nonpolluting
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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While most of the complex is nonpolluting, there is one place where dirty energy is still in use: the diesel generators that are used for backup power.
From Los Angeles Times
Other fuels — sunshine, water, wind, and geothermal heat — are nonpolluting, essentially infinite, and their growth rate outpaces global energy demand.
From Seattle Times
After years of dreamy and not always credible talk of skies filled with flying, nonpolluting electric taxis, the aviation industry is preparing to deliver a future that it says is now just around the corner.
From Washington Times
This is a slower transition than the state has set for passenger cars and trucks, which have to switch to sales of nonpolluting models by 2035, in recognition of how much further behind the electric truck industry is.
From Washington Post
According to an analysis by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the United States would need to construct more than 6,000 projects like the Monticello one in order to run the economy on solar, wind, nuclear or other forms of nonpolluting energy.
From New York Times
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