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Because of government encouragement in the form of Subsidies and Tax Incentive s, Energy Conservation efforts are also being increasingly viewed as a major function of the energy industry, as saving an amount of energy has almost identical economic benefits to generating that same amount of energy. The energy industry generates a large amount of Pollution , including the generation of toxic gases and Greenhouse Gas es from fuel combustion, Nuclear Waste from nuclear power generation, and Oil Spillage s in the petroleum industry. Because of government regulation, Pollution Regulation efforts form an increasing part of the energy industry, and the trading of Carbon Credit s and Pollution Credit s on the free market may also result in energy saving and pollution control measures becoming even more important to energy companies.


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