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  • The first mention of the Principle at the international level is to be found in the 1972 Recommendation by the OECD Council on Guiding Principles concerning International Economic Aspects of Environmental Policies, where it stated that: "The principle to be used for allocating costs of pollution prevention and control measures to encourage rational use of scarce environmental resources and to avoid distortions in international trade and investment is the so-called Polluter-Pays Principle."

    Polluter pays principle 2008

  • Jeffrey Holmstead, looking for just the right senator to buy through a matchmaking service called Polluter Harmony.

    Anchorage Daily News - Alaska News 2010

  • Jeffrey Holmstead, looking for just the right senator to buy through a matchmaking service called Polluter Harmony.

    Anchorage Daily News - Alaska News 2010

  • When experts demand a 'carbon tax' on fertility, then the defining identity of a new baby is that of 'Polluter'.

    BrothersJudd Blog 2009

  • Polluter Paradise- This rider would require EPA to stop all work to update clean air standards for dangerous smog, soot and other air pollution if so-called "background" levels of that pollution anywhere in the country are occasionally higher than the standards needed to protect public health.

    Marcia G. Yerman: Voices for Clean Air National Week of Action: August 15-19 Marcia G. Yerman 2011

  • Polluter Paradise- This rider would require EPA to stop all work to update clean air standards for dangerous smog, soot and other air pollution if so-called "background" levels of that pollution anywhere in the country are occasionally higher than the standards needed to protect public health.

    Marcia G. Yerman: Voices for Clean Air National Week of Action: August 15-19 Marcia G. Yerman 2011

  • NBC Chicago reports that Kirk joined in the GOP's chorus of "Drill, Baby, Drill!" during the 2008 elections, and apparently he doesn't have a problem with "Bad Polluter" drilling in the Gulf.

    Mark Kirk's Mixed Feelings About BP (VIDEO) 2010

  • After all, these politicians all dance to the same choreographed number, which could be dubbed "The Big Polluter Boogie Woogie."

    Heather Taylor-Miesle: GOP: Gushing Over Polluters 2010

  • After all, these politicians all dance to the same choreographed number, which could be dubbed "The Big Polluter Boogie Woogie."

    Heather Taylor-Miesle: GOP: Gushing Over Polluters 2010

  • NBC Chicago reports that Kirk joined in the GOP's chorus of "Drill, Baby, Drill!" during the 2008 elections, and apparently he doesn't have a problem with "Bad Polluter" drilling in the Gulf.

    Mark Kirk's Mixed Feelings About BP (VIDEO) 2010

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