How to Use polluting in a Sentence

polluting

adjective

• While less polluting than coal or oil, burning gas still emits carbon.
  — Anna Shiryaevskaya, Bloomberg.com, 26 May 2023
• Shein is considered one, if not the most polluting fashion brands in the world.
  — Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• Fashion is one of the most polluting industries in the world.
  — Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 22 May 2022
• One couldn’t have picked a more beautiful place to host one of the most polluting industries.
  — Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
• One of the hardest tests for politicians will concern the most polluting fuel—coal.
  — David G. Victor, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2020
• That should get the sites up and running more quickly after a grid outage and be less polluting than, say, diesel.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2018
• In reality, coal is among the most polluting forms of energy.
  — Chris D'angelo, Vox, 2 May 2025
• Virgin polyester has long been one of fashion’s most polluting materials.
  — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 June 2026
• The fuel is more polluting than regular gasoline, but cheaper.
  — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 11 May 2022
• The companies are also seeking a source of energy that is considered less polluting than oil and coal.
  — Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
• Countries do want to get rid of coal, especially the more polluting lignite variety.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune Europe, 9 July 2024
• Consider phasing out that gas stove and switching to induction cooking, which is less polluting and better for your health.
  — John Wogan Carmen Winant, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• Gas, while a fossil fuel, is significantly less polluting than coal.
  — Max Bearak, New York Times, 2 May 2025
• All non-essential construction is paused, and the most polluting vehicles are banned from the roads while the measure remains in force.
  — Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
• Even before the war, Ukraine faced challenges from highly polluting industries.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
• Six years ago, Baird had a wake-up call and realized how the fashion industry is one of the world’s most polluting industries.
  — Yola Robert, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
• Given the already monumental task of greening existing air travel, why add an even more polluting fleet to the mix?
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 4 June 2021
• For decades, the country’s soaring power demand was fulfilled largely by coal, the most polluting fossil fuel.
  — Nadja Popovich, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• Associations were even stronger when the most polluting plants, used to provide peak power, were considered.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2022
• Trains are a valuable alternative to clogged freeways and can be less polluting and more energy efficient.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
• There’s the Paris model, whereby restrictions keep out the most polluting vehicles, a bar that’s steadily raised.
  — Jonathan Tirone, Bloomberg.com, 1 Oct. 2020
• Heavy duty vehicles, including buses and trucks, are more polluting than cars but are also harder to electrify, due to their size and weight.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2023
• Cows, sheep and pigs emit a surprising amount of greenhouse gases, making livestock farming one of the more polluting areas of agriculture.
  — Devika Rao, theweek, 9 July 2024
• The fashion industry is ranked as the second most polluting business in the world by the UN and 7% of landfills is garments.
  — Joan Michelson, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• Nearly all energy demand is met by fossil fuels, with 60% coming from highly polluting coal.
  — Victoria Milku and Sibi Arasu, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2023
• But battery technology is still too heavy for planes, which will most likely need to rely primarily on alternative fuels to take off in a less polluting way.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 8 Mar. 2023
• Lastly, Rockström says, COP26 should be the end of the line for the most polluting fossil fuel.
  — David Vetter, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2021
• Pure Earth and Green Cross Switzerland have said lead battery recycling is the most polluting industry in the world.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Apr. 2021
• The project is one example of a global gamble, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, being made by investors including some of the most polluting industries in the world.
  — Max Bearak Giacomo D’orlando, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
• Coal is also the most polluting source of electrical power, providing ample reasons for regulation that have little to do with climate.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2024