Energy pollution comes from the discharge of energy during some human activity that harms or interferes with human health or ecosystems. Typical forms of energy pollution are: noise pollution from subsonic testing by the navy or too many decibels from heavy traffic or large machines, thermal discharges from power plants, radioactivity from building materials with concentrated radon or from nuclear power plants, light that interferes with astronomy or bird migration, and increased ultraviolet ray exposure from depletion of the ozonosphere. Climate change can be considered a form of energy pollution.

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