displaced tribal Panara Indians formerly known as Kreen-Akrore Krenhakarore Krenakore Krenakarore Amazon American Brasil Brazilian Ecology Entorno Environmental Environment Green Issues Kreen Akore Latin America Latino Scenic South America - 797-3958
CHILE Santiago City view at sunset from Cerro San Cristobal. Jon Hicks. Travel Holidays Tourism Latin America Santiago Chile South America Urban Skyline Viewpoint Cerro San Cristobal Pollution Smog Haze Capital City American Chilean Hispanic Latino - 797-3891
BP Chemicals' Petrochemicals Plant, Grangemouth, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK - 485-8413
Laundry drying by the Mula River, with foam from detergent pollution beyond, Pune, Maharashtra state, India, Asia - 83-10804
Oil pollution in Lyme Regis harbour, probably from a fishing vessel, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe - 911-8434
Pollution over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America - 728-2280
The tar sands upgrader plant at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray at sunset, Alberta, Canada, North America - 911-8829
Pollution, Grenada, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America - 1-37423
River pollution - 817-1259
RUSSIA Moscow Industrial chimneys emitting thick smoke over Moscow in snow. Air pollution - 797-2778
Pollution in the Kabul River, Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia - 312-1904
Piles of junk cars, Los Angeles, California - 788-215
Volunteer dressed with protective clothing to gather the fuel spill ('chapapote') of Prestige tanker, Dec, 2002, Galicia, Spain - 817-65206
Lorry arrives at waste tipping area at landfill site, Mucking, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - 465-3064
Pollution in Kalimantan, Island of Borneo, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia - 238-4330
China Shanghai: Skyline Jin Mao Tower and Orient Pearl tower - 817-217174
Hand of volunteer dressed with protective clothing to gather the fuel spill ('chapapote') of Prestige tanker, Dec, 2002, Galicia, Spain - 817-65194
City skyline and pollution from coal fired power plants, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3502
Red ochre in water, Gargas, France - 817-1260
Hideous air pollution from the Syncrude upgrader plant, Alberta, Canada, North America - 911-8685
Motorboat used as a ferry, polluted riverbank, Kapila, Kabini, Kabbani River, Nanjangud, Karnataka, South India, India, South Asia, Asia - 832-34078
Pollution, chemical plant, near Terezin, North Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe - 450-3656
First Nation Canadians protest against the destruction and pollution of the Tar Sands industry at the 4th annual Healing Walk north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America - 911-8776
Steam locomotive, India, Asia - 17-339
Volunteers dressed with protective clothing to gather the fuel spill ('chapapote') of Prestige tanker, Dec, 2002, Galicia, Spain - 817-65199
Blood red stream of oxidized iron minerals, Riotinto, Huelva province, Spain - 817-34500
Traffic in cold weather - 817-125564
Sulphur miner working to mine sulphur at Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia - 1109-321
Industrial chimney, backlight - 832-83
Cyclists in Beijing wearing smog masks to help protect against the awful air pollution, Beijing, China, Asia - 911-3836
Recuperation of marine birds after the fuel spill ('chapapote') of Prestige tanker, Dec, 2002, Pontevedra province, Galicia, Spain - 817-65161
The Syncrude upgrader plant on the tar sands project, Alberta, Canada, North America - 911-8683
Tinto river, near Riotinto mines, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain - 817-100637
Pollution and smoke get caught up in a swirl of clouds off on the coasts of Spain bottom center), France (center), the United Kingdom (top center), and Ireland (under cloud at top left) in this true-color Aqua MODIS image acquired on March 22, 2003 - 817-183675
Pollution, Chemie Linz, central Austria, Europe - 508-26886
First Nation Canadians protest against the destruction and pollution of the Tar Sands industry at the 4th annual Healing Walk north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America - 911-8777
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) after the fuel spill ('chapapote') from tanker Prestige, Dec, 2002, Spain - 817-152328
Freeway traffic at sunset - 817-1184
Pollution in the River Thames, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - 834-1615
Soldiers dressed with protective clothing cleaning up the oil spill ('chapapote') from Prestige tanker, Dec, 2002, Costa da Morte, A Coruna province, Galicia, Spain - 817-65178
Train at speed, Coal-fired power station, Nottinghamshire, England - 817-3310
Polluters Bach, sewer, in the favela Jardim Celeste, Zona Sul, São Paulo, Brazil, South America - 832-378645
Smoke stacks - 1178-19947
smokestacks - 1178-19355
Fire in waste dump with car tires - smoke emission Spain - 832-376581
Garbage after a party night on a camping site - 832-345762
View of Rhine and Sachtleben chemistry works, Duisburg-Homberg, NRW, Germany - 832-322141
Plastic recycling, PET bottles and plastic rubbish are shredded and pressed, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe - 832-315852
Plastic recycling, PET bottles and plastic rubbish are shredded and pressed, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe - 832-315887
Brown coal power plant in evening light, emissions, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe - 832-307501
A chemical plant in Leipzig at night, Saxony, Germany, Europe - 832-43346
The tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America - 911-8792
The tar sands are the largest industrial project on the planet, Alberta, Canada, North America - 911-8711
Near Grand Terre Island with NOAA staff to inspect oil booms and to collect and oil sample. Oil slicks on the surface are apparent everywhere. - 857-56586
Press tour with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Clean-up crews sucking oil with vacuum tubes and placing absorbant pompom booms. East Grand Terre was involved in a Barrier Island restoration project before the oil spill. - 857-56561
Clean-up crews sucking oil with vacuum tubes and placing absorbent pompom booms. - 857-56572
The Suncor oil sands plant in northern Alberta releases carbon dioxide into the air while processing oil. - 857-16427
Shetland islands, oil disaster. Bird killed by oil contamination. On 5th january 1993, the oil tanker the braer ran aground in the shetland islands spilling 85,000 tonnes of light crude oil. However, every single day of the year, roughly one-tenth of the amount of oil abroad the braer is quite deliberately flushed into the worlds seas and oceans by ships cleaning out the tanks and bilges - 1187-1249
Oil clean up, West Angle Bay, Sea Empress oil spill - 915-104
Oil clean up, West Angle Bay, Sea Empress oil spill - 915-105
Young mute swan (Cygnus olor) amongst floating litter in river Avon, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Europe - 976-229
Mute swan (Cygnus olor) foraging amongst floating litter in river Avon, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Europe - 976-230
This badly polluted river is in the industrial city of Hangang, China, Asia - 911-4138
This badly polluted river is in the industrial city of Hangang, China, Asia - 911-4142
People wear face masks against the awful air pollution in Suihua city, Heilongjiang, Northern China, Asia - 911-3908
The village of Toll Bar one of many places hit by unprecedented floods in June 2007, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - 911-1305
A warning sign about toxic air pollution outside a power from waste incinerator plant at Billingham on Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe - 911-7489
A contaminated water course near Liverpool. Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe - 911-3039
Rubbish on Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu, Pacific - 911-1023
Chimney at sunrise - 832-3754
Emissions at dawn from Chrysler's Jefferson North Assembly Plant, Detroit, Michigan, USA - 832-23937
Motorbike passengers wearing pollution mask, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia - 834-1985
Air pollution from Skookumchuck Pulp Mill, British Columbia, Canada - 817-118966
Floating barrier to stop pollution from the fuel spilled by the Prestige Tanker ecological disaster, Bahia de Santander, Cantabria, Spain - 817-65605